WEEK 02



IT HAS BEEN A STRAIGHTFORWARD ASSIGNMENT, TO MILL A PCB BOARD AND SOLDER COMPONENTS. OUR GROUP HAD DIFFICULTIES CONNECTING TO THE SERVER FOR AN HOUR, NO ONE MENTIONED THAT IT CRASHES EASILY AND THE PROGRAM FREEZES SO WE WERE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE HAD DONE WRONG. ONCE THAT PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED BY TURNING OFF AND ON THE SERVER SEVERAL TIMES THE MILLING WENT SMOOTHLY. THE SOLDERING PART WAS QUITE SATISFYING. I FOUND THAT THIS WAS THE QUICKEST WAY TO GO ABOUT: BEGIN BY TINNING ALL PADS THAT WILL BE USED FOR TACKING. GATHERING ALL COMPONENTS AND TACK IN ONE GO. SOLDER THE REST OF THE PINS IN ONE GO.