You have probably done some physical damage, such as lifting a solder pad,
or breaking a wire that you have somehow not noticed. And it probably
occured when you were tidying up wires. You may have even heat-shrinked over
a bad joint!
Ken
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or breaking a wire that you have somehow not noticed. And it probably
occured when you were tidying up wires. You may have even heat-shrinked over
a bad joint!
Ken
>Hi,_______________________________________________________________________
>
> I've just built my first CGS module, the utility LFO :) I finished
>and powered it up and it worked fine. I then disconnected it and
>cleaned it up in the back (used ties to hold the wires together and
>used my roommates blow dryer to shrink some shrink wrap around the
>LEDs leads) I then went and reconnected it to my system and LFO 1 no
>longer works (LFO 2 still works fine). I've checked the wiring and
>replaced the IC's but to no avail.
>
> I implemented a range switch for both LFOs which does work. When I
>now switch through the different setting for LFO 1 it affects the
>output of LFO 1 but the LFO does not sweep through its range. What
>could have went wrong, did the blow dryer destroy the LED and now the
>circuit won't work (is the LED even necessary to make the circuit
>work) or maybe the heat destroyed another component? The panel was
>really hot from the heat of the blow dryer.
>
> Any suggestions would be extremely helpful to me. I'm new to
>building modules and don't know a lot about trouble shooting them.
>
>Thank you,
>Dave
>
>
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