# My build progress **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [March 1, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345 "2020-03-01T20:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 258
**Author:** ![cheesed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@cheesed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/cheesed)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5172 "2022-07-29T23:33:46Z")
Tape was the plan, hadn’t considered painting them first cheers ---
**Author:** ![JaggedNZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JaggedNZ](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/JaggedNZ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5173 "2022-07-30T09:59:11Z")
Got a similar pack of black patch cables for my 2600 and I have used two things to colour the plugs. Heat shrink tubing in various colours quick and easy but limited colours, might be pricey if you can’t find a multipack of various colours. And a cheap pack of multi coloured sewing thread plus CA “super” glue. You wrap the plug with thread then super glue it in place ( and hopefully not your fingers too 😅) ---
**Author:** ![cheesed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@cheesed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/cheesed)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5174 "2022-07-30T10:19:02Z")
Thanks! The thread is a neat idea. I love how all the advice is on colouring patch cables rather than troubleshooting my TwinT Toms 😂 Dont get me wrong its great 👍 ---
**Author:** ![d42kn355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/d42kn355/32/273_2.png) [@d42kn355](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/d42kn355)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5175 "2022-07-31T23:27:34Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/2/e/2e1cf89215258f749f1d63e6d18678da20dc7fab.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/b/b/bb0e71b4ff233590b27cf7c34536a53e6499bf3a.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/7/8/78c9861f34d1fdf308dac32342583857a61b4740.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/9/a/9a20a1393d07394c6f3e839c27cc2319939f8c06.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/0/d/0d245692cd07e91b5c0bde89168e04a94de3a298.jpeg) Recent build progress 😃 ---
**Author:** ![heckseven](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/heckseven/32/23483_2.png) [@heckseven](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/heckseven)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5176 "2022-08-01T15:20:23Z")
That looks like a super fun system! Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![ChristianBloch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/christianbloch/32/56_2.png) [@ChristianBloch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/ChristianBloch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5177 "2022-08-03T03:02:18Z")
Built me one of these: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/c/9/c9a07ae442d0bf459f0b68afd76723a5b2370b2f.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/b/4/b4d7064a082019d6f429657e0e5c522388986d09.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AriaSalvatrice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ariasalvatrice/32/28804_2.png) [@AriaSalvatrice](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AriaSalvatrice)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5178 "2022-08-04T10:10:25Z")
So this is the “here’s random stuff I’m doing right now” thread right? Breadboarding a [3-in-1 fork](https://github.com/pansapiens/HAGIWO-Arduino-VDCO) of HAGIWO’s Arduino VCOs right now. I already built a standalone arduino synth box that has a similar circuit so I’m not entirely out of my comfort zone, but I’m still about 5x more of a beginner than you might think from seeing my atelier lol ![IMG_20220804_114604](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/0/5/0552c151a3de7e2ef8417bf8492f2ab217363e27.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TimMJN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/timmjn/32/15227_2.png) [@TimMJN](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/TimMJN)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5179 "2022-08-04T11:41:33Z")
Spotting some sweet 3D printing too! ---
**Author:** ![Jos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/jos/32/151_2.png) [@Jos](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Jos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5180 "2022-08-04T14:08:20Z")
All of the cases shown look marvellous! What are the 2 cylinder kinda things with the red print on them? Transformers of some kind? ---
**Author:** ![ChristianBloch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/christianbloch/32/56_2.png) [@ChristianBloch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/ChristianBloch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5181 "2022-08-04T14:53:22Z")
Audio transformers…… ---
**Author:** ![d42kn355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/d42kn355/32/273_2.png) [@d42kn355](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/d42kn355)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5182 "2022-08-04T14:57:13Z")
yeah! those are Cinemag [CM-DBX-PC](https://cinemag.biz/direct_box/direct_box.php) 20K : 150 Transformers! So Mannequins made a run of 75 RIP Modules years and years ago, and vowed to never make them again because it took forever to sell them (at least until his company became hyped up) RIP’s purpose was to convert modular levels into balanced studio line level! > **[RIP](https://www.whimsicalraps.com/products/rip?variant=5586982043677)** > > RIP Transformer based, based signal level transformer Two heavy-weight outputs for your synthesizer. RIP modular audio down to some kind of line level for your studio or on stage. Get lifted with isolated ground paths, while your outs stay well... Trent made the boards open source and gave me permission to whip up my custom panel 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heckseven](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/heckseven/32/23483_2.png) [@heckseven](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/heckseven)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5183 "2022-08-04T17:36:19Z")
If you make a kosmo one, you know where to find me. ---
**Author:** ![willow2x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/willow2x/32/5343_2.png) [@willow2x](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/willow2x)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5184 "2022-08-04T20:07:41Z")
Prok drums board components are mostly on, just missing some headers and need to order some pots to fit the panel components. Time for a bit of a chill now =D Can’t wait to hear them in action, next up a mixer (may be with switches this time, need to see what Ive got in the box) _Self Five_ ---
**Author:** ![sentient-machines](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/sentient-machines/32/23874_2.png) [@sentient-machines](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/sentient-machines)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5185 "2022-08-04T22:17:23Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/1/0/10da6c808361f864cb778b9b1757227a201f31cc.jpeg) Led matrix for a trigger sequencer in the works… Teensy wavetable osc is waiting on a bigger, color TFT. Also this is happening at the same time: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/e/b/ebc1f3ad68822e96edf496c44f708a4b72ad0d09.jpeg) Gah! Too many projects! And I managed to get sample playback working on a XIAO with independent pitch control. Need to do some lerping for the aliasing at low playback rates. Digital Butterworth is a last resort, tested that too and it works on the XIAO. ---
**Author:** ![AriaSalvatrice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ariasalvatrice/32/28804_2.png) [@AriaSalvatrice](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AriaSalvatrice)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5186 "2022-08-06T12:28:31Z")
It’s given me a fair bit of trouble, emitting horrible noises for various reasons I had to figure out one by one, but it seems to work now. Being a digital module makes it easier for me to understand and debug this circuit, as the components are just I/O for the Nano. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/3/6/3671bf5cb6d0c5df85dec116f1f2124ea8549cc8.jpeg "Hagiwo 3 in one breadboard wip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjgv2knxQVQ) I’m doing this stuff entirely from scratch without access to commercial hardware, I don’t even have a good source of CV to test stuff, so I’m just stealing some voltage from elsewhere in the circuit to test the CV inputs lol. I have engaged much more with the theory than the real thing, due to lacking a well furnished atelier when starting out (I’m only starting to be properly stocked in all the essentials). Time to give it a more permanent form… Since my goal is to bootstrap a system without access to any existing euro hardware, I plan to spread it out on small boards connected via header pins, so it can live in semi-assembled form for a while until it’s ready to take on its final form. It’s not useful to me yet in the form of a module with a panel. ![1f](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/a/0/a08c8963af456ab4ae24b802068c2dcfc43d780e.jpeg) ![1b](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/a/7/a7fc70f95ee53fbddcd77020a37dbd09a63e274e.jpeg) Trying to learn the tightly packed perfboard style I saw people attempt… I’m not a fan. It’s really difficult and I don’t trust this thing to be reliable. I think I’ll want to start learning KiCad better ASAP to spare myself this. ---
**Author:** ![BlackDeath](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/blackdeath/32/7644_2.png) [@BlackDeath](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BlackDeath)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5187 "2022-08-06T12:35:59Z")
Perfboard sucks, stripboard is better (though don’t get the cheapest kind, where the tracks flake off, the second-to-cheapest kind is fine). KiCad ends up being very useful very quickly, although it can be a pain in the butt to learn the quirks of the software. ---
**Author:** ![AriaSalvatrice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ariasalvatrice/32/28804_2.png) [@AriaSalvatrice](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AriaSalvatrice)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5188 "2022-08-06T12:47:52Z")
I just want to give the technique a fair try before I dismiss it! I had some stripboard flake like that, but I certainly had an easier time working with it than perfboard. Also tried a pair of projects with busboard PCBs, definitely the easiest option if compactness isn’t a concern. For now there is not a single electronics thing I own that isn’t an Aliexpress gamble, heh. Everything is proudly a third-rate knock-off for now 🙂 But I’m expecting to sell out soon, my first order from Legit supplier TME arrives in a few days ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5189 "2022-08-06T13:04:19Z")
I mostly favor designing PCBs in KiCad, with stripboard used almost exclusively for very small things ![PXL_20210917_161012128](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/6/4/641abe6e5c28728f62e39af75d1ff6edca381c3a.jpeg) But I do have some synth-specific [proto boards](https://github.com/holmesrichards/Protoboard) I designed and I like them pretty well for the in between cases ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/2/9/291fac197e1636e4385a6288efa5233ab8c34ff3.png) ---
**Author:** ![AriaSalvatrice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ariasalvatrice/32/28804_2.png) [@AriaSalvatrice](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AriaSalvatrice)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5190 "2022-08-07T05:09:15Z")
I saw them in action in another thread a while ago, I’m definitely getting a few printed the first time I fire off a JLCPCB order haha. ---
**Author:** ![AriaSalvatrice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ariasalvatrice/32/28804_2.png) [@AriaSalvatrice](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AriaSalvatrice)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/5191 "2022-08-08T10:43:18Z")
This isn’t the most orthodox way to assemble a module, right ![1659954366961](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/6/3/637b756fdce0d1d704999d78ad8d04eb3296ef31.jpeg) But hey, it works, and keeping it in separate parts really helped me get this done, since I could easily test submodules in isolation, progressively replacing the breadboards with completed parts. ![1659954366944](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/c/c/ccdad7ea47958a772d6df54ba002455577f8b05b.jpeg) Since I don’t own any gear whatsoever to interface with, I’ve made it all use dupont cables. I even steal 5V from the module to set up a little voltage divider trimmer pot to test CV in, since I don’t have any external CV source handy yet. But it should be 100% compatible with eurorack stuff, it’s all just electricity, even if it looks weird 🙂 And with that, I’ll guess that’s my first “module” ever completed. I’m now printing it the ugliest box you’ve ever seen. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/3X/9/3/93108995be694d2cefdabef2167d9495a89b999f.png) It’s all based on the code & schematics of the [Pansapiens & Luislutz fork of HAGIWO’s VCO](https://github.com/pansapiens/HAGIWO-Arduino-VDCO/). This contraption is just a stepping stone to bootstrap the system, I totally plan to dismantle it and remake it into a proper module a few months from now. [Previous page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345.md?page=257) [Next page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345.md?page=259)