E2CRE8 BRAINBOX PRO User manual

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1. Take all components out of the bag and sort them.
2. We will start by soldering the SMD components to the PCB. This may look a bit complicated but in fact this
is easier than soldering Trough Hole components.
3. At each of the SMD components – apply a bit of solder to only one of the two pads.
4. take a pair of tweezers and slide the SMD componets into place
while you warm the pad that already contains solder. (TIP: look at some
youtube films on SMD soldering if this is new to you)
5. Put these components in place:
•14 Resistors of 390R (330R are also 390R)
•4 resistors of 4K7
•2 resistors of 10K
•1 resistor of 100R
6. Now your PCB will look like this – solder the other sides of the SMD components:

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7. Use the same technique to solder all the other SMD components:
a. 2 diodes (be aware of the polarity)
b. 2 capacitors (grey components – no print) of 22pF
c. 9 leds – be aware of the polarity – the side of the led that misses a small triangular corner is the
cathode (- side)

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8. Now solder all trough hole components – starting with the lowest and working your way up to the highest
components.
9. Solder a male connector to the LCD

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10. Mount the LCD and the Breadboard to the PCB
11. Download the DEMO-ALL program from www.E2CRE8.be and start testing
a. We use PICKIT2 – but the cheap PICKIT2 clone from China will do fine
b. We use the Hitech C compiler and MPLAB - but it will also work with other software.
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