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Assembly of first prototypes

A project log for morseKEY

USB hid keyboard that uses Morse code as input. Tap in morse code and get keystrokes out.

kevin-osbornKevin Osborn 06/10/2017 at 15:130 Comments

Wyolum's high school intern assembled the first units without any instructions, an he did a pretty good job. There were two problems that caused them to not work.

1. The silkscreen on the processor did show where pin 1 was but didn't match the notch notation that would show socket alignment. All the processors were installed backward.

2. The datasheet for the USB connector has the pins numbered backward from any USB pinout I found online. As a result, 5V and GND (and the data lines) were reversed, blowing out the processor. Flippintgthe connector to the other side of the board works.

One cosmetic flaw: The electrolytic capacitor should have been lain on it's side.

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