Piece display PCB

Assembly instructions for the V1 chessboard.
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For this you will need the entire contents of BAGs 3 and 4 plus solder from BAG 5.

230x Diodes - Copper-orange glass cylinders with a black band marking one end. These are polarised and must face the same way as in the photographs.

Capacitors - Brown ceramic discs. Seven of these are used on each board.

Capacitors - Yellow ceramic discs. One of these is used on each board.

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First fit the 7 ceramic capacitors:

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Next the 7 diodes, the band FACES the CIRCLED HOLE, that is the wire leading from the banded end foes through the hole marked with a circle:

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Then the 1n ceramic capacitor:

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Finally a wire link:

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Dismantle the three 25 way 'D' sockets, the easiest way is to cut through one of the rivets then seperate the two halves of the shell.

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Open up the socket housing and remove the pins.

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Fit two pins as shown and solder in place.

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Make two of these for use with 2x IN-15Bs: Queens
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Fit two pins as shown and solder in place.

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Make sixteen of these for use with 16x IN-15Bs: Pawns
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Fit two pins as shown and solder in place.

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Make four of these for use with 4x IN-15As: Rooks
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Fit two pins as shown and solder in place.

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Make two of these for use with 2x IN-15As: Kings
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