Today, the panels of bare circuit boards, the paste stencil, and the last parts I need (the Venus GPS modules) to hand assemble first-article prototypes of TeleMetrum v0.2 all arrived!

The parts for the first three prototypes are staged and ready to load, so my next step is to go use my CNC mill to rip up one of the panels into individual boards, then make up a fixture for the stencil. Meanwhile, the solder paste is out of the shop fridge warming up...

For my friends in Colorado, this means I will not try to attend the NCR annual meeting this weekend. It's about a 6 hour round-trip drive from my house to Ault, and getting boards loaded and tested before I leave for New Zealand where Keith and I are scheduled to give a talk at LCA about our work takes priority!