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How It's Made

This page is dedicated to sharing information about the production of the OSWALD. If you have any questions please feel free to add a comment and we'll answer the best we can.

Waiting to go down the line Get'n set up in the solder paster Get'n the solder paste stencil in place

Apply'n some solder In the first stage of the pick-n-place machines for the back side w00t made by a Linx machine!

Move'n on down the line on a super cool bridge Almost to the next pick-n-place machine First side hot out the oven!

Everything looks good… The main side is solder pasted and ready for part placement

The first set of parts being added The pick-n-place machine finds the reference markers The pick-n-place machine finds the part to place

The first set of parts on the main side! The memory is added with a few more bitsie parts Almost ready for the OMAP chip to be added!

All of the chips added - almost done with this side! The SD card slot and HDMI connector is added by hand - hopefully not for the main run All of the surface mount parts are soldered and ready!

Checking the first board for problems with the X-ray machine! Looking for short circuits on the OMAP's pins (the big black spots are capacitors on the other side of the board) Neat-o picture of the SD card connector

Getting ready for soldering down the final big connectors (USB, power...) The super coolest machine ever! It's a liquid column of metal! Final quick check for defects…

The final panel of two boards ready for use'n The final back side





























































































































































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