gunrunnerjohn posted:
Got my 3 PCBs of this version from OSHPark yesterday and populated them today following GRJ's directions above. Quite tiny I might add, I used the Banggood microscope. It works as intended, just as Stan described in his earlier sample. These are very nifty little tools to have around! I'd like to try making one of Stan's truck mounted surge detector devices one of these days, as in his video above.
Also, I am now almost certain that I was not put on this Earth to work with SMT components! And these are the larger 1206 size (do they come any larger?). 
They even put tiny little orientation lines on the diodes, which I did not see until it was too late...good thing I had 3 PCBs and extra parts. 
I think my grandson is in need of some more soldering lessons!
