jdduffield
Active member
Do I have the IC chip orientation correct on these? I think I’ve got it right but double-checking before soldering them down because there are seven of them and I’m not using sockets.
I always thought the dot aligns with the side containing the arch marking and square pad. However, in this case a couple of them have the arch on the chip itself and the dot on the opposite side. Confusing. The reason I think I’ve got it right is because the build doc shows a mod to “pin 7” (for older boards only). I know I don’t need the mod as this is a “Revision 2” board. However, I was able to gather from the photo example that pin 7 was opposite from the arch marking.
I always thought the dot aligns with the side containing the arch marking and square pad. However, in this case a couple of them have the arch on the chip itself and the dot on the opposite side. Confusing. The reason I think I’ve got it right is because the build doc shows a mod to “pin 7” (for older boards only). I know I don’t need the mod as this is a “Revision 2” board. However, I was able to gather from the photo example that pin 7 was opposite from the arch marking.
