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Shakmat Battering Ram Building Manual

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8HP Eurorack Module
Designed in E.U.
Shakmat
Battering Ram
Building Guide
www.shakmat.com

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  • Page 1 8HP Eurorack Module Designed in E.U. Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide www.shakmat.com...
  • Page 2 Therefore, we strongly advised you to follow the steps as described in this guide. If by any misfortune, there is a missing or damaged part in your kit, please contact us at shakmat.com/support. Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 3 Potentiometer caps Pack 2 User manual Green LEDs Amber LED push buttons White LED push button Green LED push button Green/Red LED push button Jack nuts Metal potentiometer nuts M3 metal screws Tactile switch cap Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 4 Assemble three pairs of headers with the two PCBs Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 5 Solder one point of each header Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 6 Flip the PCBs check their parallelism Solder one point of each header Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 7 Solder the remaining points of each header Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 8 Flip the PCBs check their parallelism Solder the remaining points of each header Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 9 Separate the two PCBs Reserve the bottom PCB Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 10 Place the power header Solder one point Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 11 Chech header & PCB parralelism Solder remaining points Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 12 Place the tacticle switch Do not solder yet Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 13 Place the four metal potentiometers Do not solder yet Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 14 Place the plastic potentiometer Do not solder yet Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 15 Place the green LED push button Pay attention to the orientation, do not solder yet Three holes on the PCB have to match the three bulges on the base of the component as shown below: Component holes base Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 16 Place the green/red LED push button Pay attention to the orientation, do not solder yet Three holes on the PCB have to match the three bulges on the base of the component as shown below: Component holes base Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 17 Place the white LED push button Pay attention to the orientation, do not solder yet Three holes on the PCB have to match the three bulges on the base of the component as shown below: Component holes base Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 18 Place the four alber LED push buttons Pay attention to the orientation, do not solder yet Three holes on the PCB have to match the three bulges on the base of the component as shown below: Component holes base Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 19 Place 8 jack connectors The grounding pin of the two rows share a hole on the PCB, do not solder yet Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 20 Place three green LEDs Pay attention to the orientation, do not solder yet POLARITY Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 21 Stick a light paper or plastic over the three LED holes of the front panel. Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 22 Place the front panel on the populated PCB Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 23 Tighten four hexagonal nuts and eight knurled nuts Push down the tactile switch cap Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 24 Flip the module, check that every potentiometer is well-sited through the PCB, then solder Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 25 Push each LED through the front panel until it sticks to the tape Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 26 Solder the two outer LEDs, then cut off the excess legs Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 27 Solder the last LED, then cut off the excess leg Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 28 Check that the seven LED push buttons are correctly oriented, well-sited through the PCB, and click consistently, then solder Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 29 Check that the tactile switch is correctly mounted through the PCB and clicks consistently, then solder Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 30 Check that the jack connectors are well-sited through the PCB, then solder them colum by colum Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 31 Assemble the two PCBs back together and you’re done! Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
  • Page 32 — Insert 4v into Pitch CV input and press HPF LED push button — Wait until Lock LED push button is blinking — Patch the Decay CV input to Envelope CV input — Press the Lock LED push button — Wait until the process is complete Shakmat Battering Ram Building Guide...
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