Who's Jim? Do you mean TK? The cheapo iron won't help, but you did get it right. That process is known as 'tinning' the iron. l That's because there's no wiki page for it. Feel free to rectify that situation ;) Jim again? JimHenry maybe? All the J5 pins are there. There's strips of DIL headers, and the two SIL headers are also included for backwards-compatibility. You can use either. So long as what you build matches the schematic, it's all good :) You can decide. I'd just use individual resistors. FWIW, the point of that picture is the dot on the R-net. It shows which way you should align the package. Obviously you have a different core PCB to that, so the pic does not apply completely. Jim? Bugfight? As for J5 you choose. Heck you could use half of each. Just stick to the schem ;) You choose, they're all the same. Hint: If you use the search bar in the top right, you only search this subforum, not the whole forum. Most of the stuff you want to know is about schematic interpretation or the smashtv board you're using, not the midimon project ;) (maybe google would be more appropriate than a forum search?) Good plan dude. This one has some unusual hardware configuration but it will probably help you to gather up some basics and other useful info. Just so long as you wire it up like it says in the schem, all will be well.