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Author Topic: HOW TO GET STARTED - WHAT YOU NEED & TIPS.  (Read 50844 times)

Tyler1144

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Re: HOW TO GET STARTED - WHAT YOU NEED & TIPS.
« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2008, 02:46:23 AM »

futurlec.com and .parts-express.com both have really cheap switches, leds, resistors, potentiometers etc. So if you need parts you can order there. If anyone finds anything cheaper then tell me :)
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Re: HOW TO GET STARTED - WHAT YOU NEED & TIPS.
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2010, 01:20:58 PM »

Hi kind of a stupid question maybe...
I'm at the point of building a patchbay for one of my machines, in the list I saw the term patchbay sockets.
Googling them I couldn't find them, neither could I find them on electronic part sites, can someone please tell me what the right sockets are required for building a patchbay for the shortricuit connections from the rom chips etc?
What kind of category do they fall in?
Thanks.
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Re: HOW TO GET STARTED - WHAT YOU NEED & TIPS.
« Reply #32 on: August 20, 2010, 02:41:06 PM »

Depends what sockets you want to use. I tend to use mono 3.5mm jack sockets as you can pack a lot of them into a small space and they aren't very deep behind the panel:

http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/Connectors-Audio-Video/Jack/Miniature-jack-sockets/63488

Other options would be phono sockets which you can get individually or in panels of eight, 4mm single pole sockets sometimes called banana sockets, 1/4 inch jack sockets. Whatever you want really.
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Re: HOW TO GET STARTED - WHAT YOU NEED & TIPS.
« Reply #33 on: August 20, 2010, 04:21:59 PM »

Alright thank you :)
I might be back soon with more questions  ::)
But first I'm gonna experiment a bit.
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