[Microbit-Python] Testing Point Documentation

[Andrew Ferguson 500]

Thanks, it does get quite hot if left on for more than ~30 seconds. (After about 10 it is too hot to touch, after 20 it is very warm on the other side of the board. I haven't left it on for more than about 2-3 minutes).

This was one of the teacher devices so it could be a slightly earlier version than the final student devices.

On 4 Apr 2016, at 15:13, Damien George <damien.p.george at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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