flight of harmony Famine, Manual

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FAM1500-K v1.0 manual Jun. 2022 — p.2/15 www.flightofharmony.com
Kit Notes
Tools
• Soldering iron with fine tip
• Solder
• Fine-tip tweezers
• Nut drivers/sockets/wrenches:
• 7mm (toggle switch)
• 8mm (jack nuts)
• 10mm (potentiometer nuts)
• Wire strippers
• Insulated connector crimper
Skills
This kit assumes that you have a basic understanding of electronics, electronic
components, and soldering and assembling electronics. Note that this kit is almost
entirely Surface Mount Technology (SMT), so the assumption is that you understand
how to work with Surface Mount Devices (SMD) and have some experience.
This doesn't mean that you're completely on your own, just that I'm not going
to hold your hand
1
. Below are a few things to help get you started. Feel free to
ignore them.
Assembly Tips
• For the SMD, use the smallest soldering iron tip that you have. My favorite
is the Weller ETR: (Not an endorsement, nor do I get anything from it, it's
just a good reference point.) Remember to switch back to a larger tip when
soldering the through-hole components.
• Good, fine-tip tweezers are a must. The Wiha 4b and 7a tweezers are great
2
.
• One helpful trick for soldering SMD with wire solder is to pre-solder one pad
for each component location. Next, hold the component in place and touch
1) For many reasons, but two in particular: First, I'd have to leave my house, and I hate doing that.
Second, it's really hard to solder with only one hand.
2) IMO, their 5abb were the best, but they discontinued them so FML. No, you can't have mine.
Narrow Screwdriver
Cat. A B C
No. in. mm in. mm in. mm
ETR 0.062 1.60 0.044 1.12 0.625 15.90
A
B
C