The oscilloscope that everyone asked me about at Knobcon

So, a lot of people asked about the little oscilloscope that is in the 84hp Wave Station (see video in the previous post). While there will likely be a day where we develop a visualization tool of our own, this is not something that we made. Many educators really want to have a scope of some kind, and we found the cheapest, easiest way to get one in the system was to use this JYETech mini oscilloscope. You can find them as a kit or fully assembled for pretty cheap. We modified it to be powered by a Eurorack power bus, and swapped the BNC input for a 3.5mm jack.

Waveform magazine has done a similar modification that is a great option if you don’t want to dig in so deep (or if you are still building up your soldering/circuit modding skills). The point to be made here is that we are not responsible for you destroying your mini-scope (we have destroyed one ourselves in the process), but provide this information if it might make the job easier for folks who feel comfortable with this sort of thing. Below you will find some basic information and accompanying images, as well as a link to a file you can use to laser cut a front panel.

There are buttons that we haven’t bothered to pull up to the panel. We feel it’s just as easy to poke through, and generally this is a peripheral module that is not meant to be a major focus of the Wave Station (yet here we are). Again, Waveform’s DIY kit is a better option if you want the panel buttons. Feel free to comment with any questions and we’ll try to help as much as we can.

Le scope

Le scope

Power connector. Shifted so red stripe hits ground pins and power comes from 5V. I use the excess clipped wiring elsewhere in the workshop.

Power connector. Shifted so red stripe hits ground pins and power comes from 5V. I use the excess clipped wiring elsewhere in the workshop.

5V goes to Vin and Ground goes to GND. Audio wiring to where the BNC would normally go should be pretty straight-forward if you’ve made it this far.

5V goes to Vin and Ground goes to GND. Audio wiring to where the BNC would normally go should be pretty straight-forward if you’ve made it this far.

The easiest way to provide a download seems to be adding it to the shop. So it’s a little convoluted but free to download nonetheless.