Intro to electronics - build a sequencer

This workshop is intended as an introduction to electronics as well as a hands on workshop where you will build your own sequencer. The inspiration for this comes from the DIY electronic music community. Special thanks goes to Rich Decibels for his outstanding keyquencer designs on which the final project is based.

This workshop will span approximately 3 separate nights with a possibility for more as needed.

General outline

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1st Session - General introduction to electronics

• Current Flow
• Resistors
• Capacitors
• Power supplies
• Breadboarding
• Integrated circuits
• Bread board amp project
• Oscillator

2nd Session Soldering, Oscillators and Sequencer

• Intro to soldering
• Solder amp project
• Schmitt triggers
• Logic Gates
• Intro to simple Oscillator
• Breadboard simple Oscillator
• Design
  • circuit
  • physical - HOMEWORK!!!

3rd Session Sequencer Build

• Sequencer build
• Intro to Debugging
• Sequencer fixing

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References/Links

1. Rich Decibels
2. Flux Monkey's electronoize playshops
3. Electromusic.com DIY Hardware forums