TBMDuino 4.2.d is ALIVE!

I finally got around to populating the board with components. When powering up, I found the power regulator getting very hot and couldn't figure it out until I referred to the schematic to find I had labelled VCC and GND backwards (bad), when figuring out I had the LED in backwards.

Once fixed, I found myself able to connect with the USB programmer wire, load code, monitor the serial traffic and make the LED blink. But the LCD panel characters were not coming up.

SO after being inspired by actually riding Tronbike for the first time in a month or so, I again went to the schematics to verify the LCD connection. I found pin 5 of the LCD was not connected to pin 1. A little wire soldiered between the two, and voila, characters on the LCD.

Next stop will be building a wiring harness/packaging. The new job has made me really appreciate the need for good packaging design and execution of the electronics. Speaking of which, I am lacking an entry regarding the current Tronbike dashboard...stay tuned!