Spectrum Next Blinkenlights – part 5 – More PCB’s

Specnext inserts - 4mm Hole drilled - Bottom Up looking
One idea that I may need to do –  Partially Drilling out the 1.6mm holes to a wider diameter – to allow for easier Inserts PCB manufacture

 

Specnext inserts - 3.2 mm Hole drilled - Top Down
Potential idea – drilling out the hole from the underside – you can almost double the diameter without touching the case – This could be quite tricky to get right though…

 

 

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C64 Mini Keyboard – Some progress!

Not much really – Shift Lock keys just arrived off the slow boat. The pinouts are confirmed, I’m going to hit ‘go’ to manufacture after another quick check on the PCB

Also, from a bit of researching, i’m not so sure the Diodes are needed.

I may have to make two batches of board, one with, one without