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Show off... JK it looks good! thanks for your feed back.. and good job soldering and avoiding my mistakes lol.

Just picked up a solder pump... will update how this goes in a couple of days...

If the soldering pads are damaged, whats the fix for that?

In my eagerness in concluding my board... I soldered the LCD display facing the wrong way... Did i just scrap my board?

Ok, so just to clarify, my socket is soldered incorrectly with the indention on top, but it wont be a problem as long as I insert the chip in the right orientation; with the indention on the bottom. And with the shift register, I have to get the socket orientation correct, with the indention...

Ugh... I figured I'd screw up something sooner or later. Thanks for the catch Dan. Would I be able to install it while the socket is in reverse?

So after much hesitation... I decided to suck it up and go for it. Bought all the parts, only took a few days to get everything in from Mouser, Digikeys, and Amazon... and after MANY youtube videos on soldering... I think phase 1 turned out pretty well...

LOL! you've clearly come a long way. thanks for your chime Bryan! I'm really hoping to finish the project by summer time... I'm from Texas so, sitting out in the sun watching a smoker gets rough... beer helps, but only so much.

Thanks for the heads up... I was coming to the same conclusion reading through the stickies

Darren, Does the 4.0 version not use a thermocouple?

I was thinking of going that route as well, but I'm so cheap... I'm trying to convince myself that paying the extra 40-50 bucks is worth it.

Thanks Bob, absolutely none....

Hi Yall, I'm looking for new project this spring and building a cabinet and HeaterMeter setup are on the top of my list. I know i have the carpentry down... but the more i read about the HeaterMeter the less confident I feel about doing it on my own. I have the Raspberry Pi 2, but i'm...