1) The grounds should all be tied together, preferably at the same point. 2) For short connections, I trim a piece of the resistor leads to bridge between the connection points. You can bridge with just solder, but I feel like having the wire in there is a more robust connection. Use insulated wires for longer connections or if you have to go around another connection point.
3) I typically use 1/4 W resistors since they are easy to find. These resistors are not carrying much current due to their high resistance. 1/8W is probably okay. Don't use high power resistors becase many of those use coiled wire, which is inductive. 4)Ideally, the film capacitor should be as close as possible to the IC. Its job is to handle the high speed transients that the electrolytic capacitor can't respond to. You want to minimize the resistance and inductance between it and the IC. The electrolytic capacitors can be wherever you want on the board. -- John Stimson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Stimson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=218 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20907 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
