I had James etch the PCB for me since he’s set up a bit better for it thanks to a previously broken laminator I found somewhere. To produce the board he used a laser printer to print on magazine paper, then he puts the printed surface facing a clean PCB and runs it back and forth through the laminator a couple of times. Then he etches it. He has a custom acrylic tank he made that has a fish tank bubbler and heater in it. As you can see, the result is outstanding! I’m waiting for my new Hakko 936 before I attempt to solder it up however.
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How did it work out in the end? all working well?
Still trying to work it out. I have a couple of known working serial level converter boards that I will jumper the Zipit to and see if my board has an issue or the Zipit itself. I’ll be blogging more about the whole process shortly.