MIDIbox MB-6582 Construction Manual
Text of the manual
MB-6582 Base PCB Construction Guide
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MB-6582 Base PCB Construction Guide
Please read the entire construction guide before buying parts or starting to solder
anything.
Note that Base PCB revision 1 (the red ones bought directly from me) has a few missing
tracks. See the bottom of this page.
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You must decide at the start which of these PSU options you wish to use, as this affects which
components you solder to the PCB.
If you wish
MB-6582 Base PCB Construction Guide
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Solder V1, B1, V2, V3, C1, C2, C3, C4, C11, C12.
Do not solder V4, C13, C14, J74
V1 cannot share the same heatsink with V2 and V3, as the heatsink mounts are connected
to the common pin and V1 common pin is connected to 5V, V2 and V3 common pins are
connected
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If you are choosing not to use the PCB mounted sockets and switch on the base PCB (e.g.
panel mounted or separate PCB mounted) then you will
MB-6582 Base PCB Construction Guide
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Tacking
Tacking is what I call temporarily attaching the component to the PCB so you can then use two hands
to solder the other joints while the component is in place. The process is as follows:
Put the component in the PCB and hold it in place with one fing
