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The board

Before we begin, we need to familiarize ourselves with the board. Have a good look at the component IDs and where they go on the board. In general, we will start soldering loose parts to the board first, beginning with the lowest.

Tips and tricks

  1. JST connectors
    1. Orientation: Make sure they fit the footprint.
  2. Female headers

Orientation of components

Two of the capacitors, C1 and C2, have a white stripe

Notes

On the board, have either a separate colour or something to denote the ID of a component. E.g. a colour for when we solder, something separate from what we need when we use the board.

Do the ID letters have a meaning? Could we use a random letter so we could solder them in alphabetical order, e.g. A1, A2,... A14, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, E1?

Capacitors, resistors, transistors, FET, inductors

We need to have up-to-date models on the repo.

Driver board & High power switch array

Resistor footprints are not the right size, too big for 1000ohm, too small for 47ohm.