SS1 Assembly Notes
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(version beta 1 - 2/12/2023)

1) start with the small components (diodes, resistors, etc).
2) watch the direction of the diodes. There are a few that are the opposite direction of what you'd expect
3) the majority of the PCB top layer is a GND copper layer which acts as a huge heat sink when soldering, 
	so you should use flux on GND connections, espescially bigger components like the MIDI and 1/8 jacks
4) when soldering the Arduino headers, place them in the Arduino first, then into the PCB holes. Then solder the end pins.
	Remove the Aruino and solder the remaining pins. 
5) piezo buzzer can go on top or bottom of the PCB
6) when doing buttons I use masking tape to hold them in place while soldering
7) do the SD card reader next. Make sure the SD slot faces away from the PCB and toward the back.
8) do the two displays last
9) solder the long header pins to the 16 pin side of the small LCD controller board
10) solder a short (normal size) header the 4 pin side of the small LCD controller board
11) slot the pins through the SS1 PCB, solder all 4 of the 4 pin header pins.
12) soldering the end pins to the SS1 PCB to hold it on place. You don't have to solder them all. These are pass through.
13) solder the actual 16x2 LCD to the long pass through pins
14) solder the 7 segment display using a normal 5 pin header
15) use double sided tape hold the far side of this display in place
16) program the Arduino
17) when you first power up the LCD contrast POT on the bottom will need to be set to make the display readable
18) make sure you have good support underneath the PCB when using it

 
