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Post by namke on May 24, 2020 10:39:04 GMT
I posted this over on the Discord channel but, after a comment by 5thvolt, I thought I’d also repost my question here:
I’m interested in hearing people’s opinions of course!
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May 24, 2020 13:57:15 GMT
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Post by slowscape on May 24, 2020 13:57:15 GMT
I’d definitely be interested! Obviously the kit would need to be a module I wanted / needed, but yes. I’ve done various kits in the past. Love soldering, but don’t know much about building circuits from scratch 🙃
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May 24, 2020 15:40:05 GMT
Post by namke on May 24, 2020 15:40:05 GMT
I’d definitely be interested! Obviously the kit would need to be a module I wanted / needed, but yes. I’ve done various kits in the past. Love soldering, but don’t know much about building circuits from scratch 🙃 Have you ever done surface mount stuff? Personally, I'm not a fan (eyesight is not what it used to be), but I know that people do do it. It would also (obviously) make the module more compact... |
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May 25, 2020 14:20:53 GMT
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Post by slowscape on May 25, 2020 14:20:53 GMT
Surface mount meaning no through-hole? I have not, but do not think it should impact ease of assembly (unless we are talking those super tiny resistors and stuff).
If things are tiny less people will likely have equipment necessary to assemble. Namely a good fine point soldering iron, tweezers, and likely a large magnifying glass 😆
I have those things.
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May 25, 2020 16:44:16 GMT
Post by namke on May 25, 2020 16:44:16 GMT
Surface mount meaning no through-hole? I have not, but do not think it should impact ease of assembly (unless we are talking those super tiny resistors and stuff). If things are tiny less people will likely have equipment necessary to assemble. Namely a good fine point soldering iron, tweezers, and likely a large magnifying glass 😆 I have those things. I think mainly what I'm trying to gauge is how small is reasonable  TBH, I've never made a kit with SMD, always through-hole - my only encounters with SMD have been in repairing stuff, and that's often a bit more fraught anyway  Thanks! |
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May 25, 2020 20:23:18 GMT
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Post by slowscape on May 25, 2020 20:23:18 GMT
Honestly I can see it being easier in some respects. I really dislike dealing with forests of extra component wire dangling all over the place. That’s actually how I fried my last project, missed some excess that was crossed. I’d def be willing to try!
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Post by admin on May 25, 2020 20:52:09 GMT
I’ve done a bit of SMD soldering and found that 0805 and 0603 are good to work with even with a normal tip. I balked when I tried building MI clones which went down 0201 ... at that size you need a microscope. However one guy in our Synth club built all MI modules with a soldering iron ... he’s a dentist and used his microscope and he has very steady hands |
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Post by tIB on May 25, 2020 21:01:16 GMT
I might be up for building a kit, depending on what it was obviously. Through hole yes, surface mount I'm not really up for.
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Post by MikMo on May 25, 2020 21:48:29 GMT
I would definitely be interested in kits, of course depending on what modules they are.
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Post by Daniel Linger on May 31, 2020 3:33:38 GMT
Got to add my support for this too, for what it's worth.
I've some electronics knowledge, and have dabbled with many repairs in the past. One of the reasons I got the AE modular was to just experiment with modules, so this is right in my ballpark. I've even recently bought a small stack of components to get fiddling.
But I'm ever a lazy sod, partly because of disability and the issues I face. So any solution thats a kit (assuming it's a module I want - but I want a lot so there shouldn't be an issue there) floats my boat perfectly.
And as for through-hole component based rather than SMD - hell yes please. Again, due to disability, I find SMD a real bitch, both for creating and repairing. If I'm going to make something I would at least like to have it so it's easy to access for repair too.
SO, a big yes please from me.
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Jun 7, 2020 22:21:28 GMT
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Post by rodney on Jun 7, 2020 22:21:28 GMT
Because the AE format is so tiny, I'm personally tempted to experiment with hand soldering some of the 'larger' SMT devices to make things as small as possible.
On the other hand ...
It is easy to forget that you can buy a 40 unit case for 41 euros and it will still only be 50cm across. Careful budgeting of space in the Eurorack world has a much bigger financial impact than it does with the AE modular format.
So, I think that a through-hole design for the kit would be a lot more inclusive invite more people to the DIY party.
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