I am trying to fix a friends "bow string weight guage", basically an electronic scale that hooks on to a string. It slipped out of his hand when he was testing a bow and shot it across the room into a wall like an arrow. Everything looked fine but the unit won't turn on now.
I took the thing apart and can't find any physical damage and all the components pass my DMM sniff test and from past experience I know that crystals can fail due to shock damage much more easily than other electronic components. I'm hoping to replace the crystal and be done with it because if it is the PIC that is damaged then he is screwed because there is no way in hell I am going to be able to get my hands on the programming to make a new one.
The problem I am having now is that I can't figure out what the crystal is. I Google'd the only markings I could find on it and nothing of worth comes up. I also have no experience with PICs so I can't make any educated guesses as to what it could be. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
P.S. I have attached pictures of the crystal, board, and the PIC.
P.P.S. I am getting all the appropriate voltages and am assuming that the PIC is simply not turning on.
I took the thing apart and can't find any physical damage and all the components pass my DMM sniff test and from past experience I know that crystals can fail due to shock damage much more easily than other electronic components. I'm hoping to replace the crystal and be done with it because if it is the PIC that is damaged then he is screwed because there is no way in hell I am going to be able to get my hands on the programming to make a new one.
The problem I am having now is that I can't figure out what the crystal is. I Google'd the only markings I could find on it and nothing of worth comes up. I also have no experience with PICs so I can't make any educated guesses as to what it could be. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
P.S. I have attached pictures of the crystal, board, and the PIC.
P.P.S. I am getting all the appropriate voltages and am assuming that the PIC is simply not turning on.
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