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DigDug

FX TYPE: SEQUENCED WAH

PCBartworkm2010madbeanpedals
Releasedate:04.07.10
Revised05.26.11

TheDigDugisasequencedwaheffect.Itworksbysendingtheguitarsignalintoaninductorless
Tstylefilter.ThisfeedsintoaeightstagesequencerwhichiscontrolledbyaSpeedknob,and
eightadditionalknobstosetthesignalstrengthofeachstep.Thesequencecanberandomizedby
anadditionalswitch.

Controls
FILTER:Thisallowsyoutocontrolthefrequencypeakofthestuckwah.
SPEED:Controlsthespeedofthesequencer.
STEPS:Thisallowsyoutoselect4,6or8stepsforthesequencer.
POT18:Thesecontrolthesignalvolumeateachstepofthesequencer.

Build Notes
Thisisadifficultproject.ItinvolvestwoPCBswithalotofoffboardwiring.Itisimportanttotakealot
ofcareinwiringthetwoPCBscorrectly.
TherangeofcontrolforPOT18inthesequencerissomewhatlimited.Youshouldexpecttohave
volumecontrolinthelastthirdofthepotsrotation.Youmaybeabletoexpandthisregionbyusing
100kCpotsinsteadof100kB,howeverthishasnotbeentested.
ThedaughterPCBissetupfor9mmAlphapotentiometers.Thespacingbetweenthesepotsisvery
close,sofindingknobsthatwillfittheallottedspacemaybeachallenge.YoucanfindtheAlphapots
here:http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=693

Layout Diagram
ThisPCBwillfitina1590BBenclosure(horizontalorientation)

Bill of materials
Resistors
R1
1M
R2
330k
R3
2M7
R4
180k
R5
180k
R6
330k
R7
10k
R8
470R
R9
100k
R10
470k
R11
10k
R12
10k
R13
22k
R14
2k2
R15
10k
R16
100k

Resistors
R17
47k
R18
47k
R19
47k
R20
47k
R21
47k
R22
47k
R23
47k
R24
47k
R25
470R
R26
470R
R27
100k
R28
100k
R29
10M
R30
47k
R31
10k
R32
220k

C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11
C13
C14
C15

Caps
100uF
100n
15n
2n2
10n
100n
100n
2n2
3u3
100uF
1uF
100pF
10uF
100n

Transistors
Q1
MPSA18
Q2,Q3
BS170
Q4
2N3904
Vactrol
LDR
VTL5C9
Diodes
D1D5 1N4148
D5
1N4001
LP18 LED3mm
ICs
IC1
TL072P
IC2
CD4017
IC3
CD4093BE
Switches
STEPS On/Off/On
Pots
POT18 100kB
FILTER
100kA
SPEED
100kB

Single Sided Version for etching

4.32Wx1.96H(includingborders)

TermsofUse

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