Atlys Board Failure
This is the collected information from the board failure that happened September 29th 2016
- After getting wire bonds fixed Atlys board was no longer functioning.
- No major incident of physical damage to board, or noticeable sparking.
- Board failure has been seen at other institutions.
- DCDC power block (IC16) breakdown at Liverpool.
- Craig Sawyer (Oxford) reported 2 boards with broken regulator (IC15)
- Following images from Craig of broken board under thermal camera
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- Before powering.
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- Powered board, IC15 regulator running at high temperature.
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- Same board, now showing underside.
- To fix board failure regulator is getting replaced. Backup Atlys board has been ordered.
A backup Atlys board was purchased and has been in use. The original board had IC16 replaced however it still did not work.
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Tom-Erik Haugen - 2016-10-07
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