Tag: patchpal

Written by knopsl

Patchpals 2 – VU- Meter

I searched for a VU meter build to be able to check signals for their level. This is nothing fancy really. It basically shows the voltage of the signal. Between every diode you have a drop of approximately 0.7V so you can take that as a rule of thumb. I usually use this if I […]

Written by knopsl

Patchpals 1 – Introduction and ‘diode clipper’

A long time ago I found out that patchpals are a thing and easy to build. They are basically some jacks or sockets and a couple of components . Some wrap them in shrinkwrap afterwards but  I usually don’t because I never came around buying so gigantic shrinkwrap. I tried different designs and will make […]