BrewPi Soldering Guide

Next up: the rotary encoder breakout board!

The biggest two rotary encoder pins are a bit too wide for the holes on the breakout board (sorry!). Pinch them with your pliers to make them a bit smaller. It will be much easier to get the rotary encoder through the board.

Insert the rotary encoder on the side that ways ‘Rotary encoder goes here ‘

A roll of solder is a handy tool to support the board while you are soldering the rotary encoder. Solder the 5 small pins first. The 2 bigger pins are easiest to solder by you put your iron under the pin.

When you are done soldering, you can screw on the washer and nut. You also got a shiny knob for your rotary encoder.

Final board: the OneWire distribution board. This board is used to easily connect multiple temperature sensors to the OneWire bus.

Start with the two outer connectors.

After soldering the two outer connectors, insert the 5 vertical ones. The orientation should match the marking on the board.

Solder them on the bottom and you are done! (As before, doing just the middle pins first allows you to straighten them before you do the outer pins.

You can insert the plugs into the terminals. These plugs will be screwed to your sensors and cables.