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--- guides:elektrosluchminicity [2016/11/02 16:42] – mrkva
+++ guides:elektrosluchminicity [2017/10/08 12:53] (current) – mrkva
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 ====== Building Elektrosluch Mini City ======
+//Updated 8. 10. 2017: Step 12 and 17//
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 [[http://youtu.be/J5Sb21qbpEQ | Soldering Tutorial Part by EEVblog Part 1]] & [[http://youtu.be/fYz5nIHH0iY|Part 2]]
+You can check the [[https://github.com/LOM-instruments/Elektrosluch-Mini-City/blob/master/hardware/elektrosluch_mini_city.pdf|schematic]] on our github, if you need to.
 ===== Required tools =====
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-. **Solder in the four polymer capacitors.** Beware of their polarity, minus (-) is marked on the body and plus (+) is marked on the circuit board! Double check you are soldering them in correctly, it isn't easy to desolder them. You can use the photo as a reference.</WRAP>
+. **Solder in the four polymer capacitors.** Beware of their polarity, minus (-) is marked by the pink color stripe and plus (+) is marked on the circuit board! Double check you are soldering them in correctly, it isn't easy to desolder them. You can use the photo as a reference.</WRAP>
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-. (Optional) Pre-tin the leads of the battery connector with solder.
+. (Optional) Pre-tin the leads of the battery connector with solder.</WRAP>
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-. Pull the wires through the hole next to the potentiometer as pictured and solder them in. This will act as a strain relief for the connection. The red lead goes to the plus and black to the minus.</WRAP></WRAP>
+. Pull the wires through the hole next to the potentiometer as pictured and solder them in. This will act as a strain relief for the connection. The red lead goes to the plus and black to the minus.</WRAP>
-. **Solder the battery connector in place as pictured.** You can use the provided holes to pull the wires through
-. (Optional) **Cover the battery with attached LOM sticker.**
-. **Check one more time if all the polarities (chip, capacitors, battery connector, battery) are correct.** Reversing the polarity might irreversibly damage the circuit. Attach the battery and turn on the device with the potentiometer (it has a built-in switch!).
-. **Check whether the LED lights up.** Plug-in your headphones, turn the potentiometer almost all the way up and **listen if you can hear the buzzing and humming of the electricity** around you from both channels.
-. **Now it is time to attach the battery holder to the bottom.** Make sure that the leads are cut as short as possible, so they won't protrude into the double sided tape used to attach the holder. They might otherwise create a short circuit and cause malfunction. Use the tape to attach the holder as pictured.</WRAP>
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-. **Insert the battery into the holder.**</WRAP>
+. ⚠️ __This step is omitted with newer version of the kit and the battery holder gets attached to the extra protective acrylic part at the bottom. See step 17.__ **Now it is time to attach the battery holder to the bottom.** Make sure that leads are cut as short as possible, so they won't make accidental contacts with the holder. Use the tape to attach the holder as pictured.</WRAP>
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-. **Attach the front cover using the 8 screws and 4 stand-offs.**</WRAP>
+. Cover the battery with attached LOM sticker. This protects from parts on the board accidentaly shorting on the battery metallic body.\\
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+. **Check one more time if all the polarities (capacitors, battery connector, battery) are correct.** Reversing the polarity might irreversibly damage the circuit. Check whether the extended leads are not touch/scratchign the battery when placed in the holder. Attach the battery and turn on the device with the potentiometer (it has a built-in switch!).</WRAP>
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-. **Voilá!** Enjoy your new Elektrosluch!</WRAP>
+This is how it should look from the side.</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
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+. Put the **knob** on the potentiometer. It requires a bit of pressure, make sure you're holding the pot and pressing it against it, not against the whole device.
+**Check whether the LED lights up.** Plug-in your headphones, turn the potentiometer almost all the way up and **listen if you can hear the buzzing and humming of the electricity** around you from both channels.</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
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+. Attach the **front cover** using the 8 screws and 4 stand-offs. The front cover has a plastic film on both sides for protection – peel it off for more shiny look!</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
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+. Eleketrosluch Mini City kits shipped at the end of September 2017 and onwards have **extra acrylic cover** for the bottom of the circuit board. Attach it as pictured.</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
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+. **Voilá!** Enjoy your new Elektrosluch!</WRAP>
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