Thank you so much, I'll have to give this a try. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Tod Hansmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Brian J. Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Does anyone have a video or a guide with images for each step for the > > Electronic kit that was given away at last year's OpenWest conference? My > > daughter found mine in my desk and wants to do it but I haven learned how > > to read the schematics yet. > > > > > > From what I recall (please someone verify the resistors if they can): > - Empty the bag > - Solder the LEDs onto the board first, with the dark square on the front > aligned with the mountain peaks (so if the mountain is on top, the square > should be on top) > - There should be a pack of 6 resistors. They're all the same, and they go > in the 1uF spots and the 4.7uF spot (they changed their minds after boards > were printed, ignore the 4.7) They can be soldered in either direction. > - There's a set of two and one black resistors, and you can see the 68R > spots for the 2, and the 1K5 for the one. Again, soldered in either > direction. > - There are two diodes that you slip into the two spots for them, black > ends pointing inward (the spots have that labeled as well). Solder after > it's pulled all the way through and THEN use snips to cut off the excess. > - the two switches only go in one direction despite looking square, and it > doesn't matter which way they go in. Solder appropriately. > - USB is easy too. > - The IC goes in with the dot notch closest to the dot on the PCB > > It's pre-programmed that it will go through a little test on all the LEDs > when supplied USB power, so plug it in and wait a good ten seconds to see > if your wiring worked (you don't get to test the switches without writing > your own test). > > I've done three of these, and screwed up two of them (one still not > working) so be prepared to do some testing with a multimeter if you can, > but if you can keep a clean solder and not burn the LEDs you should be > fine. > > Cheers! > -Tod Hansmann > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
