components are SMD— not tiny, but perhaps not beginner (0603 passives).
this shield does not have a headphone driver or a battery charging circuit, however a headphone works fine in the normal output, and you can use any USB battery pack.
Thanks, I already knew(almost got one the first time). The consumer in me wants one. But the environmentalist in me says I need a better reason than cosmetics. Might get one if I build another project
I am in the process of putting together a mouser cart and was wondering if there is an alternative option for the switches?
The octopart cart references only Digi-Key, which unfortunately is not an option for me, especially not for only ordering three switches (I have other parts to order from mouser and Digi-Key shipping to germany has been quite a hassle both times I tried it).
Mouser seems to have some with a slightly differently formatted code for them.
Copy the BOM into your own list and the tool will give you the alternative parts.
I found the pots with RS that’ll come tomorrow. Mouser also has free shipping and customs over a certain amount. So it maybe more economical to buy an extra component or two as spares.
Also curious about a lower profile switch. As is, it won’t be possible to panel mount pots with the listed switch. The switches are significantly taller that the pot mounting height.
alternative/shorter switches (just affects key height so doesn’t solve the issue)
PVA1 OA H4 1.2N V2
it’s not critical to nut the pots if you’ve got spacers installed to hold the boards together, but you could add a shim under the pots to get a little height if you wanted the but on there.
fwiw the encoders as-is feel pretty good to me and pretty close to vanilla norns iirc. I assume panel mounting would be ideal but it’s not a problem for me. if yr designing a case just make sure to get the encoder holes right
oh and if anyone is still wondering - just turn the volume most of the way up & headphones work great
