Befaco - ChikiPower
• Measurements: 54x52x20 mm
• Power by USB version: USB 3.0/3.1 – 4.5W, USB BC 1.2 – 7.5W, USB Type C 1.2 – 15W, USB Chargers – up to 20W.
• Number of power sockets: 3
Features:
• USB-C Eurorack Power Supply
• Up to 400 mA per rail (when using a USB charger)
• Tiny standalone format
• Over-voltage and short-circuit protection
• High-quality USB-C cable included
DIY-Kit-Type:
SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
| Current out +5 V [mA]: | 400 |
|---|---|
| Current out +12 V [mA]: | 400 |
| Current out -12 V [mA]: | 400 |
| DIY Level: | Easy |
| Depth [mm]: | 52 |
| Height [mm]: | 20 |
| Max power input [W]: | 20 |
| Number of Power-Pinheader: | 3 |
| Power Input Type (pri.): | 5 Vdc / USB Type-C |
| Width [mm]: | 54 |
| Format: | Desktop |
| Panel / Color: | Red FR4 |
Befaco is an Eurorack manufacturer that also offers DIY kits, organizes workshops and releases their designs under Creative Commons license.
In February 2010 Befaco was created as an open hardware platform focusing on professional DIY musical hardware, materializing the previous electronic, musical and artistic research of its members.
Our main activity has been developing synthesizer modules in eurorack
format and making them available in workshops. All this research is
published under CC-NC-SA License, so people can download the schematics,
and technical assembly guides, to make their own variations of the
projects for personal and educative purposes. Also build all our designs
during our regular workshops in cities as Barcelona, Madrid, London or
Berlin.
During the past twelve years, apart of these regular four
cities, we have visited cities as Tokyo, Kyoto, Toronto, Montreal,
Chicago, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Lyon, Stuttgart and Amsterdam, amongst
many other European cities.
These workshops are a huge test playground where we can track each module being built by different worldwide users, get direct feedback and quickly improve them with, develop new ones, or adapt these instruments to users demands constantly.
Direct contact with DIY enthusiasts allows an implication of users in the structure, allowing them to design their own modules and develop them in a professional way. This has developed into an incubation environment for several new modular initiatives, allowing different makers to start their own similar projects.
Befaco initiative is possible thanks to the support of Hangar, an artistic production centre in Barcelona, Barcelona city hall and the titanic work by the whole Befaco team.
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