3) Start by painting the front of the Front Panel (if you want to). Smearing in some acrylic paint with a stiff brush works well. LEAVE the
protective tape on so that there will be less clean up later. If you haven't done this before, please watch this video (65 seconds well
invested). Better information in the video than I can convey here with words:
https://vimeo.com/54711135
4) Once you have painted the panel, and the paint has dried, peel off the protective tape (again, good example in the video). Your panel
should look something like this. You may need to use a little bit of isopropyl alcohol and a piece of paper towel to clean up the side edges
of the panel.
5) Start stuffing the PCB with the 5VDC Voltage Regulator IC. It looks like a small transistor with three legs. Insert it through the Back
side of the PCB keeping the flat part of the IC lined up with the flat part of the PCB silkscreen as shown below. When soldering, get
enough heat on the pin you are soldering to make a good solder joint without overdoing the heat to the component. It is a good idea to
give the IC a few minutes to cool down between pins. Another option is to combine this step with the next few steps – this will let you
solder one pin on the IC, then solder one pin on each of the diode and capacitors, then solder another IC pin, then the rest of the other
component's pins, then come back for the last IC pin.
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