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Hardware

Information about the pedal hardware

Crouds features

Same controls as the Electrosmith pod.

Versions

0.5

First design with surface mount resistors, capacitors and TL074. IDC ribbon connector to connect to the footswitch.

Build guide

0.4

In a 125b enclosure, with a through hole design. Stereo output, mono input, with a switch to toggle between line input and guitar input.

1 - Crouds 0.4

v0.5 of Crouds; build guide

Build guide

Through hole design. Audio and power sockets are on the PCB. Requires wiring to the footswitch.

Build order:

Resistors

Resistors in place

Build order

  • Resistors
  • Diode
  • Seed socket
  • IC socket
  • Small caps
  • Large caps
  • Pots and encoder
  • DIP switch
  • power socket
  • audio input and output sockets
  • Electrolytic cap
  • Lm7805
  • visual check (use magnifier) of all joints; use stick to check * mechanical
  • power up and check 5v and VCC to Seed correct
  • bypass LED
  • RGB LEDs
  • footswitch
  • momentary footswitches
  • fit TL074 and Seed
  • Power up and test
  • Drill enclosure
  • box it up
  • test

2 - Crouds 0.5

v0.5 of Crouds

This is the first version of the pedal with SMD resistors, caps and TL074. Speeds up the build process considerably. It also uses a footswitch PCB with IDC connector to reduce the number of separate wires connecting the footswitch to the main PCB.

inside of v0.5 view top of v0.5 view side of v0.5 view front of v0.5

Changes for 0.6

A new audio socket will be used - one with the screw on the outside that connects to the socket. A more sensible SPDT switch to toggle between guitar and line input will also be added.