About to cut a trace Waiting resistor Mask removed Tinned Hopefully fixed - 8 more to go Patch applied Offender removed Resistor's new home ChipQuik to the rescue Wrong choice of footprint WHAT was I thinking? Nichia NSPWR70CSS-K1 Dirty little suckers! 0402 LED - Phew... Looks BGA-ish Yes... it is TINY! Where do I get an X-ray machine? Solder paste - a bit too much Adding the magic goop Too much 'glue' ? Application of 'glue' Lighting up my kitchen workspace Fixing the LED pin issue Testing... Impossible to capture the true purpleness Old vs. New Old vs. New Old vs. New I think I need a light tent IMGP4433 Main amp Input board Input board Input board Nice attention to detail Right speaker Nice attention to detail Right speaker - innards Old lipo Green PCB DMM A/D No external fuse access ;-( Crappy substrate Smoke detector - PCB Smoke detector - PCB Optical smoke sensor Optical smoke sensor RGB LED Ring - 2nd prototype RGB LED Ring - 2nd prototype RGB LED Ring - LED test RGB LED Ring - LED test RGB LED Ring - LED test RGB LED Ring - LED test New batch of boards RGB LED Ring - V1.21 front side RGB LED Ring - V1.21 Lord Helmet PLCC2 variant - back Code name: Lord Helmet Code name: Lord Helmet PLCC2 variant - front Dimmed inner ring Bodge wire Planned ESD protection Hotplate SMD reflow He's dead Jim! Trying to get good pin alignment Pogo-pin adapter PCB Pogo-pin adapter with assembly jig Using the jig to assemble the pogo-pin adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter There's a tiny spring inside! These things are delicate AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Pogo-pin programming adapter at work AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Pogo-pin weak spot covered with blob of solder AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Workplace Iteadstudio 'Mystery PCB' service Elecfreaks freebees - SO adapter Elecfreaks freebees - adapter board Fixed Removing the gunk Bodge job The brain + LEDs Lit LED Bad solder mask Quartz Who made it Bad solder mask Rotting PCB Rotting chip - RIP Rotting chip - RIP The brain of a toothbrush TPC S8211 - 2 N MOSFETs Rotting chip. What naughty PCBs end up as front side - darkish blue A PCB coaster A PCB coaster Defective PCB - back side Defective PCB - front side This via sucks ! Purple everything! LAEN's PCB - 1st order Chained MBI5168 breakout boards Finished MBI5168 breakout board And the final batch works as well RGB LED Ring - V1.21 Looks decent, but does it work? Waiting for electrons Project tinyfication Pogo-pins Panelmania Panelmania Left: better - Right: not so god 480 LEDs later... LED port-status LED port-status Golden Dog Lots of dogs