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Author Archives: Pavel

Shagghie’s TB-303 Overhaul

Started work on shagghie‘s 303 Plans: Clean board and battery leak residue Replace switches Replace boring red LEDs with snazzy blue & white

x0xb0x #725 – Done!

x0xb0x #725 is finished! Neither Fry’s nor Radioshack had those 0.033µF capacitors I needed, so I stole some from x0xb0x #727 The fruits of my labor:

x0xb0x #725 – Home stretch!

Pulled an all-nighter. VCF is done except for the 3 capacitors. TODO: Pots, buttons, LEDs. Soon it will be alive!

x0xb0x #725 – Almost done…

Everything in the analog section done besides VCF (still waiting on those 0.033uF caps). Sort of starting on the sequencer section, sort of… I signed the board because one day I’ll be famous and my signed x0xb0xes will be prized possessions… …or it’s just a handy way to keep track of where my creations travel [...]

x0xb0x #725 – Power & I/O Board

I decided to do the power and I/O board sections together in one fell swoop. However, I didn’t put in R16 until I could be sure whether my x0x would be affected by the MIDI bug or not. So I soldered everything up and hoped for the best.

x0xb0x #725 – Parts Assessment

The build of x0xb0x #725 has now started! I went through the x0xb0x_bom and it seems that I have a parts problem…

Transformer shirt using bleach

I’ve always wanted cool t-shirts. The problem was that all the commercial “cool” nerdy shirts had pretty boring (and questionable) content and I had a lot of better ideas! Making my own shirts would be possible, but didn’t have the money/motivation/etc. for screen printing equipment. A few months ago, I stumbled upon a post on [...]