Kirt Cathey, NH2GX, JG1FXZ

In a first step to start creation of the KeyJack , I found this link while Googling for ideas.

This photo was a snapshot from PhotoBooth, so please excuse the reflection, but most of the components are visible. Instead of using the sexy surface mount devices, I used what was available on a rainy day. Of course the micro controller is not mounted yet, but soon enough. All of the empty holes are for mounting headers that can connect other devices or jumper across onto another prototyping board or a breadboard. Here is the circuit side of the PCB:

As you can see, have not sat down to solder the parts yet…. that’s going to start in just a few minutes. When complete and running, will come back for a follow-up post. Stay tuned.

Follow-up… a couple hours later.
Here is the (sloppy) soldered up back side of the board complete with jumpers and connection headers. Had a couple of soldering mishaps along the way, so had to solder a wire into one part of the run. It all tests positive for conductivity. All that is left are two components I don’t have in the parts collection – push buttons for the reset and bootloader.

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