[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Urgent help needed

[Paul Stoffregen]

I can help.  I have a microscope, IR pre-heater, Weller WD1M and other 
nice gear.  I can also program the code and test, and troubleshoot if 
necessary, as I am very familiar with that chip and the application!

Bring ALL the boards and parts to the meeting Monday (or I can stop by 
Don's place on the way).  If it's 20-some boards, I can probably do that 
all in an evening, and bring them to OSCON on Thursday around 5pm.  
Whatever I can't get done could be done the following Saturday.  But 
unless it's 50+ boards, I'll probably get them all soldered pretty quickly.


-Paul








Thomas Lockney wrote:
> So, as most of you are aware, Don has been putting on an excellent
> series of workshops around the Arduino platform most recently
> incorporating an Arduino-clone of his own design (the Dorkboard) and a
> programmer known as the Benito. The next workshop is scheduled for
> next Sunday, the 27th.
>
> Unfortunately, I just found out today that Don was in a motorcycle
> accident. He has a broken clavicle and can't really use his left hand.
> The extra difficulty is that the Benito programmers needed for next
> weekends workshop still need to be assembled. Don has already placed
> the processors on each of the boards, but they still need the
> remaining components soldered.
>
> Don is doing ok and apparently still feels good about being able to
> run the workshops next week, but we need to try and get these
> programmers ready in time. I proposed two possibilities that came to
> mind when I spoke to him earlier, considering, of course, that OSCON
> is taking place this week and many of us will be quite busy with
> activities related to that.
>
> Option 1 is that we try to get together a good sized handful of those
> who feel they are capable of handling this soldering task (a few 805
> form SMT components need to be done along with the USB socket and
> headers, I believe) for an assembly "party" of sorts. The only good
> time I can see for doing this would probably be early in the day next
> Saturday -- but that's based on my own personal schedule. If enough
> people are available at some other time, that could work out.
>
> Option 2 would be to have similar skilled folks each grab a handful of
> boards and assemble them on their own and bring them back to Don
> sometime later in the week.The problem here is that Don can't really
> debug them until he gets them back -- which is a problem if there are
> issues with the boards.
>
> So, I'm leaning towards option 1, myself. But we have some logistical
> issues... we need a good place. Someplace with good light, table space
> and ventilation. Oh, and of course it has to be available at a time
> when enough of us are able to help out...
>
> So, what can you do? If you have the skills to do SMT soldering and
> feel comfortable helping out, let me know what your availability is
> this week. If you have a good space or know of one that would be
> readily available (with little work involved in getting it set up,
> preferrably), please let me know ASAP.
>
> Any other reasonable suggestions are welcome. If you have some other
> means of helping that I haven't thought of, please let me know.
>
> ~thomas
>
> 971-322-9408 (feel free to call -- I'll call back when I can)
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