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MintyBoost! - Small battery-powered USB charger

Step 18Make: Final soldering

Make: Final soldering
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Place the 8 pin socket so that the notch is next to the jack, just like the silkscreened image on the PCB. Also put in the wires for the battery pack, make sure you don't mix them up! The red wire goes in the corner.

Solder the pins of the socket, and the two wires. You might have to hold them against the board from underneath, if they seem to be slipping out.
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