Progress is taking a big hit from the Holidays and their effect on shipping.
Some things on the critical path of this project are now being forecast as arriving by the 16th of December.
@Members behind the "Closed Kindle" approaches:
Come on, members.
Amazon will be introducing the 2015 models before I get this "Open Kindle" approach near usable.
I will continue to update this thread with detail on the "back story" from time-to-time, mostly aimed at the future reader who needs to evolve their own "Closed Kindle" approach.
If only so this "future reader" can benefit from my research, planning, and dead-ends taken.
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How to ease the pain for the end-user to connect to the board solder points ::
Plan A:
Print a single flex-circuit ribbon, which will have holes at each solder point that fit over the connection point solder bumps.
It will be a very strange shape, to pick up all of the points scattered around the board, but will only fit in the 'correct' place.
The procedure would be to have a piece of tape handy (get out the roll of Duct Tape) -
Position ribbon so that **all** the little connection bumps are in their "bullseye targets" - secure with a strip of tape.
Take as long as you need to, to get everything lined up and then taped in-place.
The flex-circuit body material is a very good insulator of both heat and electricity.
That will protect surrounding parts and points from accidental harm while the bullseye targets are touched up with a hot iron or hot air.
Presuming that I can design and build this add-in ribbon cable - -
That should get the skill level down to:
If you can plug in a soldering iron . . . .
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In other words, take advantage of the fact that these 21st century boards are manufactured to dimensional tolerances measured in Microns.