Panel PCB
Populate the Panel PCB as shown on the silkscreen in this order:
Resistors
Potentiometers (bend back the mounting lugs, then solder the middle lug in place.
Reflow and adjust as necessary so that they lie correctly. Solder lugs 1, 3 and the
mounting lugs)
Switch. You may want to use the panel to check that the switch is absolutely flush.
Now, place the 11 sockets onto the PCB with their ground lugs pointing towards where the
LEDs will eventually go.
Don’t solder them in place yet!
Assemble the panel to the panel
PCB, put on the pots washers and tighten up the nuts. Now set the sockets to the panel
using the nuts, making sure they all sit right. Place the assembly face down and solder the
sockets in place. This process should allow a small space to be created between the rear of
the sockets’ bodies and the PCB, allowing jacks to go in balls-deep (!). Everything should line
up nicely now!
Take the whole thing apart, ie remove the nuts/washers and take the panel away from the
panel PCB. Now solder solid core (cut off resistor legs) between the sockets’ ground tabs
and the adjacent ground pads on the PCB (shown as red dots on the image above). There is
one ground pad per sockets.
Cut 2 female header strips to the correct lengths (16, 16) and solder to the PCB so that the
black parts stick out of the rear of the PCB.
