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Sunday, 20 July 2014

Perf Boosters

Just a bit of a bonus utility layout really.  I quite like perf with some things, and there's no doubt you can get circuits more compact than with stripboard.  I do find as a building medium it's more of a pain with larger circuits as making the tracks as you go and trying to keep it all neat can get old pretty quickly for me.  But I did a couple of compact boosters in an effort to minimise the required space that I can use in dual effects or maybe with those quiet circuits that need a bit of an extra push.  So as I've done them I thought I may as well share them in case they come in handy for anyone else.



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23 comments:

  1. Doron Barness20 July 2014 at 05:48

    I love perf layouts.
    mmmm....compact....elegant....yummy

    Thanks

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  2. Unknown20 July 2014 at 08:06

    A great thing about perfs is that you can make a true point-to-point layout, and if you push the envelope a little you can even use pcb-mounted pots and reduce wiring to the absolute minimum!

    A con, on the other hand, of such perf layouts is they make debugging practically impossible. You're better off making a new layout from scratch than fix the bugged one!

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    1. Unknown20 July 2014 at 09:48

      This is Jack Orman's YAFF on perfboard. Straight pin pcb pots can be used to mount the board vertically inside a standard B size box.
      http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p659/petalakia/Si%20Fuzz%20Perf%20Layout/SiFuzzMOJO_zpse7843185.png

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    2. IvIark20 July 2014 at 11:02

      Nice job, thanks for sharing

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    3. Bohemian H21 July 2014 at 03:18

      I don't mind perfboard for really small circuits, it's what I started out with. But the layout has to be REALLY CLEAR (like your boosters here). However, looking at that Jack Orman's YAFF on perfboard, I'd rather have Jack Orman just punch me in the face.

      FYI, I tried building the Cardinal Tremolo on perf. My therapist says I should be over it in 10 -12 more sessions.

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    4. Unknown21 July 2014 at 15:04

      You should see Amp 11 !!!

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    5. Unknown6 August 2014 at 00:36

      How do you mount the straight-pin PCB pots to perf? I've tried but never had any success.

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  3. Anonymous20 July 2014 at 11:24

    Aren't there two diodes in the Super Hard on?

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    1. IvIark20 July 2014 at 11:42

      There was in the SHO V1. In the V2 he used a single 9V1 zener from gate to ground instead. It performs the same function, and is just there to protect the mosfet from static which can kill them pretty quickly.

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    2. Anonymous20 July 2014 at 14:42

      Didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

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  4. Travis20 July 2014 at 11:42

    Awesome compact layouts! This is a fun post. Got any eyelet or tagboard layouts that you've done lately? (since we're on the subject of non stripboard layouts and all)

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    1. IvIark20 July 2014 at 11:47

      Not recently but there's loads here:
      http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Tagboard

      If there's anything you fancy then let me know. You are very restricted with tagboard to smaller circuits if you don't want to mount it in an amp chassis, but it means a lot of the classic are suitable.

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  5. Travis20 July 2014 at 11:54

    I've been following your site for quite a while :) I've seen all those!

    You're right, and honestly I have too much fun making my own layouts for tagboard and now eyelet.

    I'm pretty drunk right now dude. It's almost 4am here, just got back from drinking and smoking. Really wishing I could fire up the FZ-1A I just got today. It sounds freaking incredible.. You should build one. The eyelet layout would be easy to copy, but it's pretty sloppy

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    1. IvIark20 July 2014 at 12:06

      I was pretty drunk last night, and have just woken up with a hangover to a wife making me do jobs around the house when I just want to lie on the sofa. Bloody wives!

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  6. Bohemian H21 July 2014 at 03:30

    Got a question. Perf seems to be sort of "wild west" when it comes to rules. If you would not mind clarifying:

    - the black lines (as opposed to blackened adjoining circles), are they or are they not connecting to the copper circles they pass over? I see the little blue dots within some of the black lines, but I am unsure what they are representing.

    Thanks! I've had these perfboards sitting around forever. Time to put them to use!

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    1. IvIark21 July 2014 at 10:55

      The blue dots are just the connection points in DIYLC when I've needed to use more than one track to make a bend etc, and so can just be ignored. The circles are just showing a connection point, and the black lines at the tracks you make between them all.

      I think It's easiest to just place and solder all the components and then put the track links in afterwards.

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    2. Bohemian H21 July 2014 at 13:56

      But do the track links actually connect to all of the copper circles they pass over (ie. buswire + a touch of solder at each copper pad) or just the beginning and end points? I'm confused because I've seen so many different perf methods.

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    3. IvIark21 July 2014 at 14:19

      Yes, every circle is a solder point where the components or wires connect to the trace you're laying down

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  7. END OF THE LIGHT24 July 2014 at 01:14

    When i first started (one year ago) i embarked on a UNIVIBE build ON PERFBOARD. Can you believe it.. It was massive. I still have it somewhere and, i will definitely get around to troubleshoot it one day. It was all carbon comp resistors too! Ahahahaha

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    1. IvIark24 July 2014 at 01:20

      Wow, I bet that one was a laugh a minute to build!

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  8. Klunssi Junkkari1 February 2015 at 07:56

    Dumb question: are the LPB1 transistor leg labels correct?

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    1. mirosol1 February 2015 at 09:11

      No. They are not, for 2N5088. Flip it. Mark will probably update the layout soonish.
      +m

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    2. IvIark1 February 2015 at 14:24

      Oops, now corrected

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