Vcs3 matrix pins

Phaser Face · Joined: Nov 26, 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Birmingham UK

I'm guessing the different colours on the pins denote different size resistors but if so what purpose do the different pins have?

Cheers
Gez

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:45 pm Post subject:

Basicly it tells the tolerance and value off the resistor.

2.7KOhm white pin 5% tolerance universal use.
2.7KOhm red pin 1% tolerance universal use but more for keyboard!
64KOhm green 5% tolerance high decoupling for big signals.

Phaser Face · Joined: Nov 26, 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Birmingham UK

Cheers for the info. Can they still be purchased anywhere. Gheilmetti have a 20x20 board that I think would do the job ( with the ems pins) but their pins aren't resistors.

mono-poly · Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:56 am Post subject:

Gheilmetti still sells them.

Electronic battle · Joined: Feb 09, 2009 Posts: 11 Location: England

@Mono - do you have a part number? I've looked and I haven't seen any pins which are suitable. I think I saw some which were resistive but were a different pin length or pin diameter but it was a while ago now.

the other source of pins is of course Robin Wood himself - they're a fiver each now (I think).

http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/index.html