Ha! No! I knew you would have a small squad of working PCBs under your belt :p
Though any field notes would be helpful if you come across anything new :)
///m
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From: Andrew Jury <
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To:
PolySix@yahoogroups.comSent: Thu, May 27, 2010 3:55:03 PM
Subject: Re: [PolySix] [Group Buy PCBs]
Hi,
I have a working one and I am currently building another 8! Does that
count?!
Cheers,
Andy
On 27/05/2010 21:45, "M Ll" <f115@rocketmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for all the replies everyone :) Glad to hear the 0.5W is worth the
> risk. I figured it would be OK but I had to ask.
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> I'm in Toronto, Canada. We have a good handful of component suppliers here so
> a lot of what's on this parts list is available. It just depends on the
> project. There are also some obsolete parts here that have equivalents that
> can be had for a far less money. Some of those can be purchased locally too.
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> There are definitely some road blocks though. The 5514 SRAM was one such part.
> I had to get that separately. No doubt I'll find some others that are going to
> be problematic.I'm just taking it step by step. I get slammed with duty from
> Digikey / Mouser / etc. so I always have to go through this to minimize what's
> being imported.
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> Incidentally ~ is anyone running a completed Jed/Andy PCB? There must be some
> of you out there. It's been a bit quiet considering ...
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> From: Andrew Jury <andy@networkjabber.com <mailto:andy%40networkjabber.com> >
> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 12:46:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [PolySix] [Group Buy PCBs]
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> Hello,
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> I think the most important thing to focus on is making sure these are 1%
> metal film types and of accurate value. This particular series (E96) is
> sometime difficult to get in anything but 0.6W rating. However, as the
> circuit is handling extremely low currents I have gotten away with 1/4w
> types with no smell of burning or heat! (See the Farnell parts list) You
> will also find 0.6/0.5W resistor quite large!
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> Happy soldering,
> Andy
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> On 27/05/2010 13:08, "ML" <f115@rocketmail.com <mailto:f115%40rocketmail.com>
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>> > I had a quick question about the 367A PCB from the group buy. I'm trying to
>> > get my hands on the parts locally as opposed to purchasing them from online
>> > suppliers. Regarding the 0.6W 1% resistors: is that extra 0.1W critical in
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>> > context of this board? I wonder if I can go 0.5W instead. I could go 1W as
>> > well and leave loads of headroom but I wanted your thoughts on 1/2W since
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>> > would be less expensive. I know that the obvious answer is to keep it in
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>> > but I thought I'd ask. If it's really critical I may just have to shop
>> around
>> > and find 0.6W as intended. Let me know!
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