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Behringer C-2 PCB Top
For some reason there are very few photos of the inside of a Behringer C-2 microphone available online. Only a handful of descriptions of the disassembly process exist, either, so I made this photo set and the accompanying descriptions in order to at least partially address this information gap.
The PCB is tiny. It's 15.5mm x 53.25mm long, and is 0.95mm thick. Thickness is important since the board must slot into the white plastic plug at the top of the mic body. If you make a new PCB for a C-2, either make it this thickness or modify the white plug.
The board seems to be populated with 0805 SMT components. While this might not matter much if you're planning to make a new board, it does offer a starting point for design. There's just not enough room for through-hole components.
The good news is that besides a 2mm area where the board presses into the white plastic plug and the ginormous area taken up by the XLR connector, the rest of the board is fair game. You can go right out to the edges without hitting anything inside the mic body.
Behringer C-2 PCB Top
For some reason there are very few photos of the inside of a Behringer C-2 microphone available online. Only a handful of descriptions of the disassembly process exist, either, so I made this photo set and the accompanying descriptions in order to at least partially address this information gap.
The PCB is tiny. It's 15.5mm x 53.25mm long, and is 0.95mm thick. Thickness is important since the board must slot into the white plastic plug at the top of the mic body. If you make a new PCB for a C-2, either make it this thickness or modify the white plug.
The board seems to be populated with 0805 SMT components. While this might not matter much if you're planning to make a new board, it does offer a starting point for design. There's just not enough room for through-hole components.
The good news is that besides a 2mm area where the board presses into the white plastic plug and the ginormous area taken up by the XLR connector, the rest of the board is fair game. You can go right out to the edges without hitting anything inside the mic body.