I had two good build sessions, one yesterday and one today. This post will show two progress views and two build details that I thought were worth documenting. First, the progress views:
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Here's the main board at the conclusion of yesterday's build session. |
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Here's the main board at the conclusion of today's build session. |
Yesterday's build session encountered the only two somewhat tricky part insertions so far.
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The leads to D1 and D2 need to be bent to 90° right at the body of the diode. Even bending the leads really close to the body, I was unable to get the diodes to sit totally flat again the board (although I got it pretty close). |
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The instructions for mounting RFC1 read "[the choke] has very fragile leads. Do not pull them." It goes on to warn again excessive soldering time. Well, RFC1's length exceeds the spacing for its mounting holes. I didn't attempt to get the part really close to the board. The picture shows my mounting solution. |
Next ... two more toroids to wind, tin all the leads, and move on to mounting L1 to L8.
