Soldering Dongle

[lineman]

Hi there ,


         I was wondering is there a video of someone putting a dongle together like the ones for the Express in the wiki I see the instructions for the dongle but was looking for a video so i could pause and do each step with the video just wondering

[Rainlover]

lineman,
I haven't seen a video for the dongle but it seems to be considerably less complicated than the LE. Print the manual and cross out the steps as you complete them. Pictures always make things easier for me.

John

[memphislights]

The dongle actually goes together pretty easily.

The most common mistakes are...

1.  not aligning the dot on the XTAL oscillator to the dot on the PCB.
2.  putting in the mosfet transistor in backwards
3.  not using a programmed PIC - these do not come pre-programmed
4.  putting in other chips backwards.
5.  bad solder joints

If you watch out for these mistakes, you should be fine.

One other thing to watch out for, but you won't know until you test your dongle, is a bad usb module.  This is not common, but has happened a few times.  This will usually manifest as windows not detecting the dongle when plugged in.

[KeithTarpley]

Greetings,,,

The dongle is easy to put together.  If you haven't soldered much before, check out the info in the manual.  Pay attention to orientation of parts.  You'll be done in no time at all.  Help is here if needed.

Keith

[lineman]

Hi there ,


         I was wondering is there a video of someone putting a dongle together like the ones for the Express in the wiki I see the instructions for the dongle but was looking for a video so i could pause and do each step with the video just wondering

                   Thanks DLAers soldering iron station came (MPJA 302A) now just need backorder parts to arrive and then its game on
  as for the video i just like to see someone do it first my reading comprehension is not my strong suit along with spelling LOL, I wiil make sure to watch out were you have suggested i will let you know how it goes .