LED strip repair

Phil Spitler

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Apr 16, 2015, 2:26:41 AM4/16/15

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Hi, can anybody suggest the best way to trace a hardware fault with an addressable strip?

You can see from this photo that strip just stops part way through (it is supposed to be all red).

I have tried wiggling the strip at the stop point

soldering across the pads at the stop point

Holding breadboard cables from the stop point to an LED a little further down the strip.

All of the above did nothing at all..

This strip was from our artcar which is gonna be at an event this Saturday.

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Any ideas?

Cheers.

Phil

Anton Kast

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Apr 16, 2015, 11:09:51 PM4/16/15

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If you're rich, throw it away and get a new one.

If you're poor, just cut the strip. If you can tolerate a fiddly and delicate junction, you may be able to splice it with another strip.

Anton

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Phil Spitler

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Apr 17, 2015, 2:09:25 AM4/17/15

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Yup, I out 2 LEDs and it works perfectly.

Cheers.

Phil

On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Anton Kast wrote:

If you're rich, throw it away and get a new one.
If you're poor, just cut the strip. If you can tolerate a fiddly and delicate junction, you may be able to splice it with another strip.
Anton

On Apr 15, 2015 11:26 PM, "Phil Spitler" <ph...@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:

Hi, can anybody suggest the best way to trace a hardware fault with an addressable strip?

You can see from this photo that strip just stops part way through (it is supposed to be all red).

I have tried wiggling the strip at the stop point

soldering across the pads at the stop point

Holding breadboard cables from the stop point to an LED a little further down the strip.

All of the above did nothing at all..

This strip was from our artcar which is gonna be at an event this Saturday.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1550576231894679/

Any ideas?

Cheers.

Phil

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