randallfoster Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Ok. Happy to say I had an electrician buddy of mine take a look at my solders and touch up a few... Plugged it in and it immediately found the unit... Think I am ready to run some tests on output and finally get this thing put together. Thanks so much to all of you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Wahooo! Its -always- a good idea to have another set of eyes look at your work when something's amiss.. good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Post 20...plenty of personal experience...amazing how many things you gloss over after the 87th check on a board, and you are convinced everything is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 DonFL wrote: Post 20...plenty of personal experience...amazing how many things you gloss over after the 87th check on a board, and you are convinced everything is just fine.Too bad you didn't suggest it on post 7 though...would have saved a lot of additional posting after that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 LOL the competition to see who can figure out what is wrong via long DX trouble shooting. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Dang double tap trigger finger at it again.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randallfoster Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Holy cow guys! I finally fully assembled the controller, tested it thoroughly and even plugged some lights in... IT WORKS!Thanks so much again... I am really glad I built my first controller- however I may buy them premade from now on just to save the headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Surfing4Dough wrote: DonFL wrote: Post 20...plenty of personal experience...amazing how many things you gloss over after the 87th check on a board, and you are convinced everything is just fine.Too bad you didn't suggest it on post 7 though...would have saved a lot of additional posting after that! I'll try to do better next time...:(:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCook Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Actually Don, you and a couple others of us did keep asking about the solder joints (posts 10, 14, 19, ..) once the basic PC/LOR hookup was verified. We all know how hard cold solder joints are to recognize until a person gets a bit of experience under their belt and knows what to look for. This was Randall's first PC board and I think he did good to only have one or two bad connections.The neat part was to help indoctrinate another mere mortal into our crazy, addictive habit. Did you catch how happy he was once lights were a'flashing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 randallfoster wrote: Holy cow guys! I finally fully assembled the controller, tested it thoroughly and even plugged some lights in... IT WORKS!Thanks so much again... I am really glad I built my first controller- however I may buy them premade from now on just to save the headache.I remember my first time,just like it was a couple months ago,,,,,,,oh ya it was:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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