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We have been advised of delays at Freescale programming facilities and this affects the supply of the reday-progrmmed circuit board contained in DigiButler kit # 071102-71.

The provisional date for the supply of kits through the Elektor SHOP will be in week # 22 (26-30 May 2008).

Meanwhile the unprogrammed SMD-prestuffed board # 071102-1 is available and can be ordered. The procedure for DIY programming may be found in article instalment 2 (May 2008 issue).
Further information on TBLCF programming and use will be printed in the July/August 2008 issue.

Jan Buiting

If you ordered the kit you will get what's advertised ie it will contain a programmed board. ETA = week 21, with a bit of luck, sooner.

There is no 'unprogrammed kit', only an 'unprogrammed board' 071102-1.

Sorry for the delay, it is due to a programming bottleneck at Freescale.

Jan

The TBLCF board is only available from our business partner Eurocircuits (www.thepcbshop.com), this is clearly stated.

Normally PCBs appear on ther pcbshop website about 2-3 weeks after the publication date of the relevant magazine article.

An email to Eurocircuits may help to speed things up.

regards
Jan

hi Kris,

The logistics for the supply of the TBLCF board were changed by our commercial department after the article was ready for printing, sorry for that.

The information on the SHOP pages (website or page 82 in the printed magazine) is final.

Jan

hi Paul,

as explained in the article the SMD parts involved are relatively 'large' ones anyone should be able to solder if you use care and precision. Yes all the pads are available on the board. It's no more difficult than soldering say a four legged BF9xx MOSFET in place.

A 60-watt iron seems to me is a bit too large, 25 watts or less might be more appropriate.

Jan

Hi!
In connection with the DigiButtler (that I have already ordered) I searched for 071102-11.zip file. No result was found.
I also had no luck, on the Freescale website when searching for ref [1] (the CodeWarrior updates and patches 6.3.) This may be because the URLs are printed on very short lines and it is not quite clear whether the dash at the end of the lines is part of the URL or just indicating that the text is wrapped around. I have tried many possible combinations without success. Since I plan to add new features to the project it would be a must for me to have the suggested S/W.
Due to the font type used, the capital i looks the same as the small case L, though it is fairly easy to figure out.
Cheers, Joe

Hi Jan

Shame about the delay .... but I'm sure like others I really appreciate the transparency regarding the problems and the quality assurance. It's a shame a certain other Electronics publication doesn't have the same ethical standards ... Well done

Paul.

P.S.

Can you respond to my question re the soldering iron. As I say ... I've done no SMD before and I only have the one iron. It is a soldering station with full control over temperature. You suggested a low power iron which I don't have, but I'm assuming the variable is the temperature. Can you confirm I will be ok using this iron if I set the temp to a specific level ... and also let me know what that temp should be.

Cheers

Paul.

Hi All

Just got my delivery !!! Hurray

If you don't belive check here:

http://www.avrkris.hobby-site.com/elektor/

Once I build it I will share my experience with all

Thanks
Kris

Hi Kris

for your consistently positive contributions to this forum and assistance to other users you have been awarded 100 e-credits. Your balance will be updated soon.

thanks
Jan