[hpsdr] Troubleshooting a Hermes 5v Power issue

[Tim ORourke]

See list for last week or so, if you are running latest FW and TAPR LPU it may have 5 v rail dragging below 5 v.
Tim w4yn


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>From: Kjell Karlsen <la2ni at online.no>
>Sent: Apr 3, 2014 2:06 PM
>To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Troubleshooting a Hermes 5v Power issue
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>Hi Dave.
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>Have you tried with an external 5V PSU?. But first I think you must  
>measure if there is a short on the 5V bus after F3. If Hermes works with  
>an external PSU, there is something with the SMPSU. And I know it can be  
>difficult to measure on the circuit!
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>73, Kjell
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>I finally got my Hermes built and had no 5v. I re-soldered u24 aka u58 and  
>I now have 5v at pi3 of J26 but as soon as I connect the jumper (pins 2-3)  
>the voltage drops to about .4v. I thought it might be a solder bridge  
>somewhere but fuse f3 is not tripping so I'm thinking it might still be a  
>power supply issue. Does anyone have any ideas?
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>Thanks,
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>Dave
>KA2OQZ
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>På Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:40:37 +0200, skrev Dave . <kdcarlso at gmail.com>:
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Tim O'Rourke 
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