flipmodemedian
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Well, I'm building the Spatialist and I managed to solder the 1P8T switch to the wrong (top) side of the board. Great job, me. The switch has 9 pins, 8 of them in a circle and the 9th in the middle.
Tried to desolder it and did not have much success. There was almost no clearance between the board and two of the pins on the outside circle on the top of the board...and then there's that 9th pin, which is impossible to reach from the top of the board. So, after wicking and sucking and wicking some more, I still could not get the thing off. I really didn't want to damage the two ICs next to it, so I was also trying to be judicious with how much time I spent applying heat to the board in any one area.
Ultimately, I decided to sacrifice the switch and just clip it off. That worked, but my snips rubbed some of the coating off the board, exposing some copper underneath. I'm particularly worried about a potential short at that large scrape on the right. Just not sure if I can try and finalize this thing, or if I need to try and salvage what components I can off the board and build it on a new one.
Learning lessons everyday
Thanks for any thoughts.
Tried to desolder it and did not have much success. There was almost no clearance between the board and two of the pins on the outside circle on the top of the board...and then there's that 9th pin, which is impossible to reach from the top of the board. So, after wicking and sucking and wicking some more, I still could not get the thing off. I really didn't want to damage the two ICs next to it, so I was also trying to be judicious with how much time I spent applying heat to the board in any one area.
Ultimately, I decided to sacrifice the switch and just clip it off. That worked, but my snips rubbed some of the coating off the board, exposing some copper underneath. I'm particularly worried about a potential short at that large scrape on the right. Just not sure if I can try and finalize this thing, or if I need to try and salvage what components I can off the board and build it on a new one.
Learning lessons everyday



