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Hi,<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hermes_Board_Build_Notes">Here
is the wiki page</a> for Hermes builders with solder paste
gerbers, photos (Thanks Robin!), revised BOM (with components
separated out by front and back side), and a color coded component
placement diagram for the back side so you can easily place all the
components of like value all at once. My next step is to work on a
similar diagram for the front side. <br>
<br>
I used the solder stencil for the back side, placed the components
using the color coded diagram above, reflowed it in our oven, and it
worked very well. It took about three hours for the back, but if my
components had been better organized, it would have been maybe 50%
faster. The front will be much more involved. :-)<br>
<br>
73,<br>
<br>
Rob<br>
KL7NA<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rob Frohne, PhD, PE
Professor
EF Cross School of Engineering
Walla Walla University
100 SW 4th Street
College Place, WA 99324
(509) 527-2075</pre>
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