<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Hi John,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>The Hermes board uses both surface mount and thru-hole components. They are built by a Contract Manufacturer (CM) that uses automated equipment for placing and soldering the surface mount components. The CM also has automated optical inspection equipment that checks the placement and values of those components after soldering. The thru-hole components on Hermes are manually placed and soldered.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div>The<span> CM for the Hermes project is the same one that has built a few thousand Ozy, Janus, Penelope, Mercury, Magister, Metis and Pennylane boards. From my perspective, as a member of the manufacturing team, they have done an excellent job.<br><br>73,<br><br>Dan N4XWE<br></span><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John <radio@mediacombb.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:28 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [hpsdr] Curious
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***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****<br><br><br><br>I am a new subscriber to the list and am not registered with YAHOO, so I can't read the archives. Therefore, I apologize in advance if this question has been answered on the list before.<br><br>I am curious about the assembly methods being used by TAPR to build the Hermes. Did they contract a 'chip shooter' to install the small parts, or will they be completely hand assembled?<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>John<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>HPSDR Discussion List<br>To post msg: <a ymailto="mailto:hpsdr@openhpsdr.org" href="mailto:hpsdr@openhpsdr.org">hpsdr@openhpsdr.org</a><br>Subscription help: http://lists.openhpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org<br>HPSDR web page: http://openhpsdr.org<br>Archives: http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>