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Add Control Voltage to where YOU want it!
Have you ever wanted to add control voltage to a parameter on your synth or circuit bent toy? Now you can!
The Vac Pak is a vactrol-based control voltage to variable resistance circuit.
- Connect your CV source to the input jack.
- Set the Scale and Offset trim pots to dial in your optimal resistance, with a range between ~300 ohms to ~10M (all vactrols are a little different in range).
- Connect the wires from J4 to your circuit to make a variable resistor.
- Daisy-chain multiple Vac Paks to the same power source using the remaining connector (either J2 OR J3).
- Power the Vac Pak with a 9V battery clip (wired to J2 or J3) or with your circuit’s on-board voltage source (wired to J2 or J3).
- An onboard 5V regulator allows the Vac Pak to be powered with 6-18V DC.
- Caution: Do not exceed +10V DC on the CV input, more may burn up your vactrol!
Hi, I just received the kit and am interested in different things I could do with it.
Is there any way to adapt this circuit to go the other way: convert a resistance like a potentiometer to a control voltage?