INamp V1.4 - ASSEMBLY GUIDE Rev. Jun 2019
FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS MOUNTING TIPS:
Now we will proceed to mount the jacks, potentiometers and LED. This part of the assembly is CRITICAL.
Please take your time and read the following instructions carefully.
These components must NEVER be soldered until they are placed on the PCB and fully attached to the
front panel.
There are two reasons for this:
•
The height of the panel components are not all the same. Because of this, if not attached properly
before soldering, they will not stay properly seated against the panel. This might cause mechanical
stress, reducing their life expectancy and in the worst case cause them to break.
•
The second reason is that it is very difficult to align the components to the holes if the panel is not
positioned before soldering. In the case of the LEDs, they are almost impossible to set to the
correct height without reference to the front panel.
The procedure we will follow will be:
•
Placing mechanicals to both control boards.
•
Place these boards to front panel.
•
Place the jacks in main board, then assemble main board to both control ones, making sure they
are flat and parallel. Then screw the jacks and solder.
So let's go for it! Remember all these steps will be performed
on both control boards.
LED
Place the LED onto control PCBs (at silkscreen side) minding its polarity, but
don't solder it
until the
front panel is in place. This is the only way to solder it in the right position.
Negative is the square pad marked at silkscreen with a – symbol.
Qty
Type
Name on PCB
1
LED
LED
OPEN CONTROL BOARD BAG B
MINIJACKS
Place all the mini-jacks onto the PCBS ensuring they are placed over the silkscreen markings, and sitting
on the PCB flat, but
don't solder them yet
.
POTENTIOMETERS
Now place potentiometers on the PCB over the silkscreen markings (same side as LED)
Do not put it all the way down, leave it loose so it will be easy to make it flat against the PCB. Place
washer first so it will stay under the panel...
Don't solder them
.
Qty Type
Name on PCB
1
Single
GAIN
4
