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Biodata Assembly Instructions

Components

Most parts are available on Tayda (quick-order CSV).

See general components notes for more info about sourcing parts.

Interactive BOM: front, back

  Board Reference Part Value Source Comment
  Back R1, R6-R7, R13-R15 Resistor 1kΩ Tayda  
  Front R16-R17 Resistor 1kΩ -  
  Back R2, R3 Resistor 1MΩ Tayda  
  Back R4-R5 Resistor 100kΩ Tayda  
  Back R8, R11-R12 Resistor 10kΩ Tayda  
  Back R9-R10 Resistor 220kΩ Tayda  
  Back C1 Capacitor 10nF Tayda  
  Back C2 Capacitor 1nF Tayda  
  Back C3-C4, C7-C9 Capacitor 100nF Tayda  
  Back C10 Capacitor 100pF Tayda  
  Back C6-C12 Capacitor 10uF Tayda  
  Front RV1 Potentiometer B50k Tayda Any value 1k-100k is fine
  Front RV2-RV3 Potentiometer B50k Tayda No-knob splined-shaft potentiometers. Any value 1k-100k is fine
  Front J1-J6 3.5mm Jack PJ398SM or PJ301M-12 Tayda  
  Back J7 IDC connector 2x8 Tayda Eurorack power header
  Both J14-J19 Pin headers 1x6, 1x7 Tayda (Male, Female), Amazon Cut headers down to size. Attach the boards together using a male/female header pair for each connection.
  Back Q1-Q2 NPN Transistor 2N3904 Tayda  
  Front D1 LED 5mm Tayda  
  Back U1 Timer/oscillator NE555P Tayda  
  Back U2 Op-amp TL072 Tayda TL082 is probably fine too
🔴 Back U3 Power isolator TEA 1-0505 DigiKey, Mouser This electrically isolates the power sent over the probes from the rest of the Eurorack case. This is intended to reduce 60Hz hum or other electrical interference form being picked up as part of the signal. If you don’t feel this is necessary, you can short pins 1 and 3 and pins 2 and 4 to bypass this component.
  Back U4 Signal opto-isolator PC817X1NSZ9F Tayda Electrically isolates the 555 galvanometer signal from the main power supply (see above). Again, could be omitted and bypassed by shorting pins 1 and 4. Omit R15 as well in this case.
🔴 Back U5 DAC MCP4922-E/P DigiKey, Mouser  
  Back A1 Arduino Nano v3.0 Tayda  
🔴 Both - Mounting screw M2.5x11mm standoff or bolt   Holds the two PCBs together.

🔴 = Missing from Tayda BOM