Hi everyone and thanks for all your suggestions and contributions.
Sadly NOT the battery as I have a strict regime of checking the LiPo's in all my 'gadgets' there are so many..lol!
RF Explorers, Nano VNA's, RF-8000, plus many handy-talkies...phew.
I took another look at the TinySA's flexi-pcb connector and whilst there didn't seem any sideways 'play' in the mating of the ribbon cable, after several attempts (clamping with a left side bias and then a right side bias) I have managed
to get the beast to come back to life.
So as Erik and others have suggested my device may have a problem with the flexi-pcb connector alignment, though there is nothing obvious! (even under my SMT microscope!)
I have ascertained that my instrument was supplied by Zeenko (as recommended by Erik) and I am now in contact with my UK supplier to resolve this issue.
I have no idea how many genuine Tiny SA's have been sold around the world and guess I have just been unlucky in getting one that has developed such a weird fault?
Thanks once again everyone, it's great to have such a helpful resource :-)
Happy Easter everyone.....
Dave
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