New SSC

[deplanche]

I think you guys mean the voltage regulators?: black half cylinder things-me-bobs.  I can just barely read part #s and the orientation for the pcb.  That said, the tiny caps are practically identical and I couldn't tell either of them apart for the life of me if they weren't in a mouser bag.  But hey, I managed to build it and it didn't catch fire or even smoke...

Both the capacitors (tiny tanish things) and voltage regulators (black half cylinders) have more than 1 that look alike, but are different.  We have great coop managers here, and I am confident they won't put all those parts in the same bag (unless they just are having a bad day and want to take it out on everyone).  But I can see a newbie or an oldie with a brian fart dumping out all the parts and getting them mixed up together.  If those do get mixed up, it will be nearly impossible to tell from a photo that they aren't in the right place.  So just trying to anticipate helping out those who get them switched around by knowing what would happen if they do.

[rdebolt]

I think you guys mean the voltage regulators?: black half cylinder things-me-bobs.  I can just barely read part #s and the orientation for the pcb.  That said, the tiny caps are practically identical and I couldn't tell either of them apart for the life of me if they weren't in a mouser bag.  But hey, I managed to build it and it didn't catch fire or even smoke... 

No we are talking
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[Freebird]

I will plan on putting these in a seperate bag with a little note inside that indicates a reminder where they go.  That should help 75% of us  ( me included ) that get excited and dump out all parts in pile.

Now back to our regularly scehduled broadcast....................

[rdebolt]

I will plan on putting these in a seperate bag with a little note inside that indicates a reminder where they go.  That should help 75% of us  ( me included ) that get excited and dump out all parts in pile.

Now back to our regularly scehduled broadcast....................

Will mine be ready by next weekend?   

[Freebird]

   Yes  Iwill bring with me to clap.   Just the bag and note right???

[rrowan]

I guess nobody remembers Transistors

Oh well, I guess I am old and built lots of analog devices back in the day

Rick R.

[keitha43]

Vacuum tubes anyone?

[zwiller]

Nah.  That tube stuff is worthless... 

[jnealand]

I wouldn't say vacuum tubes are worthless.  A pair of WE 300B tubes go for way over $1000.  But they are temporarily not being built.  I have a client who owns the manufacturing rights, but the plant has been shut down for awhile.  There is an order backlog of several thousand pieces, mostly to go overseas.  The space in a new building has been allocated and cleared, but room construction still has not started  nor any rebuilding of the machinery.

[rm357]

We digress from the ssc topic, but in pro audio tubes are still a big thing. There are a few companies left that still make the more popular tube varieties. A good12ax7 will set you back about $15.

[RJ]

Ok enough with the tube talk. That should be another thread.

RJ

[zwiller]

I have found that the addition of a 12ax7 in the 12v power section really warms up the color...    

Sorry RJ, 'twas the end of a long week. 

In all seriousness, can someone confirm my suspicion that using V4 firmware on previous version SSC's is potentially damaging?  I think animal raises a good question.  If it can be used, I would be happy to test this. 

[RJ]

No they are totally different, even the pic is a different model. The firmware is only usable on the V4 pcb.

RJ

[animal]

No they are totally different, even the pic is a different model. The firmware is only usable on the V4 pcb.

RJ

Thanks Rj.

  Animal

[zwiller]

I wonder if the large number SSC requests in the COOP is due to folks converting older SSC's to the new v4?  I plan to grab a few new ones, but plan to keep my modded v3.1 in service.  Plus, I am sitting on 24 v2 pcbs... 

Great idea to add 3 core connector to coop, genius!