Guitar Effect Pedal

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Guitar Effect Pedal

• By Jerry Passeno
• Brian D. Stricklen

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Project Goals

• To design and create a fully functional effects
  pedal
• Keep design as cost efficient as possible
• Limit use/cost of components
• Meet all course deadlines

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Block Diagram

• Guitar/Amplifier System

9V DC Voltage Source
Voltage Source
Signal Source
Effect Filter
Amplifier
Load
Signal Power
Distorted Signal
High Signal Power
Guitar
Speaker
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Behind the Pedal

• How they Work

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The Experience

• Types of Pedals

• Compression

• Chorus

• Phase Shift

• Delay

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Visual Representation

• Compression

Input
Output
Gain
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Visual Representation

• Chorus

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Visual Representation

• Phase Shift

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Visual Representation

• Phase Shift (contd)

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Design Ideas

• Fuzz/Wah Pedal
• Op-amps or Transistors?
• Silicon Transistors
• Type of Diode?
• Type of Capacitor?
• Power Supply
• 9V battery source