
Mini-taur? Shrinking the footprint of a 1:1 Klon Centaur Circuit
Updated: Feb 10
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
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/