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Initial front panel presented at Superbooth 2022. Transparent plexiglass. Sampler by Roberto Noris on the Daisy Seed Microcontroller.
Below is a diagram showing the basic Simple x Daisy Seed microcontroller setup. Three wires should be connected:
<aside> 💡 If you’re new to soldering check out the Soldering basics page for video tutorials. Soldering isn’t hard, but you do need to follow some best practices to do it right.
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<aside> ‼️ note that if you put your Daisy on the flip side of the Simple board, your pins are flipped, so no.01 is no.48
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microcontrollers have different amount of pins. First, cut the unnecessary male pins.
<aside> ‼️ Important - cut only the male headers. The female headers should stay as is.
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No need to cut these headers.
<aside> 💡 Note that the male headers have one side with longer pins than the other. The longer pins should go into the female pins.
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<aside> 💡 If you’re a beginner make sure to check out the Soldering basics guide carefully. Soldering isn’t hard, but you need to pay attention to the details.
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We want to make sure the pins are secured tightly to the board. We first solder the edge pins and make sure the whole pin row is tight with the microcontroller. Then we can continue soldering the rest of the pins
Also here, we’ll start with the edges and continue with the rest.
Sometimes we need to replace our microcontroller. Luckily, we are using sockets, and our microcontroller is not soldered into the board. But, it’s pins are quite gentle, so when taking it out it’s best to use a large screwdriver like shown in the images below.
Make sure to pull slightly on both sides.
<aside> 💡 Unlike pulling by hand, the screwdriver allows us to move the microcontroller slowly and gently.
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Pictures by members on Discord 🐍🚀
