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a soldering iron, and this assembly drawing to locate each part.  [[File:Rhococo rev 1.8 component overview.pdf]]
a soldering iron, and this assembly drawing to locate each part.  [[File:Rhococo rev 1.8 component overview.pdf]]


we start by soldering the only SMT part to the PCB, the SD-card-connector, this might have been pre-assembled for you.
In principle we start by soldering the only SMT part to the PCB, the SD-card-connector, this might have been pre-assembled for you.
Then we do the resistors, and the diodes by bending them into shape.
Then we do the resistors, and the diodes by bending them into shape.
I practice I decided I wanted to build up the keyboard first, but quickly ran up to a problem, all the holes for the keys were too small to fit the pins of the keys through, and I had to drill all 400 holes with a 1.5mm drill (through a stack of three PCB's)
The I soldered the keys, and two connector strips to the PCB's.
This is the result:.

Revision as of 21:13, 30 March 2019

Project Assembling a RhoCoCo home computer
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This text describes how to assemble a RhoCoCo home computer from two PCB's, ten (socketed) integrated circuits, a dozen connectors and various other parts.
Status Initializing
Contact Mahjongg
Last Update 2019-03-30

We need, two PCB's, the parts from this list: File:RHOCOCO rev 1.8 assembly list.pdf

a soldering iron, and this assembly drawing to locate each part. File:Rhococo rev 1.8 component overview.pdf

In principle we start by soldering the only SMT part to the PCB, the SD-card-connector, this might have been pre-assembled for you. Then we do the resistors, and the diodes by bending them into shape.

I practice I decided I wanted to build up the keyboard first, but quickly ran up to a problem, all the holes for the keys were too small to fit the pins of the keys through, and I had to drill all 400 holes with a 1.5mm drill (through a stack of three PCB's) The I soldered the keys, and two connector strips to the PCB's. This is the result:.