fp update2

docs/Principles and Practices + Project Management.md

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pages:
 The basic way to make a website is using HTML code for content, and maybe using CSS and javascript for styling.  
 Another efficient way to make websites is to use static site generators.   
 To develop my webpage, I use the existing Mkdocs to first understand how it works. Jekyll is another option I want to use to make a custom themes maybe later on.  
-There are many options of Static Site generators like [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), [Gitbook](https://www.gitbook.com/), [Mkdocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/), [Middleman](https://middlemanapp.com/), etc. each with their own special features for the kind of website one wants to make.
+There are many options of Static Site generators like [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), [Gitbook](https://www.gitbook.com/)[docs](https://docs.gitbook.com/), [Mkdocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/), [Middleman](https://middlemanapp.com/), etc. each with their own special features for the kind of website one wants to make.
 This GitLab page has a list of example repositories for common static static site generators or HTML at [gitlab.com/pages](https://gitlab.com/pages).  
 The basic way to start is clone one of these, unattach and start modifying.  
 

docs/Project Development.md

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Next, I use KiCAD to put all these schematics together and begin to design my PC
 While making the schematic I realise not all sensors and actuators need to be on the PCB itself, some like the pump and the LED and the DHT11 need to be at a different physical location on the designed box, so I need to add header pins and connect them using wires later.
 To clarify this, I begin modifying my 3D CAD model on Rhino.
 ![wiring](./images/final-project/wiring.png)  
-![wiring2](./images/final-project/wiring2.png)  
+![wiring2](./images/final-project/wiring2.jpg)  
 
 And then redo the schematic.
 ![schematic v7](./images/final-project/farming-v7.png)  
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ After about 7 revisions, changing minor details, I made
 
 Here are the final design files for the board:  
 [Schematic v7](./images/final-project/farming-v7.pdf)  
-[Traces png](./images/final-project/farming.v6-traces.png)  
-[Outline png](./images/final-project/farming.v6-outline.png), containing the holes too.  
+[Traces png](./images/final-project/farming-v7-traces.png)  
+[Outline png](./images/final-project/farming-v7-outline.png), containing the holes too.  
 
 ####Things to do next:
 Milling prcoess
@@ -165,15 +165,24 @@ Connecting all inputs and outputs
 
 ####Milling the PCB
 
+
 ####Soldering components
+After making a 'shopping list' I gathered all components. Most of them were available from the Lab (FabLAb UAE).  
+![shopping list]()   
+As good standard practice, I soldered all components from left to right and top to bottom. Starting with the microcontroller, then smaller components like resistors, capacitors, then the larger mosfets and DC-DC voltage regulator and all the header pins in the end.
+![soldering components](./images/final-project/soldering.gif)   
 
-####Testing board
-
-####Wires and wiring
-Connecting all inputs and outputs
 
+####Testing board
+I was missing a diode. Since this wasn't in the lab, I used a TH component, cut legs and soldered it directly onto the copper tracks. It was a little delicate, but it worked. I had to make sure it was connected in reverse to save the DC outputs from burning.
+![TH diode](./images/final-project/diode.jpg)   
 
+I also cleaned up the board for copper shards and tested all connections using a multimeter. Beeping all VCC, GND connections to themselves and measuring resistance across al resistors.  
+![Testing]()  
 
+####Wires and wiring
+I used ribbon cable and cut them to custom lengths according to the 3D model. And hammered on header pins with 2x rows instead of 1, to make the connections sturdier.  
+![wires]()  
 
 ####Programming:
 I will use the FabISP I made in Electronics Production week as a programmer to program my farming board with all the inputs and outputs.