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12 July 2011

Then there were four

From time to time since the last post, ( 16 June ), I have been populating three more circuit boards; four are now complete. This is not quite the rate of 3 per week which should be achievable, single-handed; what an efficient production line that would be !
During this activity my soldering skills working with surface mount components, some minute, have quickly improved. Surprisingly, I didn't find the 44 pin microcontroller chip to be the most difficult to mount.
Now I will progress further with the case. I have already finished the technical drawings for the top, base, front and rear panels ready for their fabrication. And today a local firm precisely cut the extruded, anodised aluminium sides to the final length.