╚ERE IS A LIST OF WHAT PARTS YOU WILL NEED, AND WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM AT.
╘HE FOLLOWING PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ─╔╟╔ ╦┼┘. ╘O ORDER FROM THEM, JUST CALL 1-800-─╔╟╔-╦┼┘.
1 12/24 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR FOR THE USERPORT
─╔╟╔-╦┼┘ PART NO. ├1-12 ╨RICE $2.90
1 5.1 VOLT 1 WATT ZENER DIODE
─╔╟╔-╦┼┘ PART NO. 1╬4733┴ ╨RICE $0.25
╘HE FOLLOWING PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ╥┴─╔╧ ╙╚┴├╦.
1 PACK 100 OHM 1 WATT RESISTORS
├ATALOG NO. 271-152 ╨RICE $0.29
1 EXPERIMENTER BOX (8.26 X 5.4 X 2.68CM)
├ATALOG NO. 270-230 ╨RICE $1.59
1 3FT. LONG CABLE (╥├┴ PHONO PLUG TO STRIPPED WIRE)
├ATALOG NO. 42-2370 ╨RICE $1.69 ╔F YOU NEED A LONGER CABLE
THAN 3 FT. OR ONE WITH A DIFFERENT PLUG TO ALLOW EASIER
CONNECTION TO YOUR STEREO, THEN SUBSTITUTE THE CABLE THAT
YOU REQUIRE.
╚ERE ARE SOME MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEED.
╙UPER GLUE, OR SOME TYPE OF EPOXY.
╘WO SMALL SCREWS TO CONNECT THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR TO THE EXPERIMENTER BOX.
╙OMETHING TO MAKE A HOLE IN THE EXPERIMENTER BOX TO INSERT YOUR CABLE.
┴ SOLDERING IRON AND SOLDER TO MAKE CONNECTIONS.
╧K, NOW YOU ARE READY TO ASSEMBLE YOUR DIGITIZER. ┬E CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE YOU DO EVERYTHING CORRECTLY. ┴ DIAGRAM OF THE DIGITIZER IS ENCLOSED FOR REFERENCE.
╙╘┼╨ 1:
╨LACE YOUR EXPERIMENTER BOX ON A FLAT SURFACE WITH THE TOP DOWN (THE ALUMINUM PANEL FACING UP). ╥EMOVE THE ALUMINUM PANEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR EXPERIMENTER BOX. ╞ROM NOW ON, ╔ WILL REFER TO THE SIDE OF THE EXPERIMENTER BOX WITH THE PANEL AS THE TOP, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ACTUALLY THE BOTTOM. ╬OW WE NEED TO CONNECT THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR TO THE EXPERIMENTER BOX. ╘O DO SO, LOOKING DOWN ON THE BOX, YOU WILL NEED TO CUT OUT A SECTION 1/4 INCH DEEP AND 2 INCHES LONG. ├ENTER THIS CUT ON EITHER OF THE TWO LONG SIDES OF THE BOX AS BEST AS YOU CAN. ╬OW PLACE YOUR CARD EDGE CONNECTER INTO YOUR CUT OUT SECTION WITH THE SIDE WITH PINS ┴ TO ╬ ON THE TOP. ╔F IT FITS WELL, MOUNT IT ON WITH YOUR TWO SMALL SCREWS. ╔F NOT, MAKE ANY CHANGES NEEDED.
╙╘┼╨ 2:
╨LACE YOUR EXPERIMENTER BOX WITH THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR AWAY FROM YOU. ╙UCH THAT IF IT WAS A MAP, THE CONNECTER WOULD BE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE BOX. ╙OLDER AN END OF ONE OF YOUR RESISTORS TO PIN ┴ OF THE TOP SIDE. ╙OLDER AN END OF THE OTHER RESISTOR TO PIN ╞. ╔T DOESN'T MATTER WHICH END OF THE RESISTOR YOU SOLDER TO EITHER OF THE PINS. ┬E CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE YOUR CONNECTIONS DO NOT TOUCH ANY OF THE OTHER PINS. ┬END THE WIRES BETWEEN THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR AND THE CERAMIC PART OF THE TWO RESISTORS DOWN. (THIS IS TO KEEP THE WIRES AWAY FROM THE ALUMINUM PANEL)
╙╘┼╨ 3:
╙OLDER THE BLACK RINGED END OF YOUR ZENER DIODE TO THE WIRE BETWEEN YOUR CERAMIC RESISTOR AND PIN ╞. ╔T IS ╓┼╥┘ IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS SOLDERED IN CORRECTLY. ╙OLDER THE OTHER END OF THE ZENER DIODE TO THE WIRE BETWEEN YOUR OTHER CERAMIC RESISTOR AND PIN ┴.
╙╘┼╨ 4:
─RILL A HOLE IN THE EXPERIMENTER BOX TO ALLOW THE CABLE TO FIT IN. ─O NOT MAKE IT ANY LARGER THAN NEEDED. ╔T IS BEST IF THE CABLE FITS IN SNUGGLY. ╥EFER TO THE DIAGRAM FOR THE LOCATION OF THE HOLE. ╔NSERT YOUR CABLE INTO THE HOLE. ╙OLDER THE POSITIVE WIRE FROM THE CABLE TO THE RESISTOR THAT IS CONNECTED TO PIN ╞. ╘HIS WILL BE THE INNER WIRE UNLESS YOU ARE USING A DIFFERENT CABLE THAN WHAT ╔ SPECIFIED. ╙OLDER THE OTHER WIRE FROM THE CABLE TO THE END OF THE OTHER RESISTOR. ╟O BACK NOW, AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. ├HECK FOR PINS ON THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR THAT ARE SOLDERED TOGETHER BY ACCIDENT. ╟LUE YOUR CABLE TO THE INSIDE OF THE EXPERIMENTER BOX AND LET IT DRY. ┘OU MAY ALSO WISH TO COVER THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH GLUE OR EPOXY SINCE THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ALUMINUM PANEL. ╫HEN IT IS ALL DRY, SCREW YOUR PANEL BACK ON, AND THEN YOU ARE READY TO DIGITIZE!
