Hobby Components 8x8x8 Cube Kit (HCKITS0050)

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cyb0tic
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Re: Hobby Components 8x8x8 Cube Kit (HCKITS0050)

Post by cyb0tic » Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:47 pm

GAH! powered up this morning to show my daughter, and its failing again... :-(

Well I know where the issue lies now - Ill try to touchup all the solder round the crystal and seee if i can get a permanent fix. Need it to be reliable before I show it off!


Im looking fwd to programming it. Could you tell me .. is it possible to give varing degrees of brightness the the LEDS, or is it strictly on/off ?

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Re: Hobby Components 8x8x8 Cube Kit (HCKITS0050)

Post by andrew » Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:42 pm

GAH! powered up this morning to show my daughter, and its failing again... :-(

Well I know where the issue lies now - Ill try to touchup all the solder round the crystal and seee if i can get a permanent fix. Need it to be reliable before I show it off!
That's a shame but as you said at least we know whereabouts the problem is, but yes do that, resolder in inspect crystal pads and tracks.

If it is of any help I've pasted below the PCB track layout for that area. Red is component side copper/tracks, blue is LED cube side copper/tracks:
PCB_8x8x8_LED_Cube_Crystal.png
Im looking fwd to programming it. Could you tell me .. is it possible to give varing degrees of brightness the the LEDS, or is it strictly on/off ?
It is just on and off I'm afraid.
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cyb0tic
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Re: Hobby Components 8x8x8 Cube Kit (HCKITS0050)

Post by cyb0tic » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:13 pm

Working again! :D

FWIW I touched up all the pins round the microproc - and took off the crystal and remounted it. TOuch wood that it remains in the working state!

Thanks again for the 1st class support here!

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