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Yeah the regulator is outputting between 0.5-1V over what it should.
My power supply is giving like 10-10.5V though even though it’s a 9V supply, might this cause it?
(Edit: Just tried with a more reliable power supply, same output from the regulator)
Tried all the other suggestions and still nothing.
The voltage across the regulator (the ‘bottom’ two horizontal pins) is like 4.8-4.9V so this seems about right.
But across the VCC and GND of the chip is about a volt higher, 5.8-5.9V, same if I measure over the C2 capacitor next to the regulator.
Interestingly, there is voltage across the output of the chip and when I press reset the voltage drops and then comes back up. Doesn’t this sound like it’s working?
But as soon as I plug in the audio and/or video cables to the board, there’s nothing.
I thought this seemed a bit weird earlier, I should have said, it seems like I have about 8V across those pins (I had already found that datasheet and checked that 🙂 )
I also have 0V across R2 and R3.
I was using the hackvision with an easycap usb adapter to play through the computer so I didn’t bother soldering the PAL jumper. Though I tried with a TV too just in case.
As for the FTDI cable, I assume the green wire should be on the side where the board says green?
[edit] just checked again and now it’s about 5.8V :S
Unfortunately I don’t have an Arduino board I can use to test.
I’m in the UK, not sure where it was bought from since it was a gift. I might assume Cool Components though. But I could find out for sure if needs be.
Here’s a couple of pics, thanks.
(I get 403 when I try to click those links, but they are there and accessible!)
Roy.
Yeah I’ve looked through all the troubleshooting, and have a correct power adapter.
No sound or anything. I also can’t get Arduino IDE to upload to the chip (I have the correct cable and the correct COM port and stuff selected), so maybe the chip is dead I dunno. Is there an easy way of checking where the problem is?
