GM Arts Overdrive Pedal Build

Here I am going to document one of my most successful electronics projects of all time. If you play the guitar and you can build electronics then this is a perfect fit for you! I found the schematic for this project on the Internet here:

http://www.gmarts.org/index.php?go=217

Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Step 1 Schematic

You can get the schematic the same place I did, from the bottom of the page. You know, "save image as" in your browser. Or in Linux:

wget http://www.gmarts.org/pix/schem/a_amp-odis.gif

Should do a good job of snagging the schematic for you. I don't do Windows so if you do you're on your own there.

I'm also going to attach my Eagle .sch file here as well. Eagle in case you don't know is a schematic capture and board layout program made by a company called Cadsoft. I use the free version because I am just a hobbyist and I really don't want to make a board any bigger than they allow you to in the free version anyways. So the good news is all the files I make you should be able to open up and work with in the free version!

If you don't have a copy already get one, playing around with Cadsoft's Eagle is more fun than playing video games. At least it is if you're an electronics nut like me. The bad news is lots of folks seem to have problems opening sch and brd Eagle files from different versions and my version is pretty old 5.10.0 is what I have. Now if you have that problem I guess you're just going to have to look at my screen captures and try to make your own that works with the version of Eagle that you have. Hey it's great practice! If you do that be sure to attach yours to a comment in my Instructable. Thanks for sharing.

One other thing to note about my schematic and board files is I use header pins instead of potentiometers and jacks because I'm going to be connecting my parts with jumper wires to my board. I laid my schematic out a lot like the original graphic so just try to follow along OK?