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    The Arcade Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. It uses four TL072, one LM386, and a CD4024be integrated circuits. Controls include two octaves down, one octave up, and controls for square signal, level, base, sub, filter, and down. It is designed to fit in a 125B enclosure and uses primarily resistors, capacitors, pots, and a signal transformer to produce its fully analog tones. Assembly instructions and a shopping list of components are provided.

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    The Arcade Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. It uses four TL072, one LM386, and a CD4024be integrated circuits. Controls include two octaves down, one octave up, and controls for square signal, level, base, sub, filter, and down. It is designed to fit in a 125B enclosure and uses primarily resistors, capacitors, pots, and a signal transformer to produce its fully analog tones. Assembly instructions and a shopping list of components are provided.

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    Arcade Commander

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    David Brown
    The Arcade Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. It uses four TL072, one LM386, and a CD4024be integrated circuits. Controls include two octaves down, one octave up, and controls for square signal, level, base, sub, filter, and down. It is designed to fit in a 125B enclosure and uses primarily resistors, capacitors, pots, and a signal transformer to produce its fully analog tones. Assembly instructions and a shopping list of components are provided.

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    Arcade Commander

    Based on Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander

    Monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage


    square wave synth tones.

    By PCB Guitar mania Mania

    Project link

    9V GND

    R10

    R12

    R11
    R1

    D3

    R9
    C1

    C2

    IC1 IC 3

    C15
    C16

    SUB 1 LEVEL 1 FILTER 1


    C13

    C14
    C3

    C5
    C7

    C9

    R2 XFM1
    C6

    S
    R3

    R5
    R8
    R4

    R6
    R7
    IC2

    R13

    D2
    D1
    C10

    C12

    C11
    C4

    C8

    DOWN 1 BASE 1 UP 1

    IN OUT

    GND . D4 LED

    The Arcade Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four


    octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. User friendly controls, two octaves
    down, one up, square signal control, everything fully analog.

     This board has been designed for on-board pots; keep your project tidy
    without long cables around.
     Works using four TL072, Lm386 and a CD4024be
     Fits on a 125B enclosure.
     2 Octaves down, 1 Up. Everything fully analog.
     Octave Up processed through a signal transformer.

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    Arcade Commander
    By PCB Guitar Mania
    BOM
    Resistors Capacitors
    R1 1m C1 1uf
    R2 22k C2 10uf
    R3 100k C3 1uf
    R4 100k C4 1uf
    R5 220k C5 100uf
    R6 47k C6 10n
    R7 220k C7 22n
    R8 220k C8 1uf
    R9 10k C9 1uf
    R10 10k C10 1uf
    R11 10k C11 1n
    R12 10k C12 1uf
    R13 2k7-4k7 C13 100uf
    C14 10uf
    Pots C15* 22n*
    BASE 100k B C16 1uf
    SUB 100K B
    UP 2k B Diodes
    LEVEL 100k A D1 1n4148
    DOWN 100k B D2 1n4148
    FILTER 5k B D3 1n4001
    D4 LED 3mm
    IC
    IC1 LM386 Transformers
    IC2 CD4024BE XFM1 TM011-R
    IC3 TL072

    C15* this cap is in charge of the tone pot response. 22Nf is the value on the original unit but
    I found that’s pretty useless this way. Its recommendable to experiment with higher values,
    such as 220nf.

    Shopping list
    Resistors
    2 100k R3, R4
    4 10k R9, R10, R11, R12
    1 47k R6
    3 220k R5, R7, R8
    1 22k R2
    1 1m R1

    Page 2 of 5
    Arcade Commander
    By PCB Guitar Mania
    1 2K7-4K7 R13

    Potentiometers
    1 100k A LEVEL
    3 100k B BASE, DOWN, SUB
    1 5k B FILTER
    1 2k B UP

    Capacitors
    2 22n C7, C15
    1 1n C11
    1 10n C6

    Electrolytics
    8 1uf C1, C3, C4, C8, C9, C10, C12, C16
    2 10uf C2, C14
    2 100uf C13, C5

    Diodes
    2 1N4148 D1, D2
    1 LED.1 D4
    1 1n4001 D3

    Ics
    1 LM386 IC1
    1 TL072 IC3
    1 CD4024BE IC2

    Transformers
    1 42TM011

    General Building notes


    To populate the PCB it’s recommended to follow this order.

    1. Resistors & diodes


    2. IC Sockets (set up the proper IC at last)
    3. Capacitors, starting with the smaller ones and the ceramic ones.
    4. Electrolytic capacitors (always check the polarity)
    5. Transistors
    6. Wires
    Page 3 of 5
    Arcade Commander
    By PCB Guitar Mania
    7. Potentiometers
    8. Off board wiring

    Drilling the enclosure


    This Project has been planned to fit into a 125B enclosure type.

    Check the Attached “Drilling templates” to drill the box properly. The files are on Scale 1:1,
    ready to print in a A4 page.

    Page 4 of 5
    Arcade Commander
    By PCB Guitar Mania
    By PCB Guitar Mania
    Arcade Commander
    Page 5 of 5
    IN

    1uf
    R1
    8 7 1m
    GND

    C1
    GND

    9 6
    10 5
    11 4
    12 3
    13 2
    G ND

    14 1
    GND

    IC2 R3
    4
    3
    2
    1

    100k
    IC1

    GND
    C2

    10uf

    C7 R2
    5
    6
    7
    8

    22k
    GND

    22n
    1
    C6 1uf
    2
    SUB
    100k B

    3
    G ND

    10n C3
    1uf
    C9
    1uf

    100k B C4
    BASE
    3

    LED
    1

    R13
    GND

    D4 led
    R5
    220k
    C8
    1uf

    100uf
    C5

    100uf
    GND

    C13
    R4
    100k

    9V
    C11
    GND

    R6
    47k 5 4

    GND
    1n D3
    6 3
    1uf R7 7 2 GND. 1n4001
    GND

    220k 8 1
    IC3 GND
    C12

    R8
    220k
    GND

    1uf
    C10
    3
    1 C15
    2
    R9
    10k

    5k B
    GND

    2 22n

    FILTER
    1

    100k B
    DOWN
    3
    10uf

    10k
    R11

    GND
    1
    C14
    R12
    GND

    2 R10

    UP
    2k B
    10k
    3 10k

    1uf
    C16
    1XFM1
    6
    D1 S
    2 5
    3
    P

    GND
    3 4 2

    G ND
    42TM011

    100k A
    D2 OUT

    LEVEL
    1
    GND
    Schematic

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