HMLibeartor v1.0 PCBs Have Arrived

HMLiberator v1.0 PCB complete, except for cables.

Well, the HMLiberator v1.0 PCBs arrived today from Advanced Circuits. (Top and Bottom at 600dpi.) They came in a rather large box which can be seen in the photo in this post. The size of the box seemed to matter, though, as not only did it contain the wrapped stack of PCBs, it also contained a t-shirt, sticky notes, and a bag of microwave popcorn.

I got the first board fully assembled, with the SMT stuff taking a bit longer than normal, although I found that it wasn’t too bad. Things must have gone at least partially right because once I connected the programer to do a test-write with some random copy of the firmware it wrote successfully.

Since Danielle just got here we’re going to grab food and watch a movie. Tomorrow I’ll test the voltage regulator, add the header cables, and connect it to the car for the first time. Hopefully it’ll work. :)