REFRACTOR PROFESSIONAL OVERDRIVE
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MAIN PCB: OVERVIEW
Now it’s time to start building!
The first thing you need to do is snap apart the PCB into 3 separate boards and break off the tabs from
each using needle-nose or flat-head pliers. You should be left with this:
The general principle for PCB population is that you 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.
So, you will start by populating the resistors (the lowest-profile components), followed by the diodes,
sockets, film capacitors, and finally the electrolytic capacitors.
