Yaaaaaayyy, after I thought I destroyed my pcb, it turns out the tab I ripped off has no importance and instead of studying for finals I've built and cased myself a fine DAC.
the ghetto-mounting onto my cmoy during testing (the 9v is for the cmoy, couldn't fit 2 in the tin since I mounted the panel components kinda weird)
sounds GREAT!
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Fitz, do you have the Molex crimping tools or do you just use pliers? I still haven't figured out how to crimp them so that they stay in securely once inserted.
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Fitz, do you have the Molex crimping tools or do you just use pliers? I still haven't figured out how to crimp them so that they stay in securely once inserted.
I just use a cheap generic crimping tool... it isn't a "perfect" crimp but it's a hell of a lot more secure than just using pliers. I trimmed about 1/16" off the wings on them to get a better crimp... though I don't know if it's just the mini-fit pins I have or if they're all like that. The only ones that were actually hard were the double-stacked ones for the SATA power connector, talk about an exercise in patience.
Got the cable installed and it works fine... what a relief!
(there's also a lot of other custom/DIY stuff going on in there, but the power connector was enough of a frustration to make me want to post it)
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This exercise was inspired in part by Fitz's previous "no cost" build, however looking at the lack of frugality in his latest work , I was hesitant to share the progress with y'all. The idea is to have a desktop amp with a small footprint and after seeing the little dot micro tube amp , the cogs started grinding. It is essentially a micro stacker, but with a different power supply (built and tested but yet to find a home for it).
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