Help from EE's on Power Meter (AN220)

[SteveB]

The whole design, in general, seems nice. There enough insultaion to be safe. The harder part will be the software.. as always

Au contraire!

It depends on how you define "easy". The software bit is the FUN part , and it's a lot "easier" to do what you really enjoy vs something that is not so fun. For me, all the bits of metal, plastic, and such are just the means to an end, a necessay evil, a hinderence which slows one's progress toward the final result. Especially when dealing with fine pitch SMDs , which has made me a little concerned about tackling this project. Even with good eyes, SSOP parts a pretty small, to say nothing of trying to do a homebrew pcb for this baby. I much prefer twiddling with bits and bytes than Solder and Wire.

Thanks for the words Steve,
Steve B

[mister_e]

hehe, i agree. SMD, fine pitch are nice when you don't solder them yourself

But with some experiment.. it comes 'easy' even at home

http://www.infidigm.net/articles/solder/

Au contraire!