How to assemble Amarino Evaluation Shield

SEE ALL THE PHOTOS ON FLICKR This post shows you how to build the Amarino evaluation shield.

When you buy the shield package, you will get the following components.

Fully assembled kit is now available on buildcircuit.net.

The PCB:

PCB clearly shows the pin and component names, so, it should help you to get idea of connections of components to Arduino. If you just follow the names of components on the PCB, it is possible to assemble the whole kit without reading the rest of this post. However, I have shown all the important steps.

Step 1: Always start with the smallest component. So, start with resistors. Fix resistors 220R.

Step 2: Then fix 10k resistor.

Step 3: Then, fix LDR and 5mm white LED.

Step 4: Fix tactile switch

Step 5: Fix LM35.

Step 6: Fix RGB LED. It is common cathode type RGB LED.

Step 7: Solder all the female headers.

Step 8: Solder 10k variable resistor and 1 position DIP switch,

Step 9: Fix 16×2 LCD. While soldering the header the 16×2 LCD, the longer part of header should be on the upper side of PCB. Please see the picture below:

When you purchase the kit, you may get a slightly different LCD that needs to be fixed in the following way:

Step 10: Solder 4 pcs of male headers on the PCB to stack the shield over the Arduino.

Your shield is ready 🙂 .

Stacking adapter: You can stack either BlueSMiRF mate silver or general Bluetooth adapter over the shield. See the following pictures how they are stacked.

First Experiment: Test if the LCD is working- source code   Download source code  Watch the video to know how to change the contrast level of LCD. Move the 10k variable resistor screw in the clockwise direction to increase the contrast level. After you confirm that the LCD is working, modify the source to test RGB LED, LDR, LM35DZ and 5mm LED. Check the schematic and circuit layout.


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About Amarino Lamp

This post shows you how to assemble the Amarino lamp. The kit package includes the following components. Click on the links of the components the components below to see how the components have been assembled on the circuit board.

You will need basic soldering knowledge to assemble the kit. The assembly process is very straight forward, you can easily guess which components to solder where on the PCB. The silkscreen labels are very clear and directs you to assemble the board properly.

  1. 1 x Bare PCB with silkscreen indicators. (click on the links to see the assembly images)
  2. 2 x 22pF ceramic capacitors  (step 1)
  3. 1 x 0.1uF ceramic capacitor   (step 2)
  4. 1 x 16Mhz crystal oscillator   (step 3)
  5. 1 x 1N4001 diode                  (step 4)
  6. 1 x 3mm LED                         (step 5)
  7. 1 each x 10K and 1K resistors (step 6) 
  8. 1 x TSOP4838 infrared sensor (step 7)
  9. 1 x tactile reset switch             (step 7)
  10. 1 x 500mA PTC resettable fuse (step 8)
  11. 1 x 1P DIP switch  and 1 x SPDT switch (step 9)
  12. 1 x 4 pin female header            (step 10)
  13. 1 x 28 pin DIL socket                (step 11)
  14. 1 x 16 pin DIL socket                (step 12)
  15. 1 x 6 pin male header for FTDI basic breakout board (step 13)
  16. 2 x 10uF electrolytic capacitor (step 14)
  17. 1 x DC barrel                             (step 15)
  18. 1 x LM7805 with heat sink       (step 16)
  19. 1 x LED lamp                             (step 17)
  20. 1 x Bluetooth module               (step 18) (you need to stack this Bluetooth module while using the kit)
  21. 1 x ULN2003 and 1 x Atmega328P with Arduino Bootloader (Insert these chips in the respective DIL sockets)

Documents: 

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