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Title: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: earthtonesaudio on April 22, 2008, 10:54:36 AM
Prototyping rig made from 99% junk parts.  The only "new" parts were the DC jack, and the voltage regulator board.  Everything else was salvaged or recycled.

(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22052&g2_serialNumber=1)

It can accept tip (+) or (-) DC inputs, and it has adjustable voltage, banana plugs for monitoring voltages with the multimeter, 7 pots with solid core wire for plugging into the breadboard, guitar in/out with bypass, and it's all mounted on a piece of 3/8 plywood so I can pick the whole thing up and move it without things dangling and getting caught on stuff.

Salvaged parts include: plywood base, steel stud enclosure, pots, switches, in/out jacks, banana jacks, terminal strips, wire and (not shown) knobs.

I also left room inside for a headphone amp, probably a noisy cricket, eventually.


Notice the use of steel stud enclosure?  I could have used the wire brush to make it shiny, but I wanted to get this done ASAP.  It works great!
Title: Re: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: DougH on April 22, 2008, 10:58:04 AM
Nice job.  :icon_wink:

I never got around to building something like for my breadboard. It's still a mess of wires, pots, jacks and other assorted crap flying around all over the place. I can make it all work though. Someday I'll build up a rig like yours.
Title: Re: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: earthtonesaudio on April 22, 2008, 12:09:58 PM
I knew I was not alone with the "assorted crap flying all over the place" phenomenon.  I did this mostly out of necessity, as I have a wife with a sharp dislike of the dining room table covered in electronics junk. :)

But it's not just for her... since it's so much easier to breadboard circuits now, I do it more often, which is great!
Title: Re: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: cpnyc23 on April 22, 2008, 07:42:39 PM
very impressive!  I tried to do something like that... it was going well until the bowl of cereal and soy milk landed on top.  :icon_redface:

-chris
Title: Re: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: petemoore on April 22, 2008, 08:40:16 PM
  Can you post pics so I can see this flying crap method ?
Title: Re: An exercise in recycling: my prototyping rig
Post by: earthtonesaudio on April 22, 2008, 10:18:27 PM
My camera's shutter speed is too slow to accurately capture the essence of the flying crap method.  :(