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OMX-27

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Before your start

The key-switches are going to be the VERY LAST thing you solder. After you solder the switches in, everything on the inside is going to be inaccessible.

Ideally you want to be able to test all the LEDs and OLED before putting the switches on.

I'd also suggest testing each switch connection with a piece of wire so you can confirm the diodes are soldered correctly.

Order of operations here does not matter for anything aside from the keyswitches being absolutely last.


Build

Everything should be wel marked on the PCB itself, but here's a visual guide and some tips just in case.

100n and 10n capacitors

Everything is 100n caps except for the two next to the encoder which are 10n

Capacitors

Diodes

The stripes (cathode pin) on each diode are all facing towards the top of the PCB. The one oddball (top left key) has its stripe facing to the outside of the board. Diodes

Resistors

Resistors

IC

U1 - the TLV9062 op-amp here is oriented with pin 1 at the bottom right side. Extra large white dot added here in picture for emphasis.
IC

LEDs

The LEDs are Reverse Mount and are soldered to the back-side of the PCB with the LED facing towards the top of the PCB. When looking at the back of the PCB as in the picture, the GND leg is the top right pad for each one (marked with a red triangle in the picture below). The LED itself has a "notched" leg for GND.

LEDs

TEENSY

For the keyplate to fit properly, the Teensy MUST be flush-mounted to the top of the main PCB.

Before soldering - Use a piece of insulating tape (Electrical, Kapton if you have it) to cover all the contacts on the bottom-middle of the Teensy (to prevent accidental shorts). (PIC NEEDED)

Use the included acrylic jig to set up your teensy like the following for soldering.

Short side of the headers goes down to the jig and the long side up.

LEDs

Add a 1x3 and 1x1 in the appropriate places. The 1x1 directly next to the 1x3 is not connected to anything so you can solder that or not (your choice).

LEDs

LEDs

Add the two spacers

LEDs

Drop the Teensy into place. There should just be a small amount of header sticking up from the Teensy at this point.

LEDs

Solder the pins to the Teensy first.

Then remove the jig and carefully remove the black plastic from the headers.

After you've removed the plastic, drop the Teensy onto the main board so it sits nice and flat. Put a piece of tape over the whole teensy to keep it in place and to keep the pins from getting pushed out while soldering from the bottom.

Flip the board over and solder the pins to the bottom. Be careful not to push the pins down while soldering.

Using flush cutters, trim the pins away.

OLED

The OLED display sits on a regular header (not flush like the Teensy)> the display should be close to level with the keyplate (the OLED glass will be about 0.5-1mm higher than the keyplate).

Trim the headers on the top side of the OLED if you're worried about something shorting there.

JACKS, POTS, ENCODER, ETC.

Figure it out. :)

KEY SWITCHES

Snap all the key-switches into the keyplate (from the top). Then solder.