cosmosuave Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 I have soldered header pins in J1 J2 J3 J4 now upon looking at them I am worried I will not have clearance for the connectors to attach to them once the front panel is connected... Now I have try'd to desolder one row of pins and it is a bitch gonna stop now in hopes that they can stay as they are... I planned to remove them and solder them to the other side of the board... Thanks... bri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latigid on Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) The back of the board is a better place to put them, although you only really need a header for J1 (/J2), the rest could be wired directly. Try sliding off the plastic base (or cutting it) and push each pin out individually. Divide and conquer is the motto for multi-pin desoldering. Edited January 13, 2014 by latigid on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukas412 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I did this same thing. Pain in the butt, but follow Latigid's advice and you should be ok. You definitely want them soldered to the back of the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosuave Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Hey guys thanks... I managed to get them all out which took a while due to such tight tolerances... My biggest fear was ripping traces off... The heat from the iron softened the plastic enough on the header that hey could be pulled out.. I need to observe these issues before assembly and not after... Still have to memory that one of the led's (31) I think is oriented opposite to the rest plus I manged to notice an IC installed the wrong way too... Julian is shipping my front panel off today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukas412 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I recommend using sockets for all of the led resistors, besides the multicolor led's. I had to mix and match to get my led's to all be similar in brightness. I believe Wilba mentions this in his build guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosuave Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Sockets fro the resistor network or the individual resistors? How do you socket individual resistors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blingy Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Individual resistors for the LEDs...you just use a socket and then place the resistors into the socket. I ended up not having to mess with the resistor values myself, but it's easy enough to place a socket first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosuave Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I will leave it for now... Those resistors are far easier to desolder than the pins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukas412 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I used machined single row sockets and they worked great. I think I might have even got them in Wilbas original kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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