Assembling your kit

1. If you are using the regulator option, cut the link on the component side across pins 1 and 3 of IC2
2. Place and solder the SOIC chip. (check orientation. Pin 1 goes nearest the 10-way terminal strip)
3. Solder the bypass capacitor adjacent to the IC
4. Solder the ground test terminal (gold pin, supplied) if desired
5. If you are using the regulator, install the second bypass cap and the 10uF tantalum cap
   from the solder side of the board (refer pictures). Note, the tantalum is polarised, the + lead
   (the longer lead) goes nearest the edge of the board.
  
6. Put the 16-pin header on the SOLDER SIDE of the board, similarly the 5-pin header.
   Place the board on a flat surface, hold it down firmly and solder both connectors.
   This should ensure they are flush and square to the board.
7. Clip the leads from the 5-pin header as close to the board as possible
8. Insert both sets of screw connectors on the COMPONENT side of the board.
   Place the board component-side down on a flat surface, hold it down firmly and
   solder the screw terminals.
9. Insert and solder the 3 20-turn trimpots. The adjustment screw goes nearest the opamp.
   (Installing them this way gives an intuitive clockwise turn for higher gain)
10. Clip all remaining component tails close to the board.
11. Insert and solder the voltage regulator
12. Clip the regulator leads, clean the board, let it dry
13. Power the board, apply input voltage to the amplifier inputs and adjust gain as required