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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: newperson on June 25, 2012, 03:12:49 AM

Title: tl072
Post by: newperson on June 25, 2012, 03:12:49 AM
Hi,
What is the smallest circuit that could be build to use as a test circuit for a TL072 IC?
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: gregwbush on June 25, 2012, 06:22:04 AM
The simplest circuit i have built with a tl072 (dual op amp) uses just one of the op amps and is the AMZ op amp buffer

http://www.muzique.com/news/opamp-buffer-layout/ (http://www.muzique.com/news/opamp-buffer-layout/)

That'll tell you if it works... (assuming that's what you mean by test circuit... if not, please elaborate!)
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: newperson on June 25, 2012, 12:26:08 PM
Thanks for the reply.  I think I would need something using both sides of the amp to make sure the ICs fully work.  And yes this is what I am looking for in a 'test circuit.'

Title: Re: tl072
Post by: LucifersTrip on June 25, 2012, 03:25:35 PM
can't you just hook up the same circuit separately for both sides of the opamp?
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: gregwbush on June 25, 2012, 07:49:21 PM
It would be very unlikely that if the chip works, one half of it doesn't, but i understand you want peace of mind  ;)

You could do as LucifersTrip suggests and build a dual buffer

As it happens, i did a vero (strip-board) layout some time ago for one... I'm just labeling components better for you now, and i'll post it....

Ok here it is
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/gregwbush/dualbufferverobasic.png)
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: jk-fm on June 25, 2012, 09:57:35 PM
Triangle oscillator! 3 resistors, 1 cap, + 2 resistors for vref
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: gregwbush on June 26, 2012, 12:00:23 AM
you can plug a guitar into mine  ;D
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: pufferton on August 11, 2013, 09:30:28 PM
Quote from: gregwbush on June 25, 2012, 07:49:21 PM
It would be very unlikely that if the chip works, one half of it doesn't, but i understand you want peace of mind  ;)

You could do as LucifersTrip suggests and build a dual buffer

As it happens, i did a vero (strip-board) layout some time ago for one... I'm just labeling components better for you now, and i'll post it....

Ok here it is
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/gregwbush/dualbufferverobasic.png)

has this build been tested and verified? im trying to build it and running into grounding issues...(continues popping and LED flashes) but not seeing any issues with it...
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: psychedelicfish on August 12, 2013, 12:36:01 AM
Quote from: pufferton on August 11, 2013, 09:30:28 PM
has this build been tested and verified? im trying to build it and running into grounding issues...(continues popping and LED flashes) but not seeing any issues with it...
The layout looks perfectly fine to me. Are you sure you've wired everything correctly and that there are no solder bridges, badly cut traces etc.? Popping might suggest a backwards electrolytic capacitor, I would recommend checking you have all of them correctly oriented
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: pufferton on August 13, 2013, 04:51:44 PM
just triple checked everything...had some issues, fixed them but still the same problem....would it do this if i had a bad component? i removed the board from the chain and i get 9v from the dc jack and LED shines steady. no 1/4" jacks are hooked as of right now.  as soon as i wire everything back up its flashes and i get 1-2v reading.
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: pufferton on August 13, 2013, 05:06:44 PM
Quote from: psychedelicfish on August 12, 2013, 12:36:01 AM
Quote from: pufferton on August 11, 2013, 09:30:28 PM
has this build been tested and verified? im trying to build it and running into grounding issues...(continues popping and LED flashes) but not seeing any issues with it...
The layout looks perfectly fine to me. Are you sure you've wired everything correctly and that there are no solder bridges, badly cut traces etc.? Popping might suggest a backwards electrolytic capacitor, I would recommend checking you have all of them correctly oriented

http://postimg.org/gallery/alul4cjk/

so it looks extreamly messy cause i have taken it apart 4-5 times.... 

any idea??
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: davent on August 13, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Tangentsoft's IC tester. Can be built to test single, dual or quad opamps.

http://tangentsoft.net/elec/opamp-tester.html
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: stallik on August 13, 2013, 06:16:12 PM
Hey! A duplicate post... Ic still looks to be upside down
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: pufferton on August 13, 2013, 06:21:17 PM
Quote from: stallik on August 13, 2013, 06:16:12 PM
Hey! A duplicate post... Ic still looks to be upside down

sorry about the duplicate. i was dealing with two different things and the problems converged. i will try switching it tomorrow. thanks so much for your help!!
Title: Re: tl072
Post by: stallik on August 13, 2013, 06:24:58 PM
No worries, I thought I was having a de ja vu moment - I've had them before