FatFlex Prototype

[Sway]

JUST AWESOME MAN!

Kelly

 

[bluecrow76]

Okay, this may sound bad, but I was in church and got a little bored with the lesson :sleepy:, so I browsed on over to CPF (thank you Cingular) and what do I find... George has solved the elusive maxflex problem! Talk about an hallelujah moment! :bow: Looking forward to placing an order! I have two quad mag projects sitting here waiting on them!

 

[London Lad]

That's great news George. Will I be able to update the one I have? (I have workshop facilitys)

 

[georges80]

That's great news George. Will I be able to update the one I have? (I have workshop facilitys)

Yeah, if you have access to caps and can solder/desolder small components then it should be possible to rework your own driver.

After more testing, it appears that the ground ring doesn't need to be cut. I had cut it during the initial debug and that made things worse with C7 in place - actually really bad - which was actually good since it gave a solid failure to track down. After C7 was removed and a cap soldered directly over U3 (see below), I resoldered the ground ring/plane back and it is still running solid.

So it would seem that the rework will involve removing C7 and soldering a 1 uF cap (X7R preferably) across Pin 4 to Pin 8 of U3 (a leaded capacitor either radial or axial). A radial may be better since it would sit flush over the top of U3.

cheers,
george.

 

[kenster]

Yup, I thought that C7 u2 solder thingy needed some planing to pin that sucker to the ground and...... I`ll just buy some MaxFlex when you have them a :rock: for us, please?

Like everyone else, I am extremely happy to hear this MaxFlex news update! :twothumbs

 

[Nebula]

I'm with Kenster. I have no idea what George said but I sense that the fix is in :thinking:. Mod on :twothumbs.

 

[Christoph]

 

[Ledean]

Okay, this may sound bad, but I was in church and got a little bored with the lesson :sleepy:, so I browsed on over to CPF (thank you Cingular) and what do I find... George has solved the elusive maxflex problem! Talk about an hallelujah moment! :bow: Looking forward to placing an order! I have two quad mag projects sitting here waiting on them!

Browsing in Church ?. Hav'nt heard that one before.

 

[Icarus]

Fantastic news George! ... :twothumbs

 

[tino_ale]

So... if one wants to buy a FatFlex board now, do we directly get a debugged and solid working board or does it need reworking by the buyer?

Sorry just little confused :shrug:

 

[georges80]

So... if one wants to buy a FatFlex board now, do we directly get a debugged and solid working board or does it need reworking by the buyer?

Sorry just little confused :shrug:

The boards will be reworked and tested prior to shipping.

The reason I explained what the rework entails (at this point) is that one poster requested information about whether it would be possible for him to rework his own board.

cheers,
george.

 

[dom]

Excellent news George

These will be flying out the door -can i book 10?

Cheers
Dom

 

[Unforgiven]

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