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Populating the Oakley OMS-820 PCB

Warning:

Oakley Modular PCBs are now supplied with the RoHS compliant Ni/Au finish. This is a high 
quality finish but does possess slightly different soldering characteristics to the traditional lead 
based HASL finish. Handle the boards with care, and avoid touching the Ni/Au that can cause 
premature tarnishing of the finish. Shelf life is hard to predict but we recommend soldering in 
all the components less than one year from when you receive your board.

We are not responsible for any accidents caused whilst working on these boards. It is up 
to you to use your board responsibly and sensibly.

Occasionally people have not been able to get their Oakley projects to work first time. Some 
times the boards will end up back with me so that I can get them to work. The most common 
error with most of these was parts inserted into the wrong holes. Please double check every 
part before you solder any part into place. Desoldering parts on a double sided board is a skill 
that takes a while to master properly.

If you have put a component in the wrong place, then the best thing to do is to snip the 
component’s lead off at the board surface. Then using the soldering iron and a small 
screwdriver prize the remaining bit of the leg out of the hole. Use wick or a good solder pump 
to remove the solder from the hole. Filling the hole with fresh solder will actually make the 
hole easier to suck clean!

Sometimes people like to substitute parts in place of my own recommendations. Feel free to 
do this, but remember that there is normally a good reason why I have selected that particular 
part. If you do find that, say changing an op-amp with another one, makes an improvement, 
please do let me know either via the Oakley-Synths list or directly to me.

All resistors should be flat against the board surface before soldering. It is a good idea to use a 
‘lead bender’ to preform the leads before putting them into their places. I use my fingers to do 
this job, but there are special tools available too. Once the part is in its holes, bend the leads 
that stick out the bottom outwards to hold the part in place. This is called ‘cinching’. Solder 
from the bottom of the board, applying the solder so that the hole is filled with enough to 
spare to make a small cone around the wire lead. Don’t put too much solder on, and don’t put 
too little on either. Clip the leads off with a pair of side cutters, trim level with the top of the 
little cone of solder.

Once all the resistors have been soldered, check them ALL again. Make sure they are all 
soldered and make sure the right values are in the right place.

IC sockets are to be recommended, especially if this is your first electronics project. Make 
sure, if you need to wash your board, that you get water in and around these sockets.

The polyester film capacitors are like little coloured boxes. Push the part into place up to the 
board’s surface. Little lugs on the underside of the capacitor will leave enough of an air gap 
for the water wash to work. Cinch and solder the leads as you would resistors.

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Summary of Contents for MOTM-820

Page 1: ...Oakley Sound Systems Oakley Modular Series OMS 820 issue 2 The MOTM 820 Companion Module User s Guide V2 01 Tony Allgood B Eng Oakley Sound Systems CARLISLE CA4 9QR United Kingdom 1...

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Page 3: ...shape of the waveform by introducing the usual non linearites of the exponential rise and decay Top frequency is 1KHz or so whilst the lowest frequency is so low I got bored waiting for one cycle 2 E...

Page 4: ...ules need to come apart at anytime The wires from the connectors are simply soldered to special key locations on the MOTM 820 No component changes are required to the MOTM 820 at all Inserting a jack...

Page 5: ...tput The U1 pins 5 6 7 op amp performs two important jobs Firstly it steps down the 15V swings to a more reasonable 7 5 volts This gives us the peak charging voltage for the MOTM 820 s input This is n...

Page 6: ...positive gate arrives Q9 turns on and pulls its collector down to ground or 0V This inverse version of the applied gate signal is sent to two destinations One is another transistor Q12 This is config...

Page 7: ...de which we have talked about already Also monitoring the BUFFERED voltage is a comparator based around U2 When the voltage exceeds 5V or so the comparator s output goes from 0V to 15V With the AD R s...

Page 8: ...pots have the same pin spacing Not a problem of course if you are not fitting them to the board In the UK Farnell CPC and Rapid Electronics sell the Spectrol pots for a reasonable price For the resis...

Page 9: ...reen for no particular reason other than to look like a traffic light There are five switches on this board The GATE and RESET switches are push switches These are sometimes designated SPNO single pol...

Page 10: ...m orange yellow LED R LD RESET LED 5mm green LED G LD GATE Integrated Circuits 4001 CMOS quad NOR gate U4 TL071 single FET op amp U2 TL072 dual FET op amp U3 U1 Other 4 way 0 156 Molex MTA connector P...

Page 11: ...metimes people like to substitute parts in place of my own recommendations Feel free to do this but remember that there is normally a good reason why I have selected that particular part If you do fin...

Page 12: ...lone Now solder the middle pin first then the other two once the middle one has cooled solid Sometimes transistors come with the middle leg preformed away from the other two This is all right the part...

Page 13: ...f Fit only one nut at this stage to hold the pot to the pot bracket Make sure the pot sits more or less centrally in the pot bracket with legs pointing downwards Tighten the nut up carefully being car...

Page 14: ...t matter which lead goes into which hole of the LED pad if you have used bipolar LEDs since these can go in any way The bicolour LED may go in any way around but I normally try to make sure that posi...

Page 15: ...onnected at the PCB end Use a bit of heatshrink tube to keep the end from fraying The GATE socket s signal lug goes to the pad marked GATE And the RESET socket s signal lug goes to the pad marked RESE...

Page 16: ...try again I like to use as many different colour wires as possible It makes wiring easier and looks great Each wire now needs to be soldered onto key points on the MOTM 820 PCB or sockets Trim back th...

Page 17: ...nd GATED mode Set the UP DN pot to level 7 Now press the GATE button and keep your finger there Does the GATE and SET LEDs light up immediately Does the OUT LED quickly rise in brightness Now let go o...

Page 18: ...d and fixed within one hour The minimum charge is 20GBP plus return postage costs Your comments and questions are important to both Oakley Sound and Oakley Modular In the first instance please use the...

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