The fit test - just!
The messy soldering is noted - it looks worse in the images. 3x glasses were a big help. More practice? Thankfully, it all works.
Unfortunately, the first board turned out to be faulty and some parts were unrecoverable - lesson learned - check all the routing with a multimeter. Most of the little coils didn't survive removal and rather than wait weeks for delivery, I made my own.
The decision to use catalytic capacitors made for very little room in the battery holder and I will use ceramic in future. The variable resistor was another casualty and out of familiarity and convenience decided to use the 25 turn through hole variety. All the low power stuff <1A is plugged through pico-ezmate's, which were a nightmare to solder - the rest through Lite-Trap connectors.
Very little to do now. Yet to decide on soldering or compression fitting the Teensy pins to allow removal. A little remodelling of the battery holder to access the power socket and push buttons and the air temp sensor and a frame to mount the OLED at the battery holder opening. Waiting on the last few components to arrive after Easter. The fuse is now pluggable.
Last edited by rcheshire; 03-04-2015 at 09:50 AM.
|