The order for the components has come in and I can now assemble a test PCB.

All assembly was completed by hand, using a Weller WSP80 iron, with a fine point tip and Weller liquid flux. Most of the components were very easy to place, although the pins of the USB connector proved to be challenging.

I did realise a small mistake when assembling the board, that I seem to have used a 1812 footprint for the pollyfuse (F1), whereas it should have been 1206. The soldering was not quite up to what I'd have liked it to be, as I'm a bit out-of-practice!

I have added a few 5mm silicone feet to the bottom of the board, to keep it from flying around the desk. I intend to cover the entire PCB in 25mm clear heatshrink, but don't have any yet, so the feet will have to do for now.

All that remains now is to power up the board, and test functionality.