+ if
you are certain that you will do nothing but
hurt yourself or others with a soldering iron
in your hand DO NOT BUY THESE! i can't really
teach you how to solder via email so lets just
draw a line right here. on the other side of
that line if you have ever soldered anything
at all and it worked then you're ready for these.
the pads are kind of small though so practice
on something before you jump in.
+ some
assembly required - ( i finally get
to say that! ) i'd say it will take
you about 5 - 10 minutes max to finish your
end of the assembly. very simple, wiring
tutorials can be found HERE
+ if
you have a bend that uses a potentiometer that
is around 200k to 300k or smaller then the SHIVER
will work well. if you have a bend using a potentiometer
that around 700k to 800k then the QUIVER will
work well.
+ running
their power supplies at different voltages will
alter the range of operation. 9vDC is recommended
and yes you can run them from a wall wart, battery,
solar panel, potato, etc... also they use very
little current, for example 4 drenches only use
3ma so that means a 9vDC 200ma wall supply will
power over 200 drenches at once!
+ each
parasite has polarity reversal protection to
keep it from being damaged by attaching the power
source incorrectly
+ each
parasite also has plenty of power filtering and
decoupling so you are safe to use one single
power supply to power many units. i will be updating
the pages with the amperage (ma) required for
each unit which is very very low anyway. you
can then add up each amount and look for a supply
that has any amount more then that total. for
example if you have 20 units that are 1ma each
then you can use a 9vDC supply with 20ma or any
amperage higher then that like 300ma or 800ma.
but of course be careful when handling the power
source and i'm not responsible for you hurting
yourself. i personally don't like using anything
higher then 500ma for stuff like this and NEVER
use touch contacts when powering something from
the wall.
+ there
is no over voltage protection so exceeding 15vDC
will destroy most parasites!!!
+ all
IC's are socket mounted to make potential replacement
easy if something like over voltage does happen.
+ i
would recommend that you use a 30w or higher
iron ( 700 degrees F or higher ) and that you
have a nice clean / sharp / fine tip on it. the
pads are kind of small with this first batch,
i'll make them a bit larger on the next run.
+ in
most cases using larger pot values will do nothing
but give you dead spots. ( except for the drench's
dual 500k - see its pdf )
+ bending
these will void the warranty but as you might
expect doing so to some can give you cool results.
i will continue to add to this
as things come up
please feel free to contact me
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