LWB wrote:Yeah, it is definitely a group project. Tom ordered the parts, assembled the board, and installed it in the DXT. Then it took Tim & I and a flurry of emails with Beat to figure out how to program the PIC. Everything seemed be functioning fine as a Disto X, but bluetooth (can't calibrate without it), so I shipped it back to Tom to debug that. That bluetooth chip (the biggest one on the board) has dozens and dozens of pins. Fortunately only about a dozen are used. I'm guessing either a bad connection (surface mount - a bear to hand solder) or a bad chip. Tom is a wiz at electronics repair of all kinds (and has fixed a few A3s also), I'm sure he will get that sorted out soon Tom wants to experiment with demagnetizing. Probably worth a try. But if the magnetic fields are changing on the batteries that fast, the benefits may be very shortlived.
By the way - the Pelican 1015 case is a perfect fit for the DXT - you would have thought it was designed to fit. The 1015 is not available everywhere, but it can be found online.
Great! Sounds like lots of accomplishments are coming through! I hope to see the boards available at the beginning of next year! That would be excellent but perfection takes time. No use in selling a faulty device. I hope Tom gets things figured out soon!
Yea, but will that Pelican case be able to fit the Disto X with the external battery? I've got a DXT and those things are a BEAST compared to other Leica models... I actually feel comfortable taking them into caves and using them hardcore without having to worry too much.
There's nothing that makes me more excited than finding a place underground that no one has ever seen or been in!
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