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Assemble a Spiffie.org MPGuino

Kit
Now that you have the required parts and tools, lets solder!
Introduction
These are the Version 2 MPGuino directions. Version 1 directions are
Build available.
Tools
Parts Place the 5.1v
Zener diodes.
Assemble
Place the two 5.1v
Version 1
Zener diodes into
Use their respective
Setup locations (marked
Installation 5.1v). Ensure you
User Guide align the diodes'
stripes with the silk
More screen stripes on
Information the PCB.
Wiki Place the 1N4004
Official Wiki diode. Place one of
OpenGauge the 1N4004 diodes
Official into the location
Assembled marked 'D1'. Ensure
MPGuino you align the
diode's stripe with
Buy
the silk screen
stripe marked on
the PCB.
Place the 10KΩ
resistor. Place the
10K resistor
(Brown-Black-
Orange-Gold) into
the location marked
'10K'. You may
install the resistor
in either direction.

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Place the 220Ω

resistor. Place the
220R resistor
(Red-Red-
Brown-Gold) into
the location marked
'220'. Like most
resistors, you may
install it in either
direction.

Place the 1KΩ

resistors. Place the
two 1K resistors
(Brown-Black-
Red-Gold) into the
locations marked
1K.

Place the 100KΩ

resistors. Place the
two 100K resistors
(Brown-Black-
Yellow-Gold) into
the locations
marked 100K.

Solder and trim the resistors and diodes. Flip the board over and
solder each of the leads from the resistors and diodes that have been
inserted. When you're done soldering, use side-clippers to trim the
leads flush with the back of the PCB.

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Place, solder, and

trim the 7805.
Place the 7805 into
the location outlined
on the PCB's
silkscreen (metal
tab against the
PCB). Lining up the
7805's hole and the
PCB hole is only
critical if you're
going to install a
heatsink. Solder
and trim the 7805's
leads.
Place and solder
the 28pin socket
Place the 28pin
socket into the
silk-screened
location on the PCB.
Make sure to
line-up the notch in
the socket with the
notch in the PCB
silkscreen! Flip the
board over and
solder the socket in
place.
Place, solder, and
trim the 16MHz
crystal. Place the
crystal into it's
location (identified
by a silk-screened
oval). You may
install it in either
orientation. Solder
the leads, then trim
them flush.

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Place, solder, and

trim the 0.1µF
ceramic
capacitors. Place
all 4 ceramic
capacitors into their
silk-screened
locations on the
PCB. (Identified by
a rectangular box
with two holes
inside, not the two
labeled 18pF
though.) You may
install the caps in
either direction.
Solder all 8 leads,
then trim flush.
Place, solder, and
trim the 18pF
ceramic
capacitors. Place
both 18pF
capacitors into their
silk-screened
locations on the
PCB. (Identified by
a rectangular box
with two holes
inside and the label
'18pF' underneath.)
Solder the leads
and trim flush.
Place, solder, and
trim the
transistor. Orient
the transistor so it's
flat-side matches
the flat side of the
silk-screened
outline. Depending
on your transistor,
you may need to
bend the leads
slightly to match
the hole layout.
Insert the

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transistor, solder all

three leads, and
trim them flush.
Install the other
1N4004 diode.
With the other
1N4004 diode,
locate the end
without a band.
Bend-over the lead
on this end until it
is parallel to the
other lead. Now
insert the diode into
the position beside
the FTDI chip as
pictured. (The diode
side should be close
to the capacitor
outline, the lead
side close to the
28pin socket.)
Solder both leads
and trim them
flush.

Install the tactile

switches/buttons
Flip the board over,
so your looking at
the solder side.
Place the three
switches through
the holes; they're
wider then they are
long, orient them
with their leads
closest to the other
switches. Their legs
should snap into
place holding the
switches in the PCB.

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Solder all 12 leads.

Place and solder

the connectors.
Place the USB
connector into the
holes outlined by
the silkscreen. It's
mounting lugs/legs
should snap into
place and hold the
connector loosely to
the PCB. Solder the
four leads. Now
apply plenty of
solder to the two
mounting lugs.
Place the RJ11
connector into it's
location. You may
require a slight
amount of force to
push the mounting
lugs through; they
will hold the
connector in place

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quite firmly. Solder

the four or six pins.
(Depending on your
kit, the RJ11 may
have 4 or 6 pins
(6P4C or 6P6C),
only the center 4
contacts are used.)
Place, solder, and
trim the 470µF
electrolytic
capacitor. Locate
the negative lead
on the capacitor
either by the stripe
on the body or the
shorter lead. Align
the capacitor so this
lead is inserted in
the hole not
denoted by the '+'
symbol. The
capacitor's stripe
will be closest to
the 7805 regulator
installed earlier.
Solder and trim the
leads.
Place, solder, and
trim the smaller
electrolytic
capacitor. Locate
the negative lead in
the same manner
(by the stripe or
shorter lead). Insert
the capacitor with
the negative lead in
the negative hole
(not denoted with a
'+'). Solder and
trim.

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Setup the 16 pin

header. Place the
16pin header, long
side down, into a
breadboard.
(Depending on your
kit, you may have
two 8 pin headers
instead. Simple
insert them
side-by-side to
make a long strip of
16 pins.)
Solder the 16 pin
header to the LCD
display board.
Place the LCD board
over the header
(LCD up). If your
display has two sets
of contacts, align
the display as
shown with the
back-light header
(small white tab) on
the right. Solder the
16 pins. Remove
the board and
header from the
breadboard.

Solder the LCD

into place. Orient
the MPGuino onto
the header pins. If
necessary for a
level fit, trim or
bend back the three
highlighted
mounting-ears
shown in the first
photo (I had to
remove the center
ear; you may only
need to bend them

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slightly. This will

depend on your
soldering). Solder
the pins into place.
You may add
spacers between
the board and LCD
as you wish. You
may also trim the
header pins if you
wish.

Install the
ATmega µC. From
the factory, the
ATmega's pins are
bent slightly
outwards; gently
bend them to a 90°
angle to the body
using a
hard-surface like a
table-top. (LadyAda
demonstrates.)
Making sure you
align the IC's notch
with the notch in
the socket and
silkscreen (or align
notch near the
buttons), push the
IC into its socket.

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MPGuino Done!
You've built the
MPGuino part of the
project. Now head
over to the setup
page to figure out
where to go next.

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