milo
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Post by milo on Sept 23, 2008 22:56:25 GMT -5
So i recently started this electronics class and I'm really digging it. Does anyone here have experience with bread boarding or anything?  |
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Post by Webmaster Gabe on Sept 24, 2008 1:48:39 GMT -5
that sounds really cool. i would love to get into that sort of thing someday. i can put together computers but the specifics of individual circuits and chips just confuses me. what exactly is bread boarding?
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Post by emptythought on Sept 24, 2008 16:44:48 GMT -5
bread boards are like the those big lego mat pieces(the huge flat square base-boards) except for electronics.
they have a pattern of holes in them, all the way across. and then you just drop components into those holes, and solder them on the other side to wires and such. it lets your build your own simple(or, if you have shitloads of free time, not so simple) circuits.
most little indie stuff like those gameboy link>midi adaptors are made on breadboards.
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Post by milo on Sept 24, 2008 20:35:53 GMT -5
right, but alot of times bread boards are impermanent so that you can view the results of your ciruit without commiting to an actual board...its awesome! whats really cool is that what ,y learning about circuit boards is translating to alot of audio stuff..my goal is to be able to build my own guitar pedal by the end of this school year...its pretty kickass.. Do you know much about ciruits emptythought?
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Post by emptythought on Sept 25, 2008 1:29:41 GMT -5
not alot, but i actually intended to build a replica of a roland beebaa pedal at one point(and now, possibly a midi>gameboy box with atomic) and read alot of stuff.
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Post by milo on Sept 25, 2008 22:30:04 GMT -5
awesome...im hoping that a brief knowledge of circuits will enhance my 8-bit career...
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Post by baboontorture on Feb 28, 2009 14:12:48 GMT -5
Bread boards are the shiznit. I used to be merely a circuit bender. now i'm building my own shit. I would not be able to do this without the precious breadboard. Aslo, there's cheap circuit boards you can buy that have the same kind of layout; electrically connected rows with a gap in the middle for your chips. so you just move the breadboard design next door to the circuit board, add a bunch of tape, flip that sucker over and solder and snip. Good times indeed.
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Post by Webmaster Gabe on Mar 2, 2009 22:06:00 GMT -5
this stuff is so fascinating. i see these boards and supplies at radioshack and it looks so cool. i'd like to get into it someday when i have the patience. i did have an interesting time soldering my theremin circuitry together.
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Post by baboontorture on Mar 3, 2009 14:23:56 GMT -5
Check out this link. skizzoidman.altervista.org/_altervista_ht/lumivox2.jpgFrom Reed Gazala: to godfather of circuit bending. It uses a 555 chip which you might not find at radio shack, but any electronic component store will have them. I have made about 5 variations on this circuit. not all of them use light to control the pitch. I've found some really good body contacts (by licking my fingers and poking at the circuit until something interesting happens), and ways to wire them a little differently so they go absolutely nuts. The sound is not exactly musical, but it is more controlable than most circuit bent stuff and can be used to make some very interesting glitchy rythms and noisejam freakouts. Totally simple to build and very satisfying. |
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Post by Webmaster Gabe on Mar 8, 2009 20:09:46 GMT -5
haha whoa, that's nuts
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