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Figure 9-31. QuickBot PCB
Now is a good time to ensure that you have all of your components and a soldering station
set up as in Recipe 9.4 , as well as an oscilloscope, as used in Recipe 9.6 .
When you get your board, it is often informative to “buzz out” a few connections by using
a multimeter. If you've never used a multimeter before, the SparkFun or Adafruit tutorials
might be helpful. Set your meter to continuity testing mode and probe between points
where the headers are and where they should be connecting to your components. This
would be more difficult and less accurate after you solder down your components, so it is
a good idea to keep a bare board around just for this purpose.
You'll also want to examine your board mechanically before soldering parts down. You
don't want to waste components on a PCB that might need to be altered or replaced.
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