Ace board questions.

[bakerboy4679]

Alright. Heres the story.

I bought the ACE kit with BBE from Edwin.
Soldered everything up.
Modified body/frame to accomidate the new electronics.
Installed everything.
Plug in battery.

Flip main power switch... nothing happens
Checked 2 brand new battery's... Still nothing.
Tried combinations of having the eyes power switch turned on/off.. yet again, nothing.
checked wires again, ontop of circuit board, with still nothing broken.
Plastic insulator IS in place., so no grounding is occuring(up top anyway).


Any Ideas? Suggestions?
much :LoveHert:

[bakerboy4679]

Updated! I need some other minds to think on this one!

Maybe it's not rare. I wish I knew!! :icon_red:

[warpedmephisto]

Try poking around on the board with a multimeter and chase the voltage from the battery and see where it is not making a circuit. Other than that, I would just make sure all the solder joints are nice and secure and not blobbed over with excess solder. Also check the diodes on the board - those are known to fry and cause this problem.

[Edwin]

Are the LEDs coming on?

Is the 5V regulator working?

[bakerboy4679]

Nothing is coming on. No LED's, no selenoid clicks, nada.

My solder points are decent(no doubt there not as good as the could be, but they are o.k. none-the-less).

Everything, with exception of the 4 or solder/wires on top of the main board, is hot glued.
Will this hurt anything? I didnt put glob-upon-glob of the glue, but just enough so that I wouldnt worry about pulling/breaking them with the installation(and YES I was careful when throwin and shuvin' it in there :evilgrin: )

I have yet however to check them with a power needle.
I'll try and do that today.

[bakerboy4679]

Also check the diodes on the board - those are known to fry and cause this problem.
Where might these be?

And this reminds me of something to ask of you Andy. I'll send you a PM now.

Thanks for the help thusfar guys!!

[warpedmephisto]

http://air-soldier.com/technote1.shtml

[bakerboy4679]

Thanks Andy.
That helps a lot, I've checked and it's all good, thankfully!


Thanks guys!!
She's gettin there! :shuffle: