From: Eli C. <elicohen@MIT.EDU> - 2009-06-07 19:39:22
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Hi- I just tried to hook up a gpsstix a few different ways and now its overheating tremendously-- even if I just plug it into a wall wart and make no external connections. i was connecting it via its stuart port to a robostix' uart port, (swapping rx and tx) and that was the first thing that made it overheat. i unplugged it, and tried it with the wall wart, and it still overheated. i went through the stuart port connections and found that VCC and GND short, but so do every VCC and GND on the board... interestingly, if i have my robostix plugged in to my avrisp but not powered and then i use a multimeter to look for a short between vcc and gnd, the avrisp recognizes the board when i make the connection. anyone know whats going on and if i fried this gps board? Eli |