sandord wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:33 pm
Ugh, so I soldered half of the resistor arrays backwards. I somehow thought that they were serial networks but obviously they're parallel with a common ground.
Luckily I have a very good solder sucker since a few weeks!
Be careful with the sucker if it's manual, they can slip around and cause damage. I know from personal experience, so I mostly use wick now for de-soldering.
I would like to get a proper vacuum de-soldering tool though, maybe I can convince the wife for Xmas
I got one of the arrays in the wrong place (Wrong value for where it was supposed to be) and it came out fine.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:40 pm
Be careful with the sucker if it's manual, they can slip around and cause damage. I know from personal experience, so I mostly use wick now for de-soldering.
Yeah, I'm happy I have the Engineering Solder Sucker TM now, which has a soft tip (short hose) so it won't scratch anything unless I drop the whole thing
sandord wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:46 pm
Header strips: how long do the leads need to be? I'm pretty sure the keyboard header should have about 8mm long leads, so default length doesn't work
The pins for the KB header are a lot longer than 8mm, If you have a donor board, then nick the KB header from there.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:44 pm
The pins for the KB header are a lot longer than 8mm, If you have a donor board, then nick the KB header from there.
Also note that you will need to do a hack for the KB connector on the remake board, as it is short a pin!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:54 pm
Also note that you will need to do a hack for the KB connector on the remake board, as it is short a pin!
- Add missing resistors (other parts are all there)
- Receive un-f*ck pcbs and solder them to the main board
- Apply all fixes
- Put chips in sockets
- Triple check everything
- Put hands over eyes
- Switch on
