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circuit Senior Member Joined: 10/01/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 268
Posted: 09:19pm 08 May 2024
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Every element of this thread has been instructive, every suggestion informative. We all make schoolboy mistakes - goodness I have quite a history of them! I must say that your level of persistent determination is quite astounding; I would have binned the thing with some unprintable dialogue much earlier in the process.
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9483
Posted: 12:08am 09 May 2024
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LOL!!! Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9483
Posted: 12:12am 09 May 2024
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@ circuit: Thank you for your kind words. I did just about bin the damn thing, and you're quite correct - it WOULD have been alongside some....colourful language.
At one point in the thread, it was suggested that I build another board, which I WAS about to do, had my error not been found. In that case, the 2nd board probably would have worked fine, as for that assembly, I most likely would have used the correct regulator, and would then have decided conclusively, that the fault was something obscure on the 1st board - when in reality, it was not.
I do love a good electronic mystery, but it's a little embarrassing when you find that the fault.....was YOU(meaning me)! Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!