Solar powered punk console

Properboy of goes green with this build of everyone's favorite stepped tone generator circuit - Here is yet another properboy a.p.c. build, although I have done many with light controlled resistors, this is a first attempt at a solar powered synth.The plan was to create a small drone-unit that I could leave in my window. I wanted this little box ...

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