[Elecraft] Building K2 Control Board

[Vic Rosenthal]

W2xn@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi folks, this is my first post.  I am building the K2 Control Board and
> mistakenly installed the 40 pin IC socket for U6 (the microcontroller) with
> the
> notch to the right instead of to the left.  I had trouble getting the pins to
> 
> drop in and didn't want to bend them, so I ended up with the board turned
> left
> for right -- and put the socket in that way.  Will it make any difference?

Well, if you plug the chip in backwards it will work.  But it will be very
confusing in the furure (especially if someone else ever works on your K2),
since normally you expect the pin 1 end of the chip to go on the side with the
notch.

Vic K2VCO