soudan Posted March 28, 2005 Report Posted March 28, 2005 ok i put together smash tvs core and i got a 5v reading with MCLR(1) - IC1:Vss(12) but no reading with Vdd(11) - IC1:Vss(12), Vdd(32) - IC1:Vss(31) and IC2(8) - IC2:(5)..could this be a short or just a bad solder? im using the c64 psuThanks!Sean Quote
moebius Posted March 28, 2005 Report Posted March 28, 2005 Hi,Could this be an OPEN? ;) There's one jumper (or airwire, if you prefer that word) in SmashTV's layout, about in the middle of the board on the leftside, while looking from above - basicly feeding Vdd connection to the pins you mentioned not having +5v.. Are you sure it's in place?Bye, Moebius Quote
soudan Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Posted March 29, 2005 i know what your talking about but i dont see anything like that on the board i have...supposed to be j3 or something like that right? Quote
moebius Posted March 29, 2005 Report Posted March 29, 2005 Sounds like you should go see SmashTV's page about the his core module layout: http://avi.dezines.com/mbhp/mbhp_coreR3.html ...it's a bit different from the one seen on ucapps.de.Sorry for using such a confusing description.. it's a, hmm.. a wirelink? (Please folks, what should those REALLY be called?!).. But anyway, in the pics on Smash's site, those are red in colour and/or painted with a white dashed line on top of the (actual) pcb.Bye, Moebius Quote
stryd_one Posted March 29, 2005 Report Posted March 29, 2005 I didn't realise smash was making little alterations/improvements, that's cool 8)Hey smashtv, the link to buy from that page is broken ....Anyway I found the page, just made up my wishlist and its like 700 bucks ;D Get ready for some cashflow in a few weeks man! :D Quote
soudan Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Posted March 29, 2005 yea im going to have to go over everything again..im not sure what to call those connections either oh well...thanks for the replys though Quote
soudan Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Posted March 29, 2005 i forgot also to mention the 7805 was getting really hot...wonder that has anything to do with it..dont think will really help but here is a pic of my board: Quote
moebius Posted March 29, 2005 Report Posted March 29, 2005 Hi,It's hard to say from this angle, if the wire is there.. there should be one horizontal wirelink, and it's location is about between C3 and Q1.Maybe a close-up from the solderside would reveal something new?If the 7805 with that setup (no PIC, no other boards connected) is getting (real) hot, maybe there IS a short somewhere.. :-\Bye, Moebius Quote
soudan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Posted March 30, 2005 that one connection by c3 is there..i took a pic of the solder side: http://dsdigitalmedia.com/images/solderside.jpg..not the best solder job in the world but oh well..lolSean Quote
soudan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Posted March 30, 2005 ok it must have been a bad solder...got the voltage readings for all the pins..woo hoo....thanks for the replys..Sean Quote
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