What we need

Knowledge base

To fully assemble the BeeHive system, it is important to go through the basics of soldering and the required tools to do so. A handy sparkfun tutorial is a very good place to start although the particular tools and consumables are left to user's discretion.

Tools

Links, that are provided below, are for reference. You are free to buy whatever brand and product suits you, and, generally speaking, you will require the following:

• Soldering iron - an open source tool
• Soldering station
• Solder
• Extractor fan
• Flush cutters
• Solering wick (for desoldering)

Components

Most components can be found on Kitspace

Resistors

Resistor colour band calculator
- 47 🟨🟪⬛️-Gold
- 220 🟥🟥⬛️⬛️-🟫
- 560 🟩🟦🟫-
- 1000 (1K) 🟫⬛️🟥-
- 4700 (4.7K) 🟨🟪⬛️🟫-
- 10000 (10K) 🟫⬛️⬛️🟥-

Capacitors

Connectors

• 2-pin JST PH connector
• 3-pin JST PH connector
• 4-pin JST PH connector
• Barrel jack connector

• 20-pin female header

• P1-14: 4-pin JST connectors, 14

• P15-16: 2-pin JST connectors, 2
• Barrel Jack: Barrel jack connector, 1
• C1: Capacitors...?
• C2:
• D1:
• L1:
• V1:
• Board footprint: 20 pin female header, 2