[aeriyn]

I have finally fixed my pimeta... and it sounds good.

Expect pictures soon.

 

[doobooloo]

Wow. Congrats!

Can't wait to see your amp in the wooden enclosure!

 

[myself, aka me]

It's alive
You're alive

What more could you want?



My META42 on the other hand is missing a power connection. I'm too lazy to fix it so I'll wait until I have a better idea for a case (probably the fourth case this thing has been put in) before I fix it.

I really wanna rewire it but I don't think the traces can handle anymore soldering/desoldering.

I could just steal some parts from it and build something from the PIMETA schematic, but I'm all out of perfboard.

 

[aeriyn]

Since I cooked so many TLEs in this amp, I gacked up the pads so badly I had to solder wires to them and wire the TLE to the board rather than soldering it to the pads. X.x;;; Not exactly the most elegant solution, and the interior of the amp is a mess, but it works and it sounds very good.

The LED is way too bright though. Shouldn't have gotten a 2300mcd LED.

 

[steinchen]

congratulations

2300mcd is way to bright, you should be careful not to look straight into the LED, it might damage your eyes permanently

 

[aeriyn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by steinchen congratulations 2300mcd is way to bright, you should be careful not to look straight into the LED, it might damage your eyes permanently

It's current limited by a 2.2kohm resistor, so it's not at full brightness, but it is still so bright it's annoying even from a non-optimal viewing angle.

Gonna pick up a lower mcd LED from ratshack on my way to work today.

 

[lan]

dr. aeriyn, good job on bring it to life.

on another note, I got the red bulb solder sucker and it works much better than that exploding blue sping based one. Check it out.

 

[bg4533]

I have been using 10k resistors for my blue LEDs. Maybe try changing out RLED to something higher.

 

[bg4533]

Wow...I just looked and my blue 5mm LEDs are only rated between 130-360mcd.

Your LED must light up the room.

 

[PinkFloyd]

well done!

enjoy the music.

Mikee

 

[Edwood]

Congartulations! Finally!

Feels good that it works now, eh?

I'm casing up my Pimeta now.

My drill ran out of power, so I have to wait til the battery is charged up again.

-Ed

 

[bg4533]

Edwood, just go buy a small drill press. Makes things so much easier and no worry about dead batteries.

You know you want to

 

[Nospam]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bg4533 Edwood, just go buy a small drill press. Makes things so much easier and no worry about dead batteries. You know you want to

LOL, so typical for this site

 

[aeriyn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bg4533 Wow...I just looked and my blue 5mm LEDs are only rated between 130-360mcd. Your LED must light up the room.

I swear it's like a flashlight beam. I'll save the LED and use it to make me a DIY penlight.

The bright LED was good on my last pimeta but I forgot to consider the fact that my last one had a cloudy acrylic case, which diffused the very bright LED a lot. Shouldn't have used the same LED type.

*self proclaimed DIY addict!*

I got me a 300mcd blue LED from radio shack, and it is not nearly as bright. It more closely matches the blue backlit display of my D500SE now. Still a tad bit brighter, but much better.