I also loved the look of the penguin mints Bought from Thinkgeek, this only aided my decision to make this amp.
So when i decided it was time to stop dreaming and start injuring myself with the soldering iron, i checked instructables first and was amazed to see no one had posted an instructable for this immensely popular diy amp. So i set about making my own, and this is how it went...
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A soldering iron
Some wire strippers (or in my case a leatherman squirt)
A multimeter
Pictured below my tools. The soldering station is an xytronics lf-2000 that i got about 3 weeks ago. any soldering iron will do, but i got this particular station because it was cheaper than the weller equivalents and parts are readily are available in the UK, and its performance amazes me. Highly recommend xytronics if you are after a good soldering station.
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Most likely its the op amp, i checked the capacitance of my caps so i'm sure i didn't cook one( which somehow i have done before-really really late night ). So the most expensive part is kaput.... And I even used a socket this time so no magic smoke hahaha.
good look, let us know how it goes!
I hav one question though, if i find the increase in volume low, what can i do to increase in it?? I used a single 9V battery should I connect 2? Any other suggestions.
glad it worked
I am making 2 of these, one for my self and another for a friend and I want to make sure i get the right parts.
nice instructable :-)
i have a speaker that is 2" diamter, and the back part is like 1 1/2" it doesn't have anything on the back of it, and i was thinking about making this to make that run louder, i hooked up my bookbag to it, and it can fill a quit math room with music, :)