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rPi Zero break out board assembly, now running

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david-brownDavid Brown 03/19/2016 at 15:360 Comments

PCBs arrived yesterday for the raspberry pi zero break out board. So after getting up to speed with a SMD practice board I've soldered up one and have enough components for a second. Quite pleased with the result for first time soldering SMD components & first time I've had a PCB made (OSH park). I made one mistake with the EasyDriver units, I did not make the outlines quite large enough so had to file off some of each adjacent board.

The Rev A2 board has been updated to it does not get missed later if more boards get made up. I need to make a 0.1" pin breakout for the flexible flat cable to allow testing on proto board. Still waiting on crimp pins to make up 0.1" connectors / leads for power etc.

Bare PCB

Populated

rPiZero & EasyDriver units fitted & running, successfully connected via SSH, still need power supply to fully test the board & stand offs to hold the rPiZero in position.

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