Mini-taur? Shrinking the footprint of a 1:1 Klon Centaur Circuit

A lot of the circuit boards I've been designing lately have been to address my own needs. One of those is a smaller footprint Klon Centaur pedal. Yes, I could buy one of the thousands available however, I already had the schematic drawn for the BFK so it was easy to create my own 125B-sized pedal by arranging the parts differently. Proudly making things is fun!

My goal with creating a new circuit board was:

• 1:1 Signal of the original Centaur.

• Needs to comfortably fit inside a 125B enclosure.

• Thick signal and power traces.

• Parts selection for both 1:1 original parts as well as room for more exotic parts selections.

• Make the circuit board BLACK.

• Improve the grounding and overall manufacturing utilizing 2-layer 1.6mm boards.

Above is an example of using the same parts selection as the original Centaur. Mainly the Panasonic caps, resistor type, op amps, etc.

Build Resources:

Circuit boards can be purchased here

PCB 1-1 size with values

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PCB 1-1 size with designations

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Schematic_125B Klon_2021-09-21

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The Tone Geek MINI-TAUR KLONE Drill Template

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125B Klone Wiring Diagram

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1x 100KB Dual Gang

https://stompboxparts.com/pots/16mm-dual-gang-potentiometer-smooth-shaft-short-pcb-leg/

2x 10KB

https://stompboxparts.com/pots/16mm-potentiometer-smooth-shaft-short-pcb-leg/

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