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How to Build pedalSHIELD This is a 5 steps guide to build pedalSHIELD. With all the materials on hand it takes around 2 hours to build it successfully. Step 1 – Prepare the Materials. You need a solder iron, lead and cutting pliers. Additionally cutter, scissors and pliers are convenient.
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Step 2 – Soldering Resistors and Diodes. There are 19 resistors and 4 diodes to be placed. 2.a Solder the 100KΩ resistors (12 units) • 2.b Solder the 4.7KΩ res. (3 units) and the 10MΩ res. (2 units) • 2.c Solder the 15817 diodes (4 units), the 1KΩ res. (2 units) and the 50KΩ res. (1 unit) •...
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Step 3 – Soldering the Capacitors. There are 11 film/ceramic and 5 electrolytic caps. 3.a Solder the 100nF capacitors (6 units) • 3.b Solder the 270pF capacitors (5 units) • 3.c Solder the electrolytic capacitors 4.7uF, 1uF, 10uF (2 units) and 47uF. •...
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Step 4 – Soldering the Big Components. The last components to be placed are the dip sockets (3), connectors (5), trimmer, potentiometers (3), switches (2), jacks (2) and the footswitch: 4.a Solder the 8pin sockets (3 units), the trimmer res. and the 8pins connectors (5 units) •...
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Step 5 – Checking Out the Job Done. After this 5 stages you will have a mounted board exactly like the one shown below: Double check your PCB with the model component by component. Before power it up, check this 3 ticks: ☑...
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