Continued work on the Voice Modulator

     Tonight was a good, productive night. I can now say with a fair degree of certainty that the circuit board is complete. The exception is that I will probably try to transfer the component side artwork over to the PCB. Functionally though, I have it!

From this:

To this!

     Before long, I'll be putting my newly practiced soldering skills to work. I'm a little nervous about screwing it up, but if that happens, I still have enough board for more attempts. No worries.
     So far the hour count is at about 5.5 which includes the etching and other PCB prep. I think I'll add some kind of widget to keep track of the build hours. I'll be interested to see just how long it takes from start to finish. Watch for that over on the right.
     In other news, my shop manual arrived from the UK today. It's the one document that you have to purchase from Project Dalek if you're serious about building one. Coming in at about $12, it appears to be well worth the cost it'll save me in guesswork. I haven't gotten the opportunity to read it cover to cover yet, but that's the next immediate task. I'll have some decisions to make about how I'm planning to build certain parts and out of which materials. Naturally, all of that will be reported to you, faithful readers! I'm talking especially to you, my 3 followers! I hope to one day have as many as 5. I know. We can all dream. :)
     I'll report in on my thoughts after reading my shop manual. Until then, thanks for dropping by!

-Scionic