Repurposing the bus by cutting some wires. :)
Dec 28, 2020 10:42:26 GMT
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Post by rodney on Dec 28, 2020 10:42:26 GMT
Turning the bus lines into general global passive mults. 
Works fine for me for control voltages. I have not tried sending audio signals along it though...
4. replace the existing ribbon with the new improved one. Check here to make sure you cut the right ones!
Works fine for me for control voltages. I have not tried sending audio signals along it though...
1. make a ribbon connector cable long enough to go from Master to the Male header in the left side of the case.
2. separate the top four strands from the rest (to retain the 5v and GND). On the AE ribbon, this is the red one, plus the next three. Don't cut them!
3. cut the lower strands to sever all the bus lines (or carefully select just the ones you want to cut)
4. replace the existing ribbon with the new improved one. Check here to make sure you cut the right ones! The cut ones will be toward the bottom of the Master Module when it is connected and mounted in the rack.
5. now you must explicitly connect up anything you want to run along the bus wires, but you can use them for anything now.
There are a few cons. It would be nice to have some extra mults, maybe a tiny breadboard connector for breaking out the buses more neatly.
Maybe one of these little breadboard things?
