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aion PHOTON Quick Start Manual

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PROJECT NAME
PHOTON
BASED ON
Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster
EFFECT TYPE
Booster & pickup enhancer
PROJECT SUMMARY
A Class-A amplifier capable of up to 25dB of clean gain, this pedal also has a unique Resonance feature
that enables a single-coil pickup to sound like a vintage or modern humbucker.
Actual size is 2.3" x 1.86" (main board) and 1.78" x 0.86" (bypass board).
PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER
BUILD DIFFICULTY
Easy
DOCUMENT VERSION
1.0.0 (2019-10-18)
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  • Page 1 A Class-A amplifier capable of up to 25dB of clean gain, this pedal also has a unique Resonance feature that enables a single-coil pickup to sound like a vintage or modern humbucker. Actual size is 2.3” x 1.86” (main board) and 1.78” x 0.86” (bypass board). PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6 Drill Template INTRODUCTION The Photon Booster / Line Driver is an adaptation of the Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster (version 2, 2015, traced by Aion FX in 2019). The V2 update of the Pickup Booster added a true class-A output stage. The first version was traced in 2007, but the new version had not yet been dissected by the DIY community.

  • Page 3: Parts List

    Electrolytic capacitor, 5mm Film capacitor, 7.2 x 3.5mm 120pF MLCC capacitor, NP0/C0G 100uF Electrolytic capacitor, 6.3mm Power supply filter capacitor. 47uF Electrolytic capacitor, 5mm Voltage reference filter capacitor. 100n MLCC capacitor, X7R Power supply filter capacitor. PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...
  • Page 4 Mouser 163-4302-E or equivalent. BATT Battery snap 9V battery snap Optional. Use the soft plastic type—the hard-shell type will not fit. 3PDT Stomp switch, 3PDT 125B Enclosure, die-cast aluminum Can also use a Hammond 1590N1. PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 5: Schematic

    SCHEMATIC 2N3906 182k 1N5817 100uF 47uF 100n 2N5087 2N3904 3B-1 100R 47pF RESONANCE Q1 Q2 1B-3 2N5089 120pF 820pF 10uF PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 6: Drill Template

    3mm bezel, a plastic bezel, or just a plain LED. 125B INCH 0.625” 0.625” ø3/8” ø3/8” ø1/2” BOOST x: 0, y: +1.71 ø9/32” RESONANCE x: 0, y: +0.41 ø1/4” CENTER (0,0) FOOTSWITCH x: -0.775, y: -1.20 x: 0, y: -1.20 ø5/16” ø15/32” PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 7: Enclosure Layout

    ENCLOSURE LAYOUT Enclosure is shown without jacks. See next page for jack layout and wiring. 125B PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 8: Wiring Diagram

    WIRING DIAGRAM N.C. N.C. OUT GND +V +V JACK GND JACK GND GND PCB 125B PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

  • Page 9: Document Revisions

    (In other words: you don’t have to go out of your way to advertise the fact that you use these PCBs, but please don’t go out of your way to hide it. The guitar effects industry needs more transparency, not less!) DOCUMENT REVISIONS 1.0.0 (2019-10-18) Initial release. PHOTON BOOSTER / LINE DRIVER...

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