[Microbit-Python] Testing Point Documentation

[Damien George]

There was a problem with some of the microbit's having their USB chip
get "hot" but I thought it was resolved.  I'll ask Jonny about it.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Andrew Ferguson 500
<andrewferguson500 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, the computer does not recognise the micro:bit. If I power the micro:bit
> from the 2x AAA batteries nothing happens at all. (No light, no chips
> getting hot).
>
> Hopefully more stuff will be released as Free Software / open source soon
> (especially the DAL and the iOS and Android apps).
>
>
> On 4 Apr 2016, at 14:35, "Carlos P.A." <carlos.p.a.87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen any schematics out yet, that seems to be part of the
> documentation that still needs to be open sourced. From the top of my head I
> vaguely remember the test points at the back probably connected to the
> microcontroller in charge of the USB communication (and, I assume, the
> battery controller), so they might be a programming interface more than
> actual test points.
>
> Does you computer recognise the microbit at all?
>
> On 4 April 2016 at 14:27, Andrew Ferguson 500 <andrewferguson500 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I managed to persuade my teacher to let me borrow a teacher Micro:bit over
>> the Easter holidays (I'm in Scotland so the student devices haven't arrived
>> yet), but unfortunately I seem to have broken it. (I was just using 'screen'
>> to test serial communication, one minute it worked and the next the screen
>> session had closed, the micro:bit status light was off and the USB chip on
>> the micro:bit got very hot).
>>
>> I suspect it's probably irreversibly broken, but I noticed that on the
>> back of the micro:bit there are several testing points that may provide some
>> insight as to what went wrong if probed with a multimeter. Does anyone know
>> if there are any docs relating to which testing point links to what?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>>
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