Let's Make (Almost) Anything Husani Sallah

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Electronics Production This week, I have milled, stuffed and programmed the FabISP in-circuit programmer. I got a chance to get good practice in soldering and setting up the milling machine for circuit board milling. First, I took the design file and uploaded it into the Roland MDX 40A. I am still new to switching the milling bits out of the machine but this project allowed me to get good practice. Also, studying the design of the FabISP board allowed me to get more acquainted as to the formation of circuits. Here is a view of the design: Stuffing the board wasn't too difficult. I followed the AS220 tutorials and finished dressing the board in a short period of time. Soldering takes concentration and steady hands both of which I have. I zoned in and carefully soldered each part to my board. We even had the opportunity to unsolder a component off of the board when after it was programmed. I was fortunate not to have any problems programming the FabISP board. I stuffed and programmed this board correctly the first time which gives me a sense of confidence leading up to these next assignments. Embedded programming is coming up in a couple of weeks and I will be able to use my very own FabISP programming board. Along with now having my own system programmer, I have also gained more useful command terminology like make clean, make hex, make fuse and make program. Through this project I have been introduced to more circuit board components that we will be using throughout this course like crystals and oscillators, usb and ribbon connectors, etc. I now have my own programmer and I am well on my way to a deeper understanding as well as more hands on training.