H454 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 If you have any extra after pre-orders, put me down for a kit. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 17 hours ago, H454 said: If you have any extra after pre-orders, put me down for a kit. Thanks. I'll have some extras so I've added your name to pre-order list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Latest list with confirmations of interest noted: a2dconverter (confirmed) mattyv316 (confirmed) terry266 - no response yet..... WaveRider1970 (confirmed) WaveRider1970 (confirmed) SiLic0ne t0aD (confirmed) 88mph (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) botsauna (confirmed) H454 (confirmed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iridude Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) I am for sure interested probably get multiple. Edited March 17, 2021 by iridude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, iridude said: I am for sure interested probably get multiple. Good timing. I now have all the parts to put together 15 kits and had only been waiting on a smoke extractor for use during all the soldering I'll be doing. The smoke extractor arrived a few days ago so now I have no excuse but to get the kits together, which I'll do over the next few weeks. Once they're ready for shipping I'll contact everyone on my pre-order list: Latest list with confirmations of interest noted: a2dconverter (confirmed) mattyv316 (confirmed) terry266 - no response yet..... WaveRider1970 (confirmed) WaveRider1970 (confirmed) SiLic0ne t0aD (confirmed) 88mph (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) botsauna (confirmed) H454 (confirmed) iridude (confirmed) Edited March 17, 2021 by Ikrananka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 At long last, and over a year late, I've finally started production of 15 more kits. It may not look like much yet, but that's 60 resistors soldered so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkadaver Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Awesome! Looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 More progress. 30 ICs and 29 ceramic caps soldered to the PCBs. Should have been 30 caps but I found I was stiffed one by Digikey and don't have a spare ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Progress continues. 15 potentiometers and 15 connectors soldered. Tomorrow I'll get the electrolytic caps soldered and then the LEDs on Saturday. Having to pace myself. If I lean over working on stuff like this for too long in one go I get back problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkadaver Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 So excited to see progress on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveRider1970 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Oh! Nice. I forgot about that one. Thanks for the reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 And yet more progress. 30 electrolytic capacitors soldered. Tomorrow the red LEDs and that will complete the PCBs (other than testing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hi, Could I get signed up for the last one? Thanks Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, PeterP said: Hi, Could I get signed up for the last one? Thanks Peter Done. a2dconverter (confirmed) mattyv316 (confirmed) terry266 - no response yet..... WaveRider1970 (confirmed) WaveRider1970 (confirmed) SiLic0ne t0aD (confirmed) 88mph (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) mingus (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) jkadaver (confirmed) botsauna (confirmed) H454 (confirmed) iridude (confirmed) PeterP (confirmed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) PCBs are now complete with 15 LEDs soldered and the flux residue cleaned off the boards. The LEDs are actually a bit more time consuming to solder as the base of the LED has to be around 1mm above the PCB surface. This is necessary to ensure that the LED is at the right height when the PCB is installed in a ColecoVision. I use three small pieces of a cut up credit card style hotel key to hold the LED up by ~1mm and blu-tack to hold all the pieces and LED in position. Solder, remove everything, then repeat for the next PCB. Next up are the wire looms with the switch and the Molex connectors. These are really quite time consuming to do as I have to cut each wire to the correct length, strip the ends and either add crimps for the Molex connectors or solder wires to the switch. Repeat that 15 times in quick succession and my back would never recover. Also I'm very busy next week so my plan is to work on this when I can over the next week with no specific objective in mind. After next week I'll be able to dedicate a bit more time so things should progress more quickly then. I'll keep posting updates here so you can at least see how things are going. Note that PCB testing will be done once the wire looms are complete. Edited March 27, 2021 by Ikrananka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkadaver Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Awesome! Take your time. I’m just glad to see it happening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 I'm hoping to make around one to two wiring/switch harnesses each day. Just completed the third one so getting there...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iridude Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Awesome can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Progress is delayed a bit at the moment. Trying to come to terms with some recent bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 Managed to find some time to assemble two more harnesses - now five in total. Just 10 more harnesses to do, then test all the kits and then I'll be ready to take your money ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 Had a good productive day today - managed to assemble 5 more wiring harnesses. That's now 10 in total so only 5 more to do. Won't be long now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Another productive day - 5 more wiring harnesses completed, so that's them all. Now, I just need to do some light sanding on each of the nuts that hold the switches in place and then fully test each and every kit. Hoping to have everything complete and all kits ready to sell by the end of the week. I'll PM those on the pre-order list at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) Finally!!! I have now finished testing the function and continuity of every kit and I'm pleased to say that every single one is working perfectly. So, I'm now ready to contact those who pre-ordered as per the list below. Expect to receive a PM very soon. a2dconverter - DELIVERED mattyv316 - DELIVERED terry266 - DELIVERED WaveRider1970 - DELIVERED WaveRider1970 - DELIVERED SiLic0ne t0aD - DELIVERED 88mph - DELIVERED mingus - DELIVERED mingus - DELIVERED jkadaver - DELIVERED jkadaver - DELIVERED botsauna - No response H454 - DELIVERED iridude - No response PeterP - DELIVERED Jay695 - DELIVERED Edited June 1, 2021 by Ikrananka Status update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 PMs have been sent to everyone who pre-ordered. I'll be keeping track of payment and shipping/delivery status updates in Post #48 above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay695 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Do you still have any of these mods left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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