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Defective pro mini and the solution

fleinze 5 Jan 2017, 13:16 last edited by
Hi!
I had a pro mini which stopped working with the following symptoms:
- No communication
- not even a flicker on Pin 13 LED
- not responding to programming attempts, not even with ISP.
- RST pin has a voltage of ca. 100mV
The pro mini started working again without me doing anything and then after a few months stopped working again.

After a lot of soldering (replacing most components including the atmega) it turned out that the board had a ca. 100 Ohm short between RST and GND...

So if you experience the above symptoms just measure resistance between RST and GND.
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mfalkvidd Mod 5 Jan 2017, 14:06 last edited by @fleinze

@fleinze interesting experience. Thanks for sharing.
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