Hello Tankers
thought I would share my experience with the five TCB boards I have purchased and the problem I have.
OK four of the TCB have operated correctly. I have flashed the latest firmware etc to them all -- loaded my custom functions settings etc and done a complete function test on a test setup board with the X45 esc motors , smoke unit , Taigen Sound card, recoil servo . turret motor , elevation motor, leds, airsoft -all the functions.
The fifth one however does not respond correctly and ends up with multiple functions all operating at once after a switch is thrown.
I get comms to it-- flash firmware ok -- I complete a snoop and it shows all my settings that I have loaded in-- exactly the same as the other four.
However when I reconnect comms and check what settings I have it shows the default values however I check snoop and it tells me my custom settings are in there the same as the other 4 TCB units.
So I finally get out the mag lamp and start checking the board for shorts/ dry joints etc. Of course at this stage I 'm silently kicking myself for not doing this before I put power on -- but there it is-- bridged pins on the big processor!! So using a fine bladed hobby knife I remove the fault however it did not change anything, looks like the damage was already done when I put power on the first time.
So this bridged pin fault I think occurred when HK did the mosfet repair by hand as the bridge was at the top of the pins and it was a small piece of solder that had lodged in there.
So 4 out of 5 is not bad I suppose. I did get the boards at the discounted rate so with this faulty unit means I have paid full rate for them. I can't really complain as we all want cheap things and HK does that very well.
So chaps check yer boards especially if they have the mosfet repair done. Good practice to do this also with the non repaired boards (if there are any?)
cheers
rockchuck