Boards are built

I built up two board designs. One of the designs was for the regulated power supply, which I threw together myself from schematics I found online from Pedja Rogic. The other design was a parallel LM4780 amp done by Brian, who is known for building the LM3875 boards that were so popular before. I figured it would be best to etch/build my first double-sided layout that was designed by someone else.</p><p>The power supply building was quite simple, since it almost doesn't need a PCB. I like using PCBs for anything I build, because "dead bug" wiring gets messy real fast, and is a risk for electric shock. I built both PS PCBs in a few hours, and they worked on the first try.</p><p>The double-sided PCB was an interesting one to build, as it involved a lot of complex soldering tasks to get done. Luckily my new iron is good at this sort of thing and doesn't allow itself to get hot enough to be dangerous.</p><p>Now that everything exists in its own "permanent home" I can start to visualize how it will all fit into an enclosure. Pictures of the built boards will come soon, and I will post the PCB artwork for my power supply here as well.</p><p></p>