Hi All! Sorry for the severe lack of updates. This past week work has been insane. I have had bits and pieces arriving at home, and have had no time at all to play with them all. Shame.

The first thing to turn up was my ESPLux boards! They are looking like they should do the business. I've put a multimeter across them and everything seems to look ok. There are a few things that I will look at changing in the next board revision;

• First up is the through hole parts. As I said in my video below, I didn't realise the extra cost involved in placing through hole parts, not that this is my intention in the first instance, but potentially in the future if anyone other than myself is interested in it!
• Silkscreen. I kinda bummed out on this, I should have labelled things on the top side of the board a bit better. Never mind!
• The via on the top left of the board, near the rectifier for some reason is much bigger than I'd anticipated. I'm assuming one of my design rules is broken in KiCad. I'll have to look into that.

Next thing to turn up was my stickvise! Thanks Hackaday for this, I really appreciate it! It is really well made. It has a great amount of pressure on the board, its hefty enough to not slide around my desk, and you can stand it on its side to get to both sides of the board.

Here is a photo of the ESPLux board in my stickvise:

Hopefully I can have the board assembled on Monday evening. I'm not progressing quick enough for my liking!

Also, just a shoutout to all those people who are following my project. I really appreciate your support. Just seeing that number there helps keep my motivation level up.