ST4 DIY – Mic board

The mic board contains a microphone, line input and an ADC to digitize both. The digitized signal is sent towards the Micro Controller Unit (MCU) on the Arduino DUE.

The parts list is as follows:

Google docs link

The following pictures show how your mic board kit bag (B) should look..

Micboard (kit bag B), front side.
Micboard (kit bag B), front side.
Mic board (kit bag B) back side.
Mic board (kit bag B) back side.
Mic board (kit bag B) individual components separated.
Mic board (kit bag B) individual components separated.

Start by soldering the lowest parts. These are the resistors. There are many values as is common in analog designs. Just group by value (for instance all 1k’s, then all 10k’s, then all 22k’s, etc) until all of them are soldered. See the pictures below:

micboard1

micboard_10k33k

micboard_10k22k33k

micboard1k

micboard2k2

micboard4k7

Next up are the ceramic caps. The 100 nF ceramics’s are used to bypass the IC’s and can be found close to them. The 1 nF’s are for low-pass filtering and are less close:

micboard100n

The IC sockets are next. Mind the orientation! Insert them correctly, bend the 2 of the outer most pins to lock them in, and then solder all the pins.

micboard_icsockets

The Elco’s are next. These are polarized! So please mind the orientation or risk these things getting fried!

micboard_elco

Solder the mic at the height as seen in the photo:

micboard_mic

micboard_micside

Then the PJ301 line input socket:

micboard_line

Then the pot. This should be _without_ detent!

micboard_pot

micboards

Solder the IDC26 socket with the cap towards the inside of the board.

micboard_conn

mic board - alternative angle
mic board – alternative angle

Populate the IC’s. IC1 = the ADC, IC2 and IC8 are precision opamps (LT1013). As always, take care of the orientation. Reversal will lead to dead IC’s!

All done!

Mic board - fully populated
Mic board – fully populated