Good morning again. Hope everyone is still fine and dandy.
Just a little update on my first attempt at building a sustainer. Well it doesn't work. Like I said, my knowledge of electronics is basically zero, so I will have to do some more reading.
Anyway, just a few sources I picked up on that might be of help to other people, I picked up a book at a second hand book store, called "The Art of Electronics" by Cambridge Press. If you want to know about or get started with electronics, this is likely one of the best refference I have seen thus far.
My main problem though is not theory on how the thing should work, I just don't have any background in commiting the design to circuit board. I couldnt find any Perfboard so I had to go with a thing called "VeroBoard"?? It works on the same principle as those prefab breadboards with tracks and stuff but shite you have to use a drill bit or special tool to make breaks in the track, so I think something went wrong with that whole process but, I will attemp to get a new board up tonite and let everyone know how it's going.
For the guys in SA that have trouble finding components, I have come across the mother of all suppliers + you can order on the net + they sell components to the small guys. Just go to www.rssouthafrica.com. They have just about everything you can need on any project.
So anyway, until I found a decent tutorial on commiting a design to circuit board, I will stick to something that even I cannot F*ck Up with.
Winding the driver
Have Fun.
Tas.