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QMX PA popped. :-(


 

Afternoon all,
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Well, it was all going too well.
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I had been using the 003 SSB firmware with good success and decided to flash the 004 update...this went well but I decided to run a calibration cycle and it got about 75% of the way through and the current draw jumped up with the attendant untoward smell emanating from the unit.
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I suspect the finals have failed.
This was running on 10 V from my bench PSU with a proper dummy load so I'm not perplexed as to why this would have occurred.
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Darn.


 

Interestingly it looks like the cathode tab of D516 is not connected to the solder pad, looking like it might have been touching but now not; I'm wondering if this might have caused it.