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Building a Zynthian Box using an official Kit (view source)
Revision as of 12:40, 17 January 2017
, 12:40, 17 January 2017→Building the Zynthian Kit parts
=Building the Zynthian Kit parts=
=Building the Zynthian Kit parts=
===Prerequisites===
Building your own Zynthian Box is not very difficult, but you will need all your attention and some basic tools and skills. Read the instructions and observe the detailed photos carefully. If you get in trouble you can ask the community:
https://discourse.zynthian.org
====Required Skills====
For building the hardware you should have the following basic competences:
+ Soldering
+ Basic understanding of reading basic electronic circuit diagrams
+ Enjoyment of work with electronic hardware and parts
====Tools====
+ Soldering iron
+ Tin-solder
+ Screw drivers
+ Small Pliers
+ Side cutter
+ PCB holder for soldering (very recommended!)
+ Small iron brush (recommended)
+ Magnifiying glass (recommended)
+ A vice (recommended)
+ Multimeter (recommended!)
===Some general recommendations===
0. Be careful with your fingers. Your body can hold a good amount of static electric charge. Under some circumstances that charge can be drained through some of the components that you are handling and this could break the component. Try to hold the PCBs by the borders and discharge your body frequently touching some "ground" with your fingers.
1. When soldering, remember to avoid overheating. This is specially important when soldering the big connectors in the HifiBerry soundcard and the PiTFT touchscreen. If you overheat the circuit, probably you will break some electronic component and you will end with a dead board. The better is using a fan while soldering. If not, you can use your mouth ;-) Also, don't solder the pins in order. It's better to jump from one to another in the oposite corner.
2. After finishig the soldering, brush smoothly all the contacts. You may use a small iron brush. After that, blow over the circuit to remove any remaining tin.
3. Inspect visually all the soldered contacts. You could use a magnifying glass for verifying that every soldered pin looks good. If you are not sure, perhaps you could add more tin-paste or re-solder the pin. Also, you could use a multimeter for testing the dubious contacts.
4. And of course, double-check everything! Assembling and wiring process are prone to errors. Don't be too confident ;-)
===Assembling the Controller Modules===
===Assembling the Controller Modules===
The controller module kit is composed of:
The controller module kit is composed of: