chiizu's Megadrum build

[chiizu]

Hi all, just thought I'd share some photos and notes about my experience building the 2.8 kit. For anyone wondering, this was my first serious DIY electronics project (though I do have an EE background).

First of all, thanks again to Synthex and dmitri for their stellar work that made all of this possible!

Timeline:

• 1/14/09 - Kit (option #1, PCB+ICs) shipped by Synthex
• 1/29/09 - Kit recv'd (Dallas, Texas)
• 2/07/09 - Other parts acquired from local surplus store
• 2/08/09 - The build begins!
• 2/10/09 - Board populated and tested (YAY!)
• ...

Notes:
I'm pleasantly suprised - everything went smoothly! The USB device was detected at first power up (Windows XP). The LCD module I have appears to be incompatible, but that's really the only hiccup (oh well, it was only $3 at the surplus store). The programmed ICs from Synthex are so worth the money. I was making happy fun drum noises within minutes of first boot.

That's all for now. Next items to tackle are putting the guts into a pretty box and building some nicer drum pads. Oh, and lots of tweaking.

-chiizu