Thanks for all the time you're putting into this, Tim. I'm looking forward to exploring all the analog goodness along with your schematics/docs.
I appreciate that! However, to be fair GK really did all the hard work in creating the project and documenting it by hand. Making a digital schematic is a cakewalk by comparison. I'm really glad GK has been OK with me doing this; bringing such a cool project to other people feels good.
Now the hard (and fun) part for me has arrived for me: Doing the layout! I'm going to start tonight, but man, this is going to be a *beast* to route. It didn't really hit me until I looked at the complete BOM: Over 700 parts! Nearly 200 transistors, 200 diodes, hundreds of resistors! All on two, 2-layer boards.
I've routed digital boards with twice as many parts, so you'd think it would be easy, but that was on a 6-layer board and a lot of the routing was simple busses going from one part to the next.
When I first start a new project, as soon as I see (or finish) the schematics my mind instantly starts chewing on how it could be routed. So the auto-router in my brain has been going non-stop since GK first posted the schematics awhile back. It's been a fantastic mental puzzle to work on and I can't wait to start this evening.
I'll post screenshots of my progress each night for comments and review, if you guys want.