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Farfisa® Mini-Compact 3:  Oscillator - Divider Boards
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This is a rear view of the Mini-Compact's chassis.

On the left, you see 3 stacks of 4 circuit boards each.  These are the oscillator-divider boards.

Each board generates one of the 12 highest frequencies and divides it down into its lower octaves.

Mini-Compact Chassis - Rear View

A plastic retainer keeps the boards from sliding out of grooves in the plywood.

Remove the two wood screws holding the retainer to the frame.

Mini-Compact Oscillator-Divider Boards

Then, slide out the board.  In this case, we had a problem with the C#'s.

Notice the tuning coil.  It lets you control the pitch of the C#'s by screwing a ferrite slug into and out of the coil's core.  This changes the coil's electromagnetic impedance.

Adjustments should be made with care.  The slugs and coils are fragile, and a wax sealant is used to hold the slugs in place.

Mini-Compact Tuning Coil

The attached wires are long enough to allow easy access to both sides of the board.

Six octaves of C#'s are output via solder lugs along the edge of the board, as shown here.

The top C# is labeled f and the lower octaves are labeled 1d through 5d.

Mini-Compact Divider Outputs

Behind the tuning coil is a row of ten transistors, shown circled here.

One pair of transistors is used in each of the board's five, divide-by-two circuits.

Five Divider Stages

This is the schematic for one of the 12 oscillator-divider boards.

The complete service manual is here: Farfisa Mini-Compact Service Manual.

Mini-Compact Oscillator/Divider Schematic

Farfisa® Mini-Compact
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