Analogue-sequencer

Another electronics query I'm afraid... I bought everything except resistors from the Bill of 
Parts on the idea that I'd pick up the resistors from Maplin, but whilst the BoM gives the 
value could someone offer advice on whether it should be carbon film, metal film, power 
ratings etc. I do realize they must be axial!

Cheers,

Peter.

Hi Peter,

Some time ago, I did a BoM for the P3:

http://techman.synth.net/pdf/P3Main.pdf

http://techman.synth.net/pdf/P3Rest.pdf

This might be a bit out of date now regarding part numbers.

You'll be wanting metal film 0.25W resistors. I used Rapid 
Electronics for my parts. 

The current Maplin parts would be the 0.6W Metal Film range. Wow, do 
they really charge 13 pence EACH for them!! Go to Rapid if you can.

Cheers

Andy

On 10 Jun 2008 at 15:45, THX1742 wrote:

> Another electronics query I'm afraid... I bought everything except
> resistors from the Bill of 
> Parts on the idea that I'd pick up the resistors from Maplin, but
> whilst the BoM gives the 
> value could someone offer advice on whether it should be carbon
> film, metal film, power 
> ratings etc. I do realize they must be axial!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 


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Andy Wilson
www.techman.synth.net
techman@synth.net

> The current Maplin parts would be the 0.6W Metal Film range. Wow, do 
> they really charge 13 pence EACH for them!! Go to Rapid if you can.

For 13p each, I'd be expecting them to come round and solder them in for me.

I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but I can remember going into
Maplin (many years ago...) with the BoM I'd worked out for my 6502 based, 8
channel MIDI to CV convertor.
They had every single part in stock, except for one value of resistor.
Nowadays you're lucky if you can get anything more than a spare phono plug
without having to get it ordered in.
Rapid are better, cheaper and faster.
The only sucky thing about Rapid is their anything-BUT-Rapid website...

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com

On 10 Jun 2008 at 17:05, Colin Fraser wrote:
 
> I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but I can remember
> going into
> Maplin (many years ago...) 

Ah yes, I started using Maplin about 30 years ago. In those days they 
did have almost everything you needed.

Now they wouldn't know which is the hot end of a soldering iron :->(

Rapid V. good

Andy
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Andy Wilson
www.techman.synth.net
techman@synth.net

I'm so old my first customer number with Maplin was just over 9000. I 
used to bike to the the old double fronted shop in Southend from home in 
Hornchurch. It was a veritable Aladdin's cave for geeky youngsters like 
me. I vaguely remember there was a large synth next to the front door 
for quite some time, probably a 3800, but I can't remember for sure.

Once Mike Beecher less than politely told me to go away after playing on 
one of the organs for too long... ah those were the days. :-)

 > The only sucky thing about Rapid is their anything-BUT-Rapid website...

Yeah, its really slow for me too. And, do check your final basket 
carefully, because only last week it spontaneously altered a quantity of 
one item while I was editing another. Not had this before but it was 
running particularly slow that day.

Tony

www.oakleysound.com