I'm building a Combo Amp for someone.

The cabinet is Pine 13" wide x 15" tall and 11" deep. All glued together and used a 1/2" roundover bit in my router for the edges.

The speaker is a vintage 10" Utah 15W 8ohm. The amp is my dual Im386 chip bridged amp design. Can run on 9volt battery or walwart and output is 1 to 2 watts.

Views: 2582

Replies to This Discussion

Yeah, noticed that too. Also realized that the speaker negative is connected to pin 5 of the opposite IC.

Correct, the 386 chip pin 2 is (input -) and pin 3 is (input +).

  One chip has  (input -) to pin 2 and output pin5 goes to (speaker -). Making up the negative side of the bridged amp.

The other chip has (input +) pin 3 and pin 5 output to (speaker +). Making up the positive side of the bridged amp.

I've noticed several schematics for the 386 chip amps that will use either pin 2 or pin 3 for input on single chip amps.  But as for the battery input, pin 6 is always battery/power positive. Which is why these chips will fry if the battery/power polarity is reversed.

Not sure what CON1 & CON2 are, but presume that they are contacts on a pre-made board?

The C8 and R10 combo is common on many LM386 amp circuits, but I don't use them on mine. C9, the 1000uF cap is the filter cap relative to the battery/wall wart power source. It smoothes out the dc "ripple" to eliminate background dc noise. Notice how it connects to "ground".

R1 (4K7 ohms, or 4.7K) can be anything from 330 ohm to 4.7K ohms, and is more dependent on the color of LED used. Some LED's need higher resistance, others need less to avoid burning out the elements.

I have used quite a few of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Low-Voltage-Audio-Amplifier-Module-Kit-NJM3...

It has a very similar circuit to what you present here, runs great on a 9v battery, even better on 6 aa, c or d cells...

This circuit is functionally no different than the 1w Aztec amps that you see sold in many places. The jumper selects 20x or 200x gain: if you wire a 1k pot across the jumper, you have adjustable gain... I find they sound better if you insert a .022uf cap across the input leads.

YMMV
Your mileage may vary. Btw, if you don't have the paper that came with it, you have to be careful to not reverse polarity on the battery or you smoke the whole thing.

You should still have my email, ping me if you need any help.

The first version of this amp that I built got smoked from the walwart polarity being accidentally reversed. I'm going to have to rebuild mine.

Some of these small chip amp will be okay if the polarity is reversed, but most of them will be toast.

True, being careful about the wall wart polarity saves a bit of frustration.

The only way is knowing the pin designations of the chip(Google Search), and following the circuits on the PCB.

386 pins would be this.

If you mean polarity of the wall wart, it will be marked on the same side where the specs are (voltage in/voltage out/millamperes, etc).

it looks like this:  (in this example, center is negative, as with many effects pedals)

While waiting for funds to order the speaker, I went ahead and labeled all the controls. I used some rubber letter stamps and ink. Not the best job, but I think it adds to the rustic fell of this cabinet.

I ordered the WGS 10" Veteran speaker. Can't wait to get this done.

Wanted to kill my cat yesterday. Little *&^% got in my office/project room and knocked a book off the top of the bookcase that fell right into that Utah speaker and tore a big hole in it.

RSS

The Essential Pages

New to Cigar Box Nation? How to Play Cigar Box GuitarsFree Plans & How to Build Cigar Box GuitarsCigar Box Guitar Building Basics

Site Sponsor

Recommended Links & Resources


Discussion Forum

Tribute amps I've built

Started by Tom Hoglund Nov 7, 2022. 0 Replies

LM386 Amp w/ Switchable Clean Channel

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by BrianQ. May 28, 2021. 1 Reply

Simple 1st Timer CBG Amp

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by BrianQ. Sep 27, 2020. 25 Replies

Matching Speakers to LM386

Started by Southern Ray. Last reply by Southern Ray Aug 6, 2020. 11 Replies

Suggestions wanted for easy amp build

Started by Southern Ray. Last reply by Southern Ray Jun 15, 2020. 11 Replies

Ruby Amp

Started by BrianQ.. Last reply by Southern Ray May 16, 2020. 27 Replies

Low-Z pickup and components values

Started by Southern Ray. Last reply by Southern Ray May 13, 2020. 6 Replies

Oops

Started by Southern Ray. Last reply by Southern Ray May 2, 2020. 12 Replies

DIY Spring Reverb

Started by Kevin Keating. Last reply by Paul Craig Oct 17, 2019. 4 Replies

TDA2030A Amp

Started by Bama Hound. Last reply by Gary Stenzel Jul 23, 2017. 14 Replies

Home Brew Champ Tube Amp

Started by Scott aka Farmer Ted. Last reply by Paul Craig Feb 6, 2017. 3 Replies

Dual IM386 Chip amp

Started by Paul Craig. Last reply by Paul Craig Jan 26, 2017. 29 Replies

5 Watt Amp Kit (DIY Case)

Started by Walter Haapapuro. Last reply by Gene Jones Dec 7, 2016. 46 Replies

DIY reverb behold - I found this online

Started by Danny B.. Last reply by Paul Craig Nov 2, 2016. 3 Replies

Bass Cabinet project

Started by Murdoc_420. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Jul 15, 2016. 34 Replies

Kalamazoo Model 1 Deluxe

Started by Scott aka Farmer Ted. Last reply by Rick Alexander Jun 20, 2016. 12 Replies

LM386 amp and other stuff

Started by Denis U. Last reply by Denis U May 29, 2016. 19 Replies

Music

© 2024   Created by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

\uastyle>\ud/** Scrollup **/\ud.scrollup {\ud background: url("https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/963882636?profile=original") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;\ud bottom: 25px;\ud display: inline !important;\ud height: 40px;\ud opacity: 0.3 !important;\ud position: fixed;\ud right: 30px;\ud text-indent: -9999px;\ud width: 40px;\ud z-index: 999;\ud}\ud.scrollup:hover {\ud opacity:0.99!important;\ud}\ud \uascript type="text/javascript">\ud x$(document).ready(function(){\ud x$(window).scroll(function(){\ud if (x$(this).scrollTop() > 100) {\ud x$('.scrollup').fadeIn();\ud } else {\ud x$('.scrollup').fadeOut();\ud }\ud });\ud x$('.scrollup').click(function(){\ud x$("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 600);\ud return false;\ud });\ud });\ud \ua!-- End Scroll Up -->