And same advice for me?

Thanks for the suggestion e-licktronic, changing R127 to 47K did the trick!

May I ask a completelt daft question - I am inline for a Yocto kit from the next batch.

I am getting an Electrical Technician type mate to build it for me, I was under the impression that it all just gets built and soldered together and it just plain works. I'm reading things like "changing R127 to 47K did the trick!" etc, what exactly is all this, does this thing need calibration or have they put the wrong components in the wrong place, can some explain this to me, not indepth but a short/loose explanation of what is being talked about!

Thanks...

Hi,

i just finished the Yocto (see my other Post "First Test")

I used every part of the kit and did all that is said and illustrated on the homepage of e-licktronick and it worked at first startup

Just follow exactly all instructions and it will work.

1st: Print the "Detail Yocto Kit v1.0" from Downloads
2st: Count all parts (resistors etc.) and seperate them (Mark them on the "Detail Yocto Kit v1.0" that they are complete. Put each value in an extra bag (4.7k in a bag, 47k, 470 and so on)
3rd: One part after the other: I/O board: check if you get all necessary voltages (-15v, +15v, 5v and ground). If that is correct go to noise section.

I don't wanna say that the other ones who have problems have made mistakes but i just can tell my experience. Be very careful. At the beginning I checked every resistor with my voltmeter.

I second that last post...

I am sorting and individually baging my components for each section, ticking each component off the build list as I go.

I will double check and re-tick off the build lists as I solder the components onto the board.

Resister markings are very easy to misread and somtimes the values on the capacitors are unclear. Check, double check and then check again. Especially if you are relatively new to assembling electronics.

This is a good resource: http://www.digikey.co.uk/uk/en/mkt/4-ba ... stors.html

Acid303 wrote:Hi,

i just finished the Yocto (see my other Post "First Test")

I used every part of the kit and did all that is said and illustrated on the homepage of e-licktronick and it worked at first startup

Just follow exactly all instructions and it will work.

1st: Print the "Detail Yocto Kit v1.0" from Downloads
2st: Count all parts (resistors etc.) and seperate them (Mark them on the "Detail Yocto Kit v1.0" that they are complete. Put each value in an extra bag (4.7k in a bag, 47k, 470 and so on)
3rd: One part after the other: I/O board: check if you get all necessary voltages (-15v, +15v, 5v and ground). If that is correct go to noise section.

I don't wanna say that the other ones who have problems have made mistakes but i just can tell my experience. Be very careful. At the beginning I checked every resistor with my voltmeter.

Hi, thanks for your input - I will do exactly this then, I will copy this info also to my friend - I think I have already downloaded that but will check, to be honest it is all mumbo jumbo to me currently, I wasn't going to buy one of these until I realised a friend of mine done Electronics for a living and asked him if he could build it after sending him the link.

Thanks again!

PS Did the clap turn out correct sounding?

Yes, the clap sounds perfect now

Acid303 wrote:Yes, the clap sounds perfect now

Now? or it just worked, sorry I'm nitpicking your answer - did you have to do a tweak not in the instructions I'm wondering...

Last daft question...

No problem

No, the clap sounds perfect out of the box...nothing to change ... the only thing you have to do at the end is to turn the trim potentiometer TM3 (clap offset) ... but this is what you also have to do in an original 808 as well.