General Build Instruction
The first thing you must do is identify your parts from the pack. As a rule, I build from small to big
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therefore step one will be to identify the resistors and any diodes inside your kit.
Each kit has a parts list at the top of the guide. So as an example, if R1 is listed as a 1M resistor then
you dig out a 1M from the pack and place it on the PCB in the R1 spot. It
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s your call if you put one in
and solder or put a few in or even put them all in and solder. I’ll let you decide.
The front of the PCB is the side with the white writing on (the silkscreen)
You then need to follow the same process for all the other parts included. Working in height order
mount the rest of the parts to the PCB ensuring that you solder them in place well as you go.
Some parts are quite heat sensitive so you must be careful when soldering them. Diodes, chips and
transistors mainly. They can easily burn out by overheating.
I would then add the offboard wires, starting with nice long ones leaving them to be trimmed to
length later. Finally, I add the pots either mounting them to the board or wiring them into place.
Useful links
Pots
Some of our PCBs are now designed to use right angled mount pcb potentiometers. They mount
from the rear as indicated by the pcb. We will provide right angled pots as stocked, this means that
you may receive a “normal” pot on occasion and you will have to wire it. It’s not that inconvenient
now is it.
The other options for pots are that they are wired into place or the PCB hangs from them.
Pin Numbers for the pots. Snap the little metal tag
off before trying to put it through the holes in the
box.
