Question: Can the LED message "XTAL" mean anything other than a bad crystal?
Should the crystal be replaced?
from Hans VK5YX Adelaide, Australia
vk5yx wrote:Question: Can the LED message "XTAL" mean anything other than a bad crystal?
Should the crystal be replaced?
from Hans VK5YX Adelaide, Australia
vk5yx wrote:Hi Ron, thanks for taking an interest.
Yes it has worked; had a few good QSO-s, but there were a few intermittent problems and I was not satisfied with my workmanship on soldering the PSoC.
I chose to remove and replace it with a new one (from David AE9RB).
I'm confident that I've done the job well; it's nicely aligned and all legs are cleanly soldered.
However, on "power up" it displays XTAL. Perhaps the crystal was marginal in it's operation?
I can't see any other reason for the message, so am inclined to get a new crystal. What do you think?
73, Hans VK5YX
vk5yx wrote:Hi again Ron,
The problem turned out to be an open circuit between the crystal and pin 39 in the board.
I installed a thin wire jumper from the land pattern at pin 39 to the crystal and now all is well! (not easy!)
Thanks for your input.
73,
Hans VK5YX
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