Putting Together the Roboduino

Step 3 More Soldering

Now that all the tiny parts are soldered down, we move on to the rest of the components.

The 47uF 63V cap, 8mm dia, 3.5pin spacing, will go to markers C6 & C7. Pay close attention that you are placing the positive lead in the correct hole.

Solder down the 2.1mmx5.5mm power jack, fat legs to marker VIN. Make sure you fill in the entire hole with solder.

Next locate your USB female type B and solder it down.

You are almost finished! Locate all your male header pins and get them ready. Place one row at a time to solder. Tape it down and then solder one pin end and then the opposite far end. Now check to make sure your header is flush with the board. If so, continue soldering down the remainder pins. If it is not, reheat the solder and give the header a little push.

The last step is to solder down the 28 pin socket and then carefully push the ATMEGA168 into place. Do this slowly so you do not bend any of the pins. On the Roboduino board you will notice the 28 pin socket marker silkscreen has a small circle indent, if you look at the actual socket you will see there is one on it as well. These should line up.