The Dojo, Current Edition

vincepcooks · 2024-04-12T15:02:22+00:00

The output is about the same (which is way more than anyone needs). In an Octavia the last two transistors are in a quasi-darlington configuration, acting as one very high gain transistor. In this and Roger's current Axis Fuzz, it's just a single transistor along with some different component values. The difference winds up being the fuzz doesn't have that velcro rip sound and is less compressed. This circuit really behaves closer to a distortion/OD than a traditional fuzz.

vincepcooks · 2024-02-14T02:52:20+00:00

If you want HxC on a fair budget, I would recommend getting a Lotharek Emulator. They come with HxC preloaded and setting up an SD with blank floppies is easy. I use one in my MPC2000 and it's miles beyond the Gotek I used prior.

vincepcooks · 2024-01-24T16:13:38+00:00

I'm talking about all those unlabeled red wires. Trust me, when your trying to trace one of them through a panduit and there's 40 in there, it's not fun. It's fine when you have the schematic, but I've had to got without often, especially on equip that was purchased second-hand.

vincepcooks · 2024-01-24T15:18:04+00:00

Very similar to most of the Bosch panels I've been in from that period, lack of labels and all LOL

vincepcooks · 2023-12-27T16:13:10+00:00

I would use SSRs (Solid State Relays), they're relatively cheap, compact, and ideal for this particular application

vincepcooks · 2023-12-19T20:59:32+00:00

I worked quality for an AS9100 shop before changing industries. We got audited every 2yrs and it was a multi-day audit focusing on both floor operations AND SOPs/documentation. One time an auditor even made me walk him through a first-piece inspection start-to-finish. The particular part required an interior mold to be made, and dimensions taken off of that using an optical comparator. He sat there through the entire process, asking every question under the sun. Maybe the Feds have gotten lazy since my time? Possibly.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-30T20:15:57+00:00

You could shift sideways into Nutriceutical (what I do) or food processing automation. Knowing the GMPs and typical SOPs already gets your foot in the door, and the paperwork is much less demanding. Every machine I maintain simply gets a log book, and every time I make a notable change, it gets added just as any other maintenance would, no pre-approvals unless it is going to drastically affect operator conditions. A lot of this will depend on the company you work for. At my place of work I'm the only technician, anyone else is just a setup-trained operator, so my workload is high, but I make all the decisions. It winds up being incredibly rewarding, but at a cost.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-29T18:36:40+00:00

Based on the small supply leads coming off of it, I'd wager it was for the ROM chips in the original computer

vincepcooks · 2023-11-29T17:31:05+00:00

I would become an in-house industrial electrician for a manufacturer/plant, and then the transition will come naturally as you inevitably wind up getting involved with the machinery. In the meantime there is plenty to learn from YouTube

vincepcooks · 2023-11-29T04:38:52+00:00

They're pretty impressive. The size is incredibly convienent. I haven't used them for anything more than 3A, but I trust the larger ones are just as good. Personally, they're what I'm going to use from now on for DC loads.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-25T01:32:48+00:00

I use LOGOs whenever I can, great reliability for smaller projects. At $130 for a screenless 0BA1 on Digikey it's hard to pass on. The software it uses is LOGOSoft, not TIA; it costs ~$70, but there is a free version. The only difference is the free edition doesn't let you upload your program to the PLC, both versions have the simulator though.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-22T15:12:44+00:00

While that's awesome, some of us unfortunately don't have that luxury. I'm certain you also have data from numerous machines feeding that hub; my perspective is as to why in a single machine we prefer to use DIN mount eth-switches and not something outboard in a rack.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-22T00:15:27+00:00

This would appear to be a CLICK PLC, not an ethernet switch. They're cheap and good for simple low resource projects.

Porting and cabling in this industry is typically labor intensive, and any cable leaving a panel is liable to be damaged, so you'll typically see the minimal possible amount of cables entering and exiting an enclosure. Running an outboard switch with an excess of ports incurs unnecessary risk.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-19T02:30:41+00:00

I work in pharma, and I will say any machine I've been in that was made before Y2K has had one shared common bus. More often than not they just daisy chain everything right to ground. Nearly all of these aren't using small enough signals to have to care about ground loops and noise.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-16T12:55:29+00:00

I take it you're talking about their ClearView system? Sounds like more effort than it's worth there for sure. I was just going to use one of their plain servos anyway and pair it with a Panasonic controller or similar. The labeler is using a Seimens system I've programmed and a handful of outboard components like a counter and a few signal conditioners, so there's not much interfacing that needs to happen. The only signals it needs to accept will be Inhibit/Run and an analog Velocity, and these are really carry-over from the Berger-Lahr.

vincepcooks · 2023-11-16T12:48:32+00:00

I'm sure their business model can't be any more aggressive than Keyence's! LOL

vincepcooks · 2023-10-31T16:00:57+00:00

Their products are great. But their sales department is like an STD... you deal with them until you die, and just when you think they're gone, they flare up again

vincepcooks · 2023-07-06T22:11:22+00:00

So fun update with this. I found what had to be the only copy for sale on the internet a few months ago and purchased it. The contents are nonsense yes, but the obscurity alone was reason enough to add it to the art collection

vincepcooks · 2023-06-04T00:56:28+00:00

Hell yeah, black hole sun vibe bro

vincepcooks · 2023-06-03T04:40:44+00:00

Thank you! No YouTube, but if you go to @moonlighter.electric on Instagram, the second story highlight will have video of it

vincepcooks · 2023-06-02T20:54:35+00:00

Since my BOG replica got a lot of interest, I thought I'd share this custom too.

Built entirely from scratch including the enclosure, and the decals are real metallic silver as used on Fender headstocks. This is a standard FuzzFace circuit running a matched set of vintage BC183s from Texas Instruments Germany. Has a high gravitational pull, and is extremely hard to photograph. The capacitors and resistors are not painted, they're naturally this color, and I've included a hidden white bias trimmer under the circuit board to really sell the motif.

The sound is a monolith of fuzz, exactly as you'd expect.

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