DEIMOS GERMANIUM FUZZ
9
PCB ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW
Now it’s time to start building!
The first thing you need to do is snap apart the PCBs
into 3 separate boards (if needed) and break off the
tabs from each using needle-nose or flat-head pliers.
You should be left with the PCBs shown to the right.
The general principle for PCB population is that you
want to work in layers from shortest components
(i.e. lowest-profile) to tallest so that when the PCB is
upside-down, everything is making contact with the
work surface and is held in place.
Generally speaking, you should populate the
components in this order:
1. Resistors
2. Diodes
3. IC sockets
4. Trimmers
5. MLCC capacitors
6. Film capacitors
7. Electrolytic capacitors
8. Germanium transistors
