- Used the fab modules to convert the png into an rml file and send it to the Roland Modela. Used a 1/64 endmill to about .1mm deep for milling the traces and 1/32 for cutting the board. Milling went fine, except for the small obstruction because of the machine not being able to forget the old wrong job and it took a system reboot + all permissions change business to get it to work. Milled out three boards at the same time to have backups
- Started stuffing the components with stuffing the usb post first, only to realize my decision of leaving the black plastic feet was bad and that 2mm gap was not really solderable for those 5 really close pins. Right now looking for either cutting those legs off or drilling holes in the pcb or find another usb connector.
- Found out there exist mini-usb connectors without those annoying feet, so I just went for that. It helped to use a piece of masking tape to organise the components before stuffing.
This is how the stuffed pcb looks. - Programmed this board using my linux virtual machine and avrisp, and it worked without any need of debugging!
- had extra boards and some extra time at hand, so stuffed another one, just to see. This one did not program, I tried to look for a problem on the board, found none. Maybe its just a burnt crystal or microcontroller... Decided to go home instead =P