Pinballs

This afternoon was dedicated to the Creature's Power Board. After running the tests I had a bunch of nasty surprises (see the previous post on this topic), so I had to try to clean the mess.

Roughly put, since it was obvious that the problems stemmed from any of:

• Bad components
• Bad solders
• Bad tracks

It seemed logical to clean out the whole bank, remove all components so that they could be replaced with new parts, but also so that the tracks could be tested. And of course this would make room for new, clean solders.

As these pictures show, the damage was impressive: most metal holes were gone, some tracks were cut or torn apart, and even the PCB was burnt. I've identified all the issues and prepared for a replacement of all the components, writing down the tracks that I will have to rewire. I'm now waiting for the new parts to arrive, stay tuned...