This isn't the best topic to post it in, but it's the closest.
I've got a Rii keyboard/touchpad, some of you might be familiar with these, they're poorly made keyboard and touchpad combos that are designed mostly for home theater PCs and cost about $60 usually.
I had it for a little over a week and it worked well, then I set it upon the couch face down and picked it up about 5 minutes later, the orange (trasmitting) light was solid, when normally only blinks to indicate transmitting, and the green power LED was off. I've tried all the normal bevvy of troubleshooting, battery drain, etc. Nothing worked, and anytime it's powered on, just the solid transmit light. I've tested with another unit's receiver and they seem to be keyed to each other, so there's no love there.
The electronics inside seem exceedingly simple, I'm wondering if anyone who's more well-versed in this might have some ideas of what could have gone wrong at a circuit level that I might poke at.
Things I've tried:
Quick reflow of the unlabeled ICs, some pins are joined together, but it looked like that before I touched it, so I assume they're bonded grounds. It uses Lead solder (of course).
There doesn't seem to be any smt fuses on here, but it is getting power, so I don't think that's the issue.
Notes: I believe J1 might be a USB header, so my next test will be to see if I can wire that up to see if it's the wireless part of it.
Any input would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
I've got a Rii keyboard/touchpad, some of you might be familiar with these, they're poorly made keyboard and touchpad combos that are designed mostly for home theater PCs and cost about $60 usually.
I had it for a little over a week and it worked well, then I set it upon the couch face down and picked it up about 5 minutes later, the orange (trasmitting) light was solid, when normally only blinks to indicate transmitting, and the green power LED was off. I've tried all the normal bevvy of troubleshooting, battery drain, etc. Nothing worked, and anytime it's powered on, just the solid transmit light. I've tested with another unit's receiver and they seem to be keyed to each other, so there's no love there.
The electronics inside seem exceedingly simple, I'm wondering if anyone who's more well-versed in this might have some ideas of what could have gone wrong at a circuit level that I might poke at.
Things I've tried:
Quick reflow of the unlabeled ICs, some pins are joined together, but it looked like that before I touched it, so I assume they're bonded grounds. It uses Lead solder (of course).
There doesn't seem to be any smt fuses on here, but it is getting power, so I don't think that's the issue.
Notes: I believe J1 might be a USB header, so my next test will be to see if I can wire that up to see if it's the wireless part of it.
Any input would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
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