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PROJECT NAME
LUMIN
BASED ON
BBE
®
Sonic Stomp / Sonic Maximizer
EFFECT TYPE
EQ / Sonic Enhancer
PROJECT SUMMARY
A unique tone-shaping tool that allows you to enhance the clarity of your signal by phase-correcting the
low, mid and high frequencies separately.
This documentation is for the kit version of the project. If you purchased the PCB by itself, please
use the
PCB-only version
are completely different due to the specialized parts and assembly methods used in the kit.
LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER
CONTOUR
LOW
FREQ
SONIC ENHANCER
IMPORTANT NOTE
of the documentation instead. The circuit is the same, but the instructions
BUILD DIFFICULTY
Easy
DOCUMENT VERSION
1.0.3 (2024-08-08)
9V
MID
PROCESS
HIGH
FREQ
1
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- Page 1 This documentation is for the kit version of the project. If you purchased the PCB by itself, please use the PCB-only version of the documentation instead. The circuit is the same, but the instructions are completely different due to the specialized parts and assembly methods used in the kit. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
20 Enclosure Layout: Main & Footswitch PCBs 21 Enclosure Layout: Input/Output PCB 22 Final Testing & Assembly 23 Schematic 24 Full Parts List 25 Troubleshooting Information 26 Support & Resale Terms 27 Legal Information & Document Revisions LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 3: Introduction
INTRODUCTION If this is your first pedal, welcome to the hobby and thank you for choosing Aion FX. You’ve just joined a community of over 100,000 people around the world with a passion for building homemade noise machines using obsolete electronics technology, and we’re glad to have you! If you’ve done this before, it’s great to see you again and we’re confident you’ll find this build experience... -
Page 4: Packing List
If you find that any parts are missing or damaged, please fill out the Missing Parts form. Film Capacitors Resistors NAME NAME 15n (0.015) 18n (0.018) 56n (0.056) 100k Electrolytic Capacitors NAME 10uF NAME 100uF TL072 MLCC Capacitors 8-pin socket NAME 100pF (marked “101”) 100n (marked “104”) Diode NAME 1N5817 LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... - Page 5 4-strand wire assembly, 108mm Input/output jack 3-pin wire assembly header Mounting nut, jack, 0.54" 4-pin wire assembly header Outer washer, jack, 0.6" Lock washer, jack, 0.5" (thin) Enclosure Enclosure screws PCB, main circuit PCB, footswitch PCB, input/output/DC LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER...
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Page 6: Tools Needed
The tip should used to tighten the dress nut to avoid lot of pedals! be no more than 0.1” (2.5mm) wide. scratching or denting it (which can happen with metal tools). LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 7: Component Identification
Some voltage regulators It’s recommended to use a also look like this. They may also look like this. razor blade to separate have more than 8 legs. these cleanly. WIRE ASSEMBLY WIRE ASSEMBLY HEADER DC JACK LED BEZEL LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 8: Hardware Identification
MOUNTING NUT DRESS NUT LOCK WASHER DIAMETER: 0.36” / 9.1mm DIAMETER: 0.375” / 9.5mm DIAMETER: 0.4” / 10.1mm FOOTSWITCH MOUNTING NUT DRESS NUT LOCK WASHER DIAMETER: 0.6” / 15.2mm DIAMETER: 0.77” / 19.6mm DIAMETER: 0.6” / 15.2mm LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 9: Pcb Assembly Overview
6. Transistors 7. Electrolytic capacitors Not all of these component types are included in each kit, so skip them if they aren’t applicable. Some types of film capacitors are taller than electrolytics, so those can be done last. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 10: Resistors
10 or 15 resistors at a time or the bottom of the board will get too crowded. If this is your first time soldering, watch tutorial videos on YouTube and make sure you get it down before you begin. You don’t want to practice or experiment on this board! LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 11: Diodes
Next, you’ll populate the diode, located on the footswitch PCB. Diodes are polarized, so make sure to identify the polarity band (which indicates the “cathode”, or negative side) and match the band to the footprint on the PCB. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 12: Sockets & Ics
ICs may have two different orientation marks: either a dot in the upper-left or a half-circle notch in the middle of the top side. Some ICs have both marks. This shows which way the IC should be rotated when inserting it into a socket (the socket also has a half-circle notch). LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 13: Capacitors (Non-Polarized)
Note: C1 and C10 (100pF MLCC) are always blue, and C14-17 (100n MLCC) are always yellow. It can be hard to read the codes since they’re so small, so it’s easier to identify them by color. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 14: Wire Headers
They do fit pretty tightly in the holes, though, so press firmly. There’s also a 4-pin header on the I/O board that we will do in a later step. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 15: Capacitors (Polarized)
The longer leg is positive and fits in the square pad. These are the last of the on-board components. Now is the time to go back to page 12 and insert the IC into the socket. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 16: Footswitch Pcb
BLUE MARKING Once all three wire assemblies are soldered, set the footswitch PCB aside. We’ll solder the actual footswitch and LED in a later step. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 17: Input/Output Pcb
Red is positive (+), black is negative (-). After soldering, pull it tight. For even more strain relief, you can thread the snap through the loop to form a knot. (not shown) LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 18: Enclosure Layout: Panel Mounts
You’ll need to hold the bezel in place when OUTER WASHER tightening the nut. The top of the bezel is fairly MOUNTING NUT sharp, so try using a rubber band for grip instead of pressing your finger against the bottom. LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 19: Enclosure Layout: Panel Mounts (Cont.)
MOUNTING NUT LOCK WASHER BEZEL MOUNTING NUT & LED The dress nut acts as a mounting nut, unlike the footswitch dress nut. Use flat- nose pliers on the flat sides of the nut to tighten securely. FOOTSWITCH 125B LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 20: Enclosure Layout: Main & Footswitch Pcbs
However, Aion FX projects are designed to be extremely easy to remove from the enclosure for troubleshooting, with no desoldering required—so with these kits, it’s actually much easier to “box it before you rock it”. -
Page 21: Enclosure Layout: Input/Output Pcb
Note the use of two mounting nuts on each of the jacks, one inside and one outside. The inner nut acts as a spacer to set the DC jack flush with the outside of the enclosure. The inner nuts should be threaded as far down as they can go. MOUNTING NUT OUTER WASHER LOCK WASHER MOUNTING NUT 125B LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 22: Final Testing & Assembly
Be careful not to over-tighten or you may damage the set screw. But if it’s not tight enough, the knob will be more likely to fall off or lose its alignment with the markings on the enclosure. Last, just close the panel on the back using the four screws. That’s it! LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 23: Schematic
SCHEMATIC 1N5817 100uF 100uF 100n 100n 100n 100n IC3A IC2A TL072P IC1A IC2B IC3B TL072P IC1B TL072P TL072P TL072P TL072P 100pF 100pF 50kB HIFREQ LOFREQ CONTOUR 50kB PROCESS 50kB LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 24: Full Parts List
10uF electro 56n (0.056) 100n MLCC 100pF MLCC 100n MLCC 10uF electro 100n MLCC 100uF electro Potentiometers Switches PART VALUE PART VALUE PART TL072 Process 50kB SPDT on-off-on (2) TL072 Contour 50kB 3PDT stomp TL072 Midrange 50kB LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... -
Page 25: Troubleshooting Information
Note that IC pins are labeled counter-clockwise from the upper-left, as shown in the diagram to the right. VOLTAGE VOLTAGE VOLTAGE 4.72V 4.72V 4.71V 4.72V 4.72V 4.71V 4.28V 4.72V 4.71V 4.66V 4.71V 4.71V 4.68V 4.72V 4.71V 4.70V 4.72V 4.72V 9.43V 9.43V 9.43V LUMIN SONIC ENHANCER... - Page 26 “goop” the PCB or otherwise obscure the source. In other words: you don’t have to go out of your way to advertise the fact that you use Aion FX kits, but please don’t go out of your way to hide it.
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Page 27: Legal Information
These kits are intended to be built by the customer. Aion FX is not responsible for language that may be used by the customer in the marketing or resale of the finished product.
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