Redrum wrote: > cool! Wire wrap wire works real well for those jumpers if you have any > #26-#30 laying around. Just mentioning wire wrap might date me :). Since > it's single strand it allows you to shape the jumper, and being small > it's not likely to get in the way of anything. Also if you wanted to > attempt a repair with just solder and a small tip, the solder will only > stick to the exposed copper, so if you used an exacto knife to scrape > away the coating exposing the trace that you expect to be broken, you > don't have to be real precise with the iron, the solder will only adhere > to the exposed copper. It might look like it blobs over other traces, > but as long as they aren't exposed copper you are ok. > > You also mentioned the "holes" corresponding to problem areas. The holes > are "vias" and they are basically a copper plated hole that allows a > trace on one side of the board to the other (assuming 2 layer board for > simplicity). So if you suspected a via is bad, scrape a bit on each > side, maybe scrape the hole with a drill bit, and blob the solder > through it. > > Nice fix! I digress :) > > JimThank you for terminology clarification and pointers for better repair. I didn't get wire wrap date joke though (Assuming it was joke.. I'm one of those pesky eastern europeans ;p so you know )
Anyway I couldn't image its possible to run such a think trace with solder but if like you said I don't have to worry about others as long as those are not exposed... Then I may just try it on other remote.. Thanks [emoji106] Ohh BTW all via were actually OK.. I tried to short connections in various places with batteries to see Touch response or lack of it 3x Squeezebox Touch, 4x Squeezebox Radio, Squeezelite (RPi 3B with HiFiBerry DAC+Pro on OSMC), Material Skin Apk, Squeeze Commander, Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 with Material Skin (Docker in DS218+) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jaca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115905 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
