My father and I have both attempted to build the 8-ball. We both reached the point where the board was completely wired and ready to test. We took voltage readings on the IC for both builds and everything was within acceptable tolerance EXCEPT for pin #3 - it is reading ~1.8v (documented value is 4.2v).
The *really* maddening aspect of this is that there are only 3 components: R1 (2M2), C1 (56n), and R2 (1M) and we have checked, double-checked, re-flowed, re-soldered, etc.
Help! Thanks.
The *really* maddening aspect of this is that there are only 3 components: R1 (2M2), C1 (56n), and R2 (1M) and we have checked, double-checked, re-flowed, re-soldered, etc.
Help! Thanks.