This post offers you a free download of our general PCB Assembly Guide. It covers basic components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc. It also offers tips on lining up and orienting parts as well as step by step suggestions on which parts you should place first, second, third, and so on.
Voltage drives every pedal creation, and a quick, simple connection can save you a lot of headaches. The Queen Bee replaces the need for dedicated power supplies, saving you hundreds of dollars…for more gear!
The HiveR Queen Bee can supply several common voltages at once as well as give you the option to have negative voltage. Each power rail is designed to give you plenty of oomph to crank your sounds to 11. And now there’s no reason to avoid that opamp circuit you’ve wanted to try that requires a negative voltage.
• Always on 5v, 9v, 12v
• Switch Selectable 15-20v, -5v, -9v, -12v
• Separate digital and audio grounds
You can power the Queen Bee with a 15-20v power adapter (not included), or you can connect a power supply to the test loops. Either way your circuits are protected by a resettable thermal fuse. A switch on the power section allows you to use the external power source as one of your power rails on all of your EFX sections.
An On/Off slide switch allows you to easily disable power during connections or if things just don’t smell right on your circuit.
An LED power indicator reminds you that your circuit is live. No guessing if there is power to the rails.
A 2.54mm header connector gives you the flexibility to use audio and power signals as you see fit.
All voltages are available at all header connections.
Let’s imagine you choose to run a transistor amplification stage and an opamp stage.
For the transistor stage you can choose 9v as a starting point and get your sound set up.
Then you can send a 5v rail to power the opamp while setting up 5v to -5v for your opamp audio stage.
For an even bigger swing you could use a jumper wire to power the opamp from the 5v header pin and set up the audio side for 12v to -12v.
It’s really all up to you! What the Queen Bee does is make all of these voltages quickly accessible while routing your audio stage to stage.
The Queen Bee provides huge flexibility of power options on every individual stage of your effects design while saving you time, money, and desk space. It is the easiest, quickest, and cheapest way to have all of the most common voltages available for your sound EFX projects.
