MOTM

On Monday 13 March 2006 01:00, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> The production pc boards for the '650 are in sets of 4 pc
> boards, called an 'array'. Some folks refer to this as
> "step and repeat".
>
> Here are the front and rear views of stuffed boards as I
> get them from the subcontractor. The LEDs are not
> soldered, I do that because it's very labor intensive and
> simply don't want to pay for it.
>
> The individual boards have what's called 'scoring tabs'
> so that they can be snapped apart.

So you just 'break' them, like a cookie? Sounds scary. ;)
Anyway, impressive looking stuff. I wouldn't want to solder 
that. I see the VIAs are not soldered this time?

>
> www.synthtech.com/pix/m650_led_front.jpg
>
> www.synthtech.com/pix/m650_led_back.jpg
>
> 10 points for the first person to correctly identify (in
> general) what RV1 is and why it's on the board.

Ah, the bonus points are back. ;P
RV1 is small and gray, and it's on the board just to impress 
us with its smallness. ;)

- Robert