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by w0ivj
Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:38 pm
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Hardware failure
Replies: 5
Views: 18115

Re: Hardware failure

I was able to successfully remove the LPC1756 processor from the board and install another LPC1756 that I ordered from DigiKey. I ordered the firmware update program and installed the firmware. Everything seems to be working fine. Thanks for all the help.
Tom
by w0ivj
Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:50 am
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Hardware failure
Replies: 5
Views: 18115

Re: Hardware failure

Thanks for the reply. I am supplying 12 V to 3 regulators simultaneously. The LM7806 supplies the SuperPro; the UA78M33C supplies an oscillator chip with only I2C connections to the CPU; the LM7805 with a diode in series supplies 4.3 V to an optoencoder with 2 connections to the CPU inputs. There is...
by w0ivj
Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:44 pm
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Hardware failure
Replies: 5
Views: 18115

Hardware failure

I previously ordered a super pro board and everything was working fine. I am supplying it with a regulated 6 volts. Today I turned it on and it was drawing too much current. I removed U2, C15, C4, C5, and C6 but still have a 10 ohm resistance between VDD and GND. I think the problem must be in the L...
by w0ivj
Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:32 am
Forum: Software issues
Topic: BASICtools and Win 8
Replies: 2
Views: 7472

Re: BASICtools and Win 8

Sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I am using v5.19 of Tools. The examples and libraries appeared under Coridium in Program Files(x86) when things were flaky. I reinstalled under My Programs instead of Program Files(x86) and everything is working fine now. I have had this issue with other appli...
by w0ivj
Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:44 pm
Forum: Software issues
Topic: MID function in <VBSTRING>
Replies: 1
Views: 6176

MID function in <VBSTRING>

The MID function in VBSTRING.bas has an error in it. The statement "sharedString = right(s,len(s) - start -1)" should read "sharedString = right(s,len(s) - start + 1)"
by w0ivj
Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:39 pm
Forum: Software issues
Topic: BASICtools and Win 8
Replies: 2
Views: 7472

BASICtools and Win 8

If you install BASICtools in program files (x86), which is the default, some of the library functions will not work due to path problems. In particular, <VBSTRING> contains the MID function. The program will compile correctly but will not run correctly. When you call the MID function, the MID functi...
by w0ivj
Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:57 pm
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board
Replies: 5
Views: 14142

Re: Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board

Thanks for the PCB layout. I rechecked my voltages and I had 2.7 volts on the Vrefp and analog Vdd. I measured 0.5 volt drop across the 330 ohm resistor. I replaced the 330 ohm resistor with a ferrite chip bead that has 600 ohm impedance at 100 Mhz. Everything seems to be working normally now. Thank...
by w0ivj
Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:38 pm
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board
Replies: 5
Views: 14142

Re: Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board

The schematic and data sheet for the LPC1751 show that pin 10 is for Vrefp and pin 8 is for analog Vdd. On my board pin 10 is not connected to anything and pin 8 is only connected to the bypass capacitor. Neither is connected to 3.3 volts and pin 10 measures 0 volts when the board is powered. I have...
by w0ivj
Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:32 pm
Forum: Other Hardware interfaces
Topic: Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board
Replies: 5
Views: 14142

Vrefp on Version 7 Pro+ board

Pin 10 which is the positive reference for the A/D on the pro+ board does not seem to be connected to anything. Am I missing something? The A/D seems to return a correct value if I assume Vrefp = 2.703 volts, but I thought it should be 3.3 volts.
Thanks, Tom
by w0ivj
Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:11 pm
Forum: SPI and I2C
Topic: I2C hardware on SuperPRO and PROplus
Replies: 1
Views: 14219

Re: I2C hardware on SuperPRO and PROplus

Thanks, I turned the power on to both I2C interfaces by writing hex(7C8925E) to SCB_PCONP and now I can read both status registers.