William,

Please check the continuity of your ADE-1ASK again.

1-6 - 0
2-5 - Diode check both polarity should be same reading
3-4 - 0

My guess is continuity between these pins but not between others.

I have a few but could not find it to confirm, maybe someone could confirm the above!

With the ADE not soldered, shine a bright light from the component side and check for shorts (most likely) between
4/5 and 6, trace all the way to Q7. Check if there is a short to ground at collector of Q7 or the track leading to it
from ADE pin 6.

Put the ADE back, without power and check for short to ground from ADE pin 1 and 6.
My guess is that only a short to ground between ADE pin 6 to Q7 can cause the ADE to heat up along with R15!

73
Raj, vu2zap

1-2 19k ohms

1-3,4,5 open

1-6 0 ohms (RF Primary)

2-3 42k ohm

2-4 open

2-5 19k ohms <<<<<<<<<<<<< diode

2-6 19k ohms

3-4 0 ohms (LO Primary)

3-5 open

3-6 open

4-5/6 open

?? Pin 2 & 3 both go to blocking capacitors c18,c19,c11,c15 on RF & IF Amps.?? I tested these pins to ground on the board and they are open as expected.?? This means the short must be in the ADE-1 itself, and only when power is applied.

Looking at the bottom of the ADE-1, there are 2 wires on pin 1.?? I expect these are RF primary and secondary ground.

This is very strange

W4WHL

I missed tonight didn't think anyone was on. How about we do something at a specific time say Sunday night @ 1:00 UTC??Steve Greer you up for running net logger again? If so what time works? I'll post this to the FB pages once we settle on day/time.

Reprogramming didn't help unfortunately - It's really blown.
I know these are sensitive devices and I always take ESD precautions.
Nevertheless it became damaged somehow.
I never used this input before, so it may well have been defective from
the beginning..

On Fri, April 28, 2017 13:57, Mvs Sarma wrote:
> let him re program and try .
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Yes, two others here in KC area have lost inputs A6 or A7 due to static. I think soldering to wire while still connected to the pin is the reason but I’m not sure.

New Nano always cured the problem. It could be just handling static too.

In any case its happening so take care to follow simple ESD rules.?? 73 Fred KC5RT

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allard PE1NWL
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 4:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [BITX20] difficulties with raduino digital input pin A6

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While I was experimenting with digital inputs, I couldn't get pin A6 working.

It always reads a "LOW" regardless of the actual input level.

The other pins work as expected.

I may have blown the input, although I can't remember doing anything wrong

(always disconnected the wires while soldering it, etc)

Do other users have similar issues?

73, Allard PE1NWL

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On 28/04/17 11:26, VK3HN wrote:

I used a high intensity white LED and a 4k-40k LDR, links in the blog post.? I'm pleased with this circuit and will use it again.?

Very cool!? I wonder if a opto-isolator out of a junked computer power supply would work...

S

Hi William and all,

Ithis is a strange problem certainly. I have been following your problem only recently so my comment maybe already reorted. Sorry.

Would it be possible to have a sket of the original mixer and next the schematic of the miser withe the ADE and its pins connection ? This should help to understand the current/signals go around. This should help to understand if the mixer could be wrongli marked having different configured contacts.

Best 73

Gian. I7SWX

for a test I re soldered the ADE-1 but put tape over all pins but 1,6 and no heating issues.? I then soldered pin 5, and Rl5 started smoking.? so there is a short in the ADE1 100%.

So I pulled a brand new ADE-1ASK from the tape.? Soldered only same 3 pins 1,6,5 (all others isolated with tape.? And guess what R15 smoking hot again.? But a hard wire across pads 1,6

causes no R15 heat issue at all.

This leave only 2 possible conclusions.

1. the design is flawed :)? LOL not likely

2.? I have a bad batch of ADE-1's or the wrong ones.? Not sure how this is possible ethier.

Not sure where to go from here, except buy more ADE-1's from a third source.? Maybe these are fakes or factory rejects.? But never heard of fakes on these.? After buying more I will have spent as much on ADE-1's as the whole kit :(

W4WHL

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Mvs Sarma <mvssarma@...> wrote:

I agree with your logic completely

But, if recollect, you had also stated that swapping the ade-1 with another, no improvement.

Logically it is not possible that both? ADE-1s could be faulty unless it is a batch fault. or perhaps which ever ade-1 we wire across this location, it fails???

?inter winding short could be suspected from secondary to primary.

?Can you test for this using a 10mA limited led test? , like olden days test lamp, please,

?The DMMs might not reveal insulation break downs.

All the best

?sarma

?vu3zmv

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:46 PM, William Hemmingsen <lee.hemmingsen@...> wrote:

Sarma

Orientation is 100% correct pin 1 ( orientation mark), pin 1 connecting to R15/C17 junction.? I have removed the ADE-1 already.? There is no way the winding is shorted after ADE RF winding.? I removed ADE and soldered a wire between pin1 & 6 on the board, and? R11 does not heat up.? There are no shorts on the board from pin 2 &3 to ground. So the ADE has to be doing something strange internally.

This leads me to believe ADE-1 is bad.? But I tried 3 band new ones with exact same results.

Here are the results from the one I removed (these match a brand new one)-

1-2 19k ohms

1-3,4,5 open
1-6 0 ohms (RF Primary)
2-3 42k ohm

2-4 open

2-5 19k ohms

2-6 19k ohms
3-4 0 ohms (LO Primary)

3-5 open

3-6 open

4-5/6 open


? Pin 2 & 3 both go to blocking capacitors c18,c19,c11,c15 on RF & IF Amps.? I tested these pins to ground on the board and they are open as expected.? This means the short must be in the ADE-1 itself, and only when power is applied.

Looking at the bottom of the ADE-1, there are 2 wires on pin 1.? I expect these are RF primary and secondary ground.

This is very strange

W4WHL

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Mvs Sarma via Groups.Io <mvs_sarma@...> wrote:

William,

Don't feel lost. afterall thase things happen.

as you took out the ADE-1, once, do it again

?while it is out, using datasheet for pin id, test cross insulation bteween winding 1-6

?to other windings like 2-5 and 3-4

?the meter should show meg ohms

?if there is a short, it would be between 2-5 and 3-4

?but not to 1-6.

?after ensuring that you can mount.

?I fear that 1-6 is getting shorted to ground after the winding.

On Thursday, 27 April 2017 5:27 PM, William Hemmingsen <lee.hemmingsen@...> wrote:

I checked all the traces, an I see no bridges.? I removed the ADE-1 and shorted pin1 to 6 using a wire.? Now no longer does R15 get hot.? So that eliminates anything in that path.? So that leads me down the ADE-1 rabbit hole.? I suspect current is flowing from ADE pin1 to ground when 12v is applied.? I checked the resistances from ADE pad pin 2 & 3 to ground and they open (as expected with blocking caps c18,c19,c11,c15).

But this makes no since, because I have used ADE-1's from 2 different vendors all with same results.? Obviously in the ADE-1 pin1 (primary ground) and Secondary ground are connected.? This send 12v into the pin diodes.? But with no DC load on pins 2 or 3, this should act as an open circuit for DC.

Now I'm really lost

W4WHL

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Lawrence Galea <9h1avlaw@...> wrote:

Check for a solder bridge or a tiny copper trace that remained when the pcb was etched.

You can use a magnifier or a meter to check it.

What you might also do is to run a knife between the tracks to remove any tiny bridge that may not be easily visible.

I also had a piece of equipment where the pcb would short after some time and if you switch off and leave it for a few minutes it would go open again and then again short after a few minutes.

I had to isolate the respective contact, strip a little bit of track and connect the component a little furtehr because it appeared to be some contamination in the material itself shorting after a few minutes.

You learn by experience when things do what they shouldn't do.

Regards

Lawrence

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 2:47 AM, William Hemmingsen <lee.hemmingsen@...> wrote:

R15-c17 junction to ground is 13.3k.? I removed c17 and no change.? FYI R11 & Q7 are also removed.? So this resistance is 100% in the ADE-1 itself (as its the only thing left).

If I recall correctly, when R11 is in the circuit the resistance is 2k as expected.

Even with R11, Q7, C17 out of circuit R15 gets burn you hot when you apply 12v.

Also my ADE-1 is mounted the same as your attached picture.

I took a brand new ADE-1 from reel and measured resistance from pin 1 to 2 = 20k? & pin 1 to 5 = 40k.? if I remove R15, the ADE-1 on the board matches this.? This makes no sense, because those resistances should limit current.? My guess is the resistance goes down when the diodes are biased...Just a wild guess.? But when 12v is applied R15 heats up like there is a short.

With all components installed; When power is applied I measured the voltage at R15-c17 junction which equals only 1.5v (it should be close to 12v correct?).? Gate voltage of Q17 is only .7v. ? So this would leave me to guess that when power is applied the ade-1 must go to ~12 ohms to drop the voltage that much.

I'm lost

W4WHL

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Regards
Sarma
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