Microphone / Guitar / Universal Mono / Universal Stereo / Universal Three Independent Channel Pre Amplifier

+ 9V DC, =250mA + 220F, 25V, Electrolytic

1F

1K 1/4TL084 + 1K

Microphone or Guitar 10K

1/4TL084 39K + 47pF 130 10F

10K 130K 0 to 100K

1/4TL084 39K + 10K 130K 0 to 100K 47pF 130 1F

1/4TL084 39K + 10K 130K 0 to 100K 47pF 130 1F

All resistors and the potentiometer: W, 5%. All capacitors: 25V or higher. The resistor connected with a dashed line is not equipped.

Bill of Materials Supplier: www.ActiveSurplus.com Yes /No 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 20 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 Quantity 2 2 1 1 5 4.95 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.25 1 1 0.15 0.10 0.25 1 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.50 0.05 0.05 1 4.95 Price Each Part Number TL082/4 Name Operational Amplifier Female (panel mount) mono guitar and/or microphone jack socket Female (panel mount) stereo 3.5mm jack socket PLASTIC Female (panel mount) Power Jack Socket Perforated Board Aluminum Enclosure 100K Linear Potentiometer 10K, 1/4W, 5% Resistors 130K, 1/4W, 5% Resistor 130, 1/4W, 5% Resistor 39K, 1/4W, 5% Resistor 1K, 1/4W, 5% Resistor 1F, 25V, Capacitor 10F, 25V, Capacitor 220F, 25V Electrolytic (Polarised )Capacitor 47pF Capacitor Plastic 5mm LED Holder (2 piece panel mount) 5mm Super Bright LED Permanent (not momentary) switch Plastic Stand offs Connector Wire Ground Wire Ground Hook Screw Nut Washers Potentiometer Knobs Potentiometer Washers Potentiometer Nuts Corresponding Male Power Jack 9V, 250mA DC Power Adapter

Approximately $26 + Tax ~= $30. Can be said to be a $30 development. Some parts may not be available at Active Surplus. Go to Creatronic Inc., www.Creatronic.com

Considerations Notes: Ground the unconnected metal potentiometer enclosure. Attention with the guitar jack connection: Longer pin is signal. Use PLASTIC power jack socket ONLY! Must not make any connection with ground. Ground the aluminium enclosure with a ground hook, screw, nut and two washers. Sand the paint of the enclosure (in case there is any) off to the bare metal. 5. Do not install the 10K resistor across the microphone for a better performance. In case of two much noise, or too high volume of the signal, install either this resistor or any value between 1K and 100K (1M may be possible as depends on the noise). 6. Remember: the lowest gain is a bit higher than 2 and not 1. 7. Connect the center pin of the potentiometer to ground and the right hand side (when looked at the pins of the potentiometer) to the circuit. This way, when the potentiometer is turned all the way left, the gain will be the lowest possible (a bit higher than 2) and when the potentiometer is turned all the way right, the gain will be the highest possible (14). 8. Remember the scale of the potentiometer is not linear. 9. For the stereo INPUT ONLY (not the output), use such a stereo female 3.5mm jack socket which has the signal inputs connected to extra pins when the jacks are not inserted. In other words, when the jack is not inserted the signal inputs of the stereo channels must be grounded but not the outputs. When the jack is inserted the connection to ground is broken and the signal inputs of the stereo channel gets connected to the signal source (PC, stereo, iPod, guitar, microphone, etcetera) 10. Take care of the unused operational amplifiers (in case there are any) when these principles are considered: y The op amp inputs must be actively held within the input common-mode voltage range of the device. y The op amp output must be set within the output voltage swing range of the device. Here is a correct way to do it: (A better way is to use them for simple filters.) 1. 2. 3. 4.

Applications: y Microphone pre amplifier Connected to a microphone input of an amplifier Connected to a line input of an amplifier Guitar pre amplifier PC speakers stereo pre amplifier. The output of the preamplifier must be connected to the input of an amplifier (or amplified speakers) and not directly to the speakers. Microphone and PC stereo Speakers Guitar and PC stereo Speakers Guitar and microphone in different stereo channels High Gain Mono Pre Amplifier (gain of 8 to 2744, ~7500 gain) by connecting all three channels in series (one after another). Requires a special cable which is easy to do. General purpose mono/stereo pre amplifier. Frequency range: 0 to 25KHz. Remove the 47pF capacitors to achieve frequency range of 0 to ft/G (3GHz/14) which is 0 to 214285Hz, approximately 0 to 215KHz.

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Additional 2 Channels for Amplifier Two channels of:

1/4TL084 or 1/2TL082 39K + 10K 47pF

+ TIP 29B 10F

TIP 30B -

130K 0 to 100K

All resistors and the potentiometer: W, 5%. All capacitors: 25V or higher.