{"id":6,"date":"2020-02-13T17:50:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2020-07-29T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:29:18","slug":"lm3886-build-thread","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/lm3886-build-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurochrome 686 &#8211; The Build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200201_114528-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to my article on the building of an Audio Power Amplifier, constructed mainly from circuit boards from <a href=\"https:\/\/neurochrome.com\/\">Neurochrome Audio<\/a>. This is more of a photo blog account of my build and not a tutorial as such. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first built a project based on the LM3886 from an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circuitbasics.com\/design-hi-fi-audio-amplifier-lm3886\/\">circuitbasics.com,<\/a> which included references to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.neurochrome.com\/taming-the-lm3886-chip-amplifier\/supply-decoupling\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Christiansen<\/a> and that led me to the Neurochrome boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decided on a dual mono block design requiring the follow parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/neurochrome.com\/products\/modulus-686?variant=30106506854470\">Modulus 686 SMD Pre-Populated PCB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/neurochrome.com\/collections\/power-supplies\/products\/power-686\">Power 686<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/neurochrome.com\/products\/guardian-686\">Guardian 686<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 x <a href=\"https:\/\/neurochrome.com\/products\/intelligent-soft-start\">Intelligent Soft Start (ISS)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/sklep.toroidy.pl\/en_US\/p\/TTSAS0400-SUPREME-AUDIO-grade-transformer-TSAS400VA-voltage-to-50V\/409\">Toroidy TTSAS0400 &#8211; SUPREME AUDIO grade transformer <\/a>TSAS400VA &#8211;<em>Output voltage: 2 X 25 V; Mounting pad: Side-wiring plate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 x  <a href=\"https:\/\/modushop.biz\/site\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=209&amp;product_id=777\">Deluxe 4U Aluminum ( DIYDX-4U300-A ) Modushop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-2048x1377.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-1200x807.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/426A0147-2-1980x1331.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 x <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/schurter\/4304-6090\/inlet-iec-c14-6765-10a\/dp\/2080294?CMP=i-ddd7-00001003\">IEC Power Inlet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hificollective.co.uk\/catalog\/cmc858mu-copper-gold-plated-medium-speaker-terminals-p-4761.html\">CMC-858MU Gold plated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 x <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/neutrik\/nc3fdx-top\/chassis-connector-female-3pole\/dp\/3014311?CMP=i-ddd7-00001003\">NEUTRIK XLR Connector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 x <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/pro-signal\/mj-164h\/socket-3-5mm-jack-2pole\/dp\/1267394?CMP=i-ddd7-00001003\">12v Trigger socket<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 x <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouser.co.uk\/ProductDetail\/schurter\/3-102-785\/?qs=gt1LBUVyoHmNcMq%2FZVFg1w==&amp;countrycode=GB&amp;currencycode=GBP\">Front Panel RGB Pushbutton Switch<\/a> (Not recommended as it&#8217;s LED are 24v)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/lm3886-build-thread\/power-tray\/\">Next page: Power Tray &#8211; Layout<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Welcome to my article on the building of an Audio Power Amplifier, constructed mainly from circuit boards from Neurochrome Audio. This is more of a photo blog account of my build and not a tutorial as such. I first built a project based on the LM3886 from an article from circuitbasics.com, which included references [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andytather.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}