Building directions

This design is very easy to build. . You can solder the parts in the order you'll like but it may be practical to start with all low parts such as resistors and then take higher parts.

Start with all low parts except for the output power amp and the opamp.

• Opamp if it's a SMD type
  
• Resistors, jumpers
  
• Zener diodes
• Plastic capacitors
• Transistors, voltage reference
  
• LED
  
• Trim pot (if you use it)
  
• Capacitors, elelctrolytic
• Regulator, power transistor

The pcb has four layers and therefore it requires much more heat than regular two-layer pcb.  Ecpecially the ground connections are heat demanding. Use a 50 watts (at least) temperature controlled soldering iron and warm the pad so it really melts and tin flows to the component side. As you can see in my pictures I haven't succeeded to make 100% perfect solder joints and especially hard are the ground connections. If you check the R3, here I should have burned with the soldering iron a lot more. You can warm up the pcb with a hot air gun if you have a weak soldering iron. This will make a lot better result.

Besides from this instructions the regulator is pretty easy to build but pay attention how you should mount all polarized parts. See pictures below and also the pdf file.