In this page you can find my open-source electronics projects. All circuits and schematics are distributed under a Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5. My only request is that, if you want to sell them, although not obligatory, send me one by regular mail :D.

Note: All schematics have been tested.


PUNCH amplifier: 1W guitar amplifier

I've started this project as an alternative to the infamous ROG's Ruby amp. I built a few Ruby's but I didn't like the frequency response of them. It uses a JFET buffer with a MPF102 and the 1W TDA7052 chip. It is a clean amp and it reacts very well with any pedal in front of it. [+]


The "triode" emulator revisited

After reading the excellent page at http://www.runoffgroove.com about the Fetzer Valve circuit and the paper that supports it (Dimitri Danyuk, "Triode Emulator" 116th Audio Engineering Society Convention, May 2004 in Berlin, Germany), I wonder how the results in that paper could be obtained analytically This page contains my impressions on it. I've found that the exact value of the magic constant is latex2png equation. [+]


The Bulbamp

I've started this project with the idea of designing a solid state 1 Watt guitar amplifier and ended up with this 3 resistors, 3 capacitors and a mosfet in a class A configuration and, of course, a light bulb. [+]


My schematics collection of SS discrete (lower than) 1 Watt amplifiers

Some inspirational <= 1 watt amplifiers. [+]

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