PiXtend
Construction manual:
PiXtend V1.3 Full
Kit Assembly
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Components of the PiXtend V1.3 Full assembly kit.........................................................................15
Figure 2: Technical aids and tools................................................................................................................... 17
Figure 3: Usable soldering heads................................................................................................................... 18
Figure 4: Mounting direction of the IC-Sockets...............................................................................................22
Figure 5: Fixing the IC-Sockets before the soldering......................................................................................23
Figure 6: All IC-Sockets fixed.......................................................................................................................... 23
Figure 7: IC-Sockets overlie flat...................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 8: Alignment of the LEDs..................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 9: LED-connection wires bent.............................................................................................................. 26
Figure 10: LEDs crooked soldered................................................................................................................. 26
Figure 11: Aligning of the LEDs....................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 12: LEDs straight aligned..................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 13: Shorten the connection wires......................................................................................................... 28
Figure 14: Sockets and LEDs mounted.......................................................................................................... 29
Figure 15: "Jacking up" the circuit board......................................................................................................... 30
Figure 16: Preparing the resistors................................................................................................................... 30
Figure 17: Resistors mounted......................................................................................................................... 31
Figure 18: 47 kΩ - yellow, violet, black, rot, brown..........................................................................................32
Figure 19: 30 kΩ – orange, black, black, rot, brown........................................................................................32
Figure 20: 10 kΩ – brown, black, black, rot, brown.........................................................................................32
Figure 21: 3,3 kΩ - orange, orange, black, brown, brown...............................................................................32
Figure 22: 1,21 kΩ - brown, rot, brown, brown, brown....................................................................................32
Figure 23: 680 Ω - blue, grey, black, black, brown..........................................................................................33
Figure 24: 470 Ω – yellow, violet, black, black, brown.....................................................................................33
Figure 25: 270 Ω - red, violet, black, black, brown..........................................................................................33
Figure 26: 120 Ω - brown, red, black, black, brown.........................................................................................33
Figure 27: 47 Ω - yellow, violet, black, gold, brown.........................................................................................33
Figure 28: 20 Ω 0.1% - red, black, black, gold, violet......................................................................................33
Figure 29: Fixing of the resistors..................................................................................................................... 34
Figure 30: Placing resistors............................................................................................................................ 35
Figure 31: Good soldering joints..................................................................................................................... 35
Figure 32: Placement of the Potentiometers...................................................................................................36
Figure 33: PiXtend – Resistors and potentiometers mounted.........................................................................36
Figure 34: 36-pole pin header and flat pliers...................................................................................................37
Figure 35: Needed Jumper blocks.................................................................................................................. 38
Figure 36: Bending aid as help for soldering the pin headers.........................................................................38
Figure 37: Correct resting pin header............................................................................................................. 39
Figure 38: Diodes in overview......................................................................................................................... 40
Figure 39: Bending of the diodes with bending aid.........................................................................................41
Figure 40: Right mounting direction of a diode...............................................................................................41
Figure 41: Help at placing the diodes............................................................................................................. 42
Figure 42: LM4040-diode preparation............................................................................................................. 42
Figure 43: Clock crystal XTAL3....................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 44: 16 MHz XTAL1 for the PiXtend- Controller....................................................................................43
Figure 45: Electrolyte capacitors in overview..................................................................................................44
Figure 46: Polarity of the electrolyte capacitors..............................................................................................44
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