No green 3.3volt LED on mainboard
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I have a blue batch5 board. Yeah I can see the writing with a magnifying glass but it isnt lit. I pulled the end stops, no difference. Board seems to work fine as far as I can tell.
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Tested end stops that are NO. When I close them the LED at each stepper plug lights so there is 3.3v there, or some sort of voltage anyway.
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I actually dont recollect ever seeing one so I'll assume for now it is a dud LED. Is there anything else to look at?
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Found a pic of when I first turned it on with nothing connected, it had a green LED then, the Q is then why not now. The regulator must be OK or the duetwifi wouldnt work?
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Yes, the 3.3V supply must be present if the board is responding. I suspect that either the LED has been damaged, or one end of it is not soldered down properly.
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One of the things that made me hesitate on buying the duetwifi was the possibility I'd destroy it. So I ummd and ahh'd for weeks, but "jetguy's" recommendation sealed it. I mean a complete with mega and screen cheap ramps 1.4 is $35US v 150US for the duetwifi, expensive if I use it as a fuse for a first time try.
and yes i know a cheap ramps is utter crap. Kind of strange really, as an engineer I buy good tools. The best I can afford, yet people insist on buying the equiv of tools from the $2 shop and expect great results.
Ive only printed two calibration tests so far but if the finish I am getting with the same g-code is a good indication the Duetwifi was worth every penny. Congrats on it.
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I guess I can carefully put a voltmeter in there as one end should have 3.3volts?
I assume I could be brave and de-solder the Led…..
What I did with the original setup was buy 4 tiny voltmeters to monitor this stuff trying to trace a fault, probably OTT now.
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what green LED? I have no such LED lit on my duetwifi, never seen one.
.I know you now which LEd we are referring to now, however for other reference I have added to the documentation:
https://duet3d.com/wiki/Hardware_overview#LED_indications -
I have lost one too ((
Is it necessary to remove the faulty LED or i can leave it as is? -
You can leave it as it is.
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