ESP-USB Assembly
first smd
Gabe // March 1, 2015

After designing the board and planning out what features I wanted on it, I put it together and sent it off to OSHPark for fabrication

Glamour shot of all the parts together
Glamour shot of all the parts together

I started putting together these boards 3 at a time. This was my first time doing SMT.

Serious kind of parts
Serious kind of parts
So many small caps
So many small caps
Regulators and caps on
Regulators and caps on

At this point I'm getting the hang of SMT soldering.

So many small resistors
So many small resistors
Amber LEDs
Amber LEDs
Almost fully populated
Almost fully populated

Many burns later...

With the ESP-01
With the ESP-01
Regulator test
Regulator test
Fully powered on
Fully powered on

I realized that testing the regulator I had put in the power LED backwards. :-\