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Post by MartinT on Mar 28, 2019 14:30:57 GMT
Grip with tweezers while applying heat to one side, lift then do the other.
Hold new component in place with tiny drop of superglue. Solder both sides.
An LED is a diode so make sure it's the right way around.
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 28, 2019 16:02:20 GMT
Grip with tweezers while applying heat to one side, lift then do the other. Hold new component in place with tiny drop of superglue. Solder both sides. An LED is a diode so make sure it's the right way around. Yes. Allo seem slow in answering!! |
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 29, 2019 21:12:21 GMT
The extra 3mm optic fibre I needed to finish the job came today. I've got the 44.1K slot fed from Kali's 44.1K Family Led. I also have another one showing Lock (blue) and empty (red) as a combined light slot. Those two LEDs are so close together on Kali that the 3mm optic fibre covers both! So it works as a dual colour led! Quite a neat feature, if not originally reckoned for. I made a second small block to hold the two optic fibres for this. This pic was taken with the main ceiling spot lights on. Showing standby, a combination of 48K and Empty Leds  Here taken with just a side table light on. Showing 44.1K and Lock.  At each track change on Spotify it briefly goes to the standby light combo then 44.1K and Lock Leds as the next track is cued up. I can live with this it's perfect! Will have to rename the last two slots on the right. Method and black permanent marker at the ready  Even got the lid on for a while until RPi needs stoking again  I might put a RPi SD card read Led indicator on as well. But not on the front. Perhaps to the side out of normal view. It's just to check there's not SD action during a power down. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 29, 2019 21:34:19 GMT
Looks like you need to invest in some Letraset, Steve.  |
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 29, 2019 21:50:04 GMT
Looks like you need to invest in some Letraset, Steve. Already been said, but then Petea liked the artisan look It's all a prototype and can change, so I figure why bother. It's been like this since 2012 then I added the sample rate holes about a year later for WaveIO, now RPi/Kali. Meths and pen is quickest. I haven't used Letraset since school. Can you still get it? |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 29, 2019 22:29:02 GMT
I used Letraset for all my early projects, up to a preamp I built from a John Linsley-Hood design.
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Post by Slinger on Mar 29, 2019 23:10:44 GMT
Looks like you need to invest in some Letraset, Steve. I haven't used Letraset since school. Can you still get it? I've just had a look, and Amazon is still selling it. I only said it as a joke, I assumed it had been discontinued years ago. If you want the "real" artisan look though I've got three words for you: Dymo Label Maker.  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 30, 2019 9:45:57 GMT
I haven't used Letraset since school. Can you still get it? I've just had a look, and Amazon is still selling it. I only said it as a joke, I assumed it had been discontinued years ago. If you want the "real" artisan look though I've got three words for you: Dymo Label Maker. With different colour tapes ! |
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Post by petea on Mar 30, 2019 10:46:21 GMT
I might just be able to help you out there! |
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 30, 2019 13:23:32 GMT
I've always thought Dymo looked cack. Functional but cack.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 30, 2019 13:30:15 GMT
I bought one with the idea of using it in the business. Recommended by David Allen, Getting things done. Never did cos the labels looked off, cack even |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 30, 2019 13:32:03 GMT
Dymo - Best friend to home-build guitar pedal builders for years...   |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2019 14:51:12 GMT
Yep, cack!
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 30, 2019 16:21:40 GMT
And that was in Black
Just imagine how much worse it would be in another colour !
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Post by MartinT on Apr 25, 2019 13:26:34 GMT
As a follow-up, Steve, are you pleased with your Kali LED repeaters?
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 25, 2019 17:25:48 GMT
Yeah very pleased. They just work. Part of the furniture now. Just the right brightness. I took one of to the side that shows the RPi card reading green light. Didn't want it flashing in my face. Figured it could be useful to see when read/writing was over when I power down. Not needed it yet |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 25, 2019 17:40:51 GMT
I only power down my Pi to get the SD card out, otherwise it stays on.
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Post by speedysteve on Apr 25, 2019 18:09:29 GMT
I only power down my Pi to get the SD card out, otherwise it stays on. Same here but there might be a case I want to power down to service something, move Najda or the power supply.. saves taking the lid off (10 screws). |
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Post by speedysteve on Jun 20, 2019 20:43:30 GMT
I decided to try Quobuz hi-res. Duly subbed to both Quobuz (free month long trial), and Myvolumio (free 15 day trial). Not that I'm unhappy with Spotify premium though! Curiosity got the better of me. Straight away I got 16/44 working and could find most things I wanted to try (not Avratz by Infected Mushroom though?). After trying lots in the Quobuz app and Volumio settings to get 24/48 or 96 or 192 to play in Volumio, and lots of pointers by Martin, finally changing the Quobuz in Volumio setting from the logical 'Highest possible' to '24/192', all sample rates work now as they should! Time to evaluate... The lights on my Najda front panel that are fibre optically conveying what sampling Kali is seeing, dance accordingly too    |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 21, 2019 19:51:44 GMT
What do you think of it so far, Steve?
I must admit that Qobuz has won me over. It still doesn't have the catalogue of Spotify but the sound quality is superb.
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