What copper pads? For instance, I soldered my RP2040's ground to the body of the USB-C connector.
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oh, i was thinking of using the screw hole circles or the arrow next to the dat 0 pinout, but doesnt distance matter here? wouldnt the usb c connection port be too far and cause issues?
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also is there a way to test if my switch is stable after the instalation? is there a way to check out that i did everything successfully?
Which point are you soldering to ground? If you are soldering the RP2040 board to ground (for power) then any ground will do, just try to use thicker wire (around 32awg or 30awg) for the 3.3v and the GND.
If you are doing the ground for the mosfets coming from the Source pin of the mosfet, then yes, ideally you should have a short path to ground.
Here is how I did my switch lite earlier today. I posted this in the main Picofly thread.
Which point are you soldering to ground? If you are soldering the RP2040 board to ground (for power) then any ground will do, just try to use thicker wire (around 32awg or 30awg) for the 3.3v and the GND.
If you are doing the ground for the mosfets coming from the Source pin of the mosfet, then yes, ideally you should have a short path to ground.
Here is how I did my switch lite earlier today. I posted this in the main Picofly thread.
im using official amtech flux, lol i swear i was cofused too on why it wouldnt stick.
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hey, the chip is showing up green, as if it was succesful but now its just jumping me into ofw. it was working just fine before
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Check the definitive guide, or use the point on the EMMC that was shown to you in the other thread.
So far i only read from the thread the 3.3v alternate.
Here is interesting site if you want to search it yourself.
https://balika011.hu/switch/lite/
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Those are capacitors that are the same as the ones being soldered to on the APU, that can be robbed off the RP2040-Zero (see the definitive guide). They are 100nF 0201 capacitors.
Fun fact, those two capacitors affect whether or not your console has bluetooth and wifi capability (ask me how I know)
ive just finished soldering all the point and final test before connecting to pico i tried to turn on the console to ofw, but everytime i put on the soc cover the switch wont boot only blank screen i can feel the soc heating up
when i lift the soc cover the switch turned on normally to ofw, does anyone have an idea what happened? where to find the short?
tried to isolate everything using kapton tape does nothing
when i lift the soc cover the switch turned on normally to ofw, does anyone have an idea what happened? where to find the short?
tried to isolate everything using kapton tape does nothing
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Check below the flex (1)ive just finished soldering all the point and final test before connecting to pico i tried to turn on the console to ofw, but everytime i put on the soc cover the switch wont boot only blank screen i can feel the soc heating up
when i lift the soc cover the switch turned on normally to ofw, does anyone have an idea what happened? where to find the short?
tried to isolate everything using kapton tape does nothing
Remove some solder from the caps (2) if possible.
Check the soldering on this capacitor (maybe just bad photo)
Clean everything around APU with IPA just to be sure
It looks like one string of multicore wire is loose and might be touching the ground on cap (3)
Again, it's difficult to troubleshoot using a photo...
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If you are careful, you will not damage anything.
It is ok to solder to nand board.
Or you can combine both, solder some on Nand and some on alternative, whatever works best for you
you sir are amazing. this tool is incredible !!
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with this has anyone tried going for alternative points to the cpu resistors?
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