Recent content by Eric Bishop

It turns out the pot is undamaged. I pulled off the set of header pins that have 5v and gnd adjacent and didn't see anything unusual under there. I also decoupled the LCD board from the button board and didn't find anything there. After all that the short persists. At this point I'm pretty...

Thanks for all the quick responses. My multimeter has a continuity testing mode that beeps + shows short on the display or conversely shows open on the display. I measured several points that are either ground or 5v and see 0.2 Ohm resistance between them. I think Ralph was probably on the...

I just finished assembling a HeaterMeter 4.3 kit. Having read some of the troubleshooting threads and having zero confidence in my rusty soldering skills, I decided it might be a good idea to do some testing with my multimeter before powering everything up. The good news is that everything...