It's good. The change was trivial anyway, but I did in fact order and build
it anyway just to go through the motions.

Note however, this board is a little bit of a pain to build.

* You have to sand the two long sides down a little to make the overall
width a little more narrow to fit in the M100 slot.

* You have to chamfer the bottom edge of those same two sides, so that when
the board is dropped into the M100 socket, the PLCC socket doesn't push the
M100 pins away from contacting the board contacts.

* You need to use flux, paste, and hot-air (or an oven or hot plate I
guess) to solder it.

However, if you get past all that, then it's actually the best option vs
the SOIC board, because you don't need a soic test clip or a special
reverse-M100 programming adapter to re-write. Just pop the plcc out to
re-program it in a standard adapter that comes with your programmer.

http://tandy.wiki/FigTronix

https://goo.gl/photos/UYJohbg5qxcGu2KB9

You also need some 1/2" double-sided tape and 3/8 to 9/16 ribbon and some
cereal box paperboard to stick on the bottom.
I found both 1/2" double-sided tape and 9/16 ribbon at a local Target.

You want specifically all solid/hard materials for the spacer on the
bottom, no foam tape or corrugated cardboard, nothing that compresses.

-- 
bkw


On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Has anyone built this board. The link says that it needs to be re-tested.
> I just thought I’d ask before getting some.
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> https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/m3Ugar47
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> Kurt
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