On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Eric Brombaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Rages wrote: >> >> I've had moderate success clearing blind shorts with the 5V bus of a >> high-power computer power supply. (This can be hazardous to other >> parts on an assembled board) Otherwise, use a current-limited power >> supply to put a few amps into the stuck node. Use a millivolt meter >> to measure different places on it. Lower voltage means closer to the >> short. > > An IR camera to look for the hotspot would probably be a handy way to do > this too. Who's got an IR camera though? >
IR cameras are great for this. I got a chance to see one in use last year at a contract manufacturer. The misplaced part was dissipating a few milliwatts at most, but it showed bright red on the camera. Regards, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
