Hi,
well, this problem is really easy, I connect my batery to the mini ABB, the LED comes on. Then I try the SSC-32 and nothing appens, I’m almost sure that I always connected the wires at the right place (black -, red +).
ssc-32 power jumpers are set how and do you have any servos atached to the ssc-32?
All the jumpers are there, 2 for the VS1 = VS2, and another for VS=VL.
I tried with 4 connected servos, and then none.
Are you saying that when you plug the battery into the SSC-32, the power light does not come on?
I hate to pick on you, but is this an SSC-32 or a Bot Board that you are having trouble with? If it’s the SSC-32 then does it’s LED come on? You really need to elaborate (say more words) defining “won’t work”. Have you tried it with LynxTerm?
Sorry I thought that it was clear :
The SSC-32 does not work when I plug the batteries in (not LED turns on).
I plug my batteries in the ABB and it works (so it’s not my batteries).
I don’t know how to elaborate more, When I plug the batteries the LED does not come on…
Ok so the SSC-32’s green LED does not come on. Now remember this is not a power light, but rather a status light. The LED will light up until the SSC-32 receives some serial data. After that it will be out and only blink when receiving data. So, you need to test this with nothing else connected to the SC-32, because if the Bot Board is sending data to the SSC-32 the green LED may only blink quickly.
Ok, I’ve tried with only the SSC-32 (no servos, no ABB connected, just the batteries).
What kind of test can I do to figure what’s not working? I saw you guys are selling the new atmel chip (V2) in case it’s that that is fried…
So the LED does not light up then… If you suspect it was inadvertantly powered up with reverse polarity then, depending on the current available, the result may be the 5vdc regulator is dead, or all of the IC’s are dead. So unfortunately replacing just the Atmel chip may not do it.
With the battery/power supply connected to the ssc-32, use a multimeter and see if you get 5v between the various +5v points and ground on the board. If you don’t get any voltage reading, then the regulator may be dead or you have a bad power connection. If the regulator chip is dead, you may be able to get a 7805 at Radio shack and set it up as a replacement chip (much bigger, but much cheaper than a new ssc-32).
Thanks Zoomy, I meant to tell him to test the output of the 5vdc regulator, but ran out of time. 