The most common fault I find with POD's not working is not the ULA (though this has occured), but the 9 connector pins on the back.
After years spent outside, these tend to get dirty, rusty, corroded and create a bad connection between the POD and the control box. They are also often the source of broken solder joints
You could clean them off but I prefer to just unsolder them and fit brand new long header pins in their place, giving the POD many more years of service
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2.54mm Straight Male Header 21mm long
Here we have the POD PCB with the headers removed:

And with the new ones soldered on. When doing this you need to be very careful not to lift the PCB tracks when unsoldering
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After years spent outside, these tend to get dirty, rusty, corroded and create a bad connection between the POD and the control box. They are also often the source of broken solder joints

You could clean them off but I prefer to just unsolder them and fit brand new long header pins in their place, giving the POD many more years of service


2.54mm Straight Male Header 21mm long
Here we have the POD PCB with the headers removed:

And with the new ones soldered on. When doing this you need to be very careful not to lift the PCB tracks when unsoldering


posted on: 25/05/2013 14:16:15