Repairing the burnt FS-R6B

Started by santhosh-r, May 03, 2014, 01:56:05 PM

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santhosh-r

I had a burnt FS-CT6B rx , which was damaged by reverse polarity during interfacing to my arduino.
I was sure that the voltage regulator must have blown.I started taking apart my Rx and investigated.
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santhosh-r

When measuring the input and output voltages of the LDO it was 4.99V and 1.22V ,of which the output should be 3.3V .

Clearly the LDO is damaged.

The part no. is CA33 and found the datasheet
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santhosh-r

I had spare 3.3V and 5V LDO at hand ,they were AMS1117-3.3 and AMS1117-5 .

But to my disappointment , the CA33 was SOT-89 and AMS1117-3.3 was SOT-223 also the pinout was different.

I made a simple breakout board for the AMS1117-3.3 to test.

Hooked up the breakout board to the Rx with the burnt chip in place.
And it did work as expected.
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santhosh-r

Now I need a idea to remove the CA33 and place AMS1117 at its place,
The difficult job was to desolder an SMD part.

I just cut the pins of the CA33 using a nipper and started prying out the chip while heating with the soldering iron.

But the solder pads were damaged.

So made a direct wire connection for the Vin from the input capacitor
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santhosh-r

Again test the board whether it works ??? .yes it works  ;D.

Now arrest the mechanical motion of the chip by using hot glue.

Put all the components together and again test.

The chip has the silicon die , the small square part in the plastic case.

The Rx was repaired with a  :Rs: 15 replacement and saved  :Rs: 600 for a new Rx.
Also a lesson learnt - experience  :thumbsup:
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Akhilesh Chavanke

 :help:Can I get ur mobile num I have 2 rx which r been damage with the help of ur guidence if it gets repair ivlvery thankful to you   :help:                                                 
My mobile num is 9595634361

Akhilesh Chavanke                     

aditya

Mechanical Engineer

aditya

I am happy to see that u restore these faulty microelectronics in working condition again..  :thumbsup:
Myself is still struggling..  :headscratch:

http://www.rcindia.org/radios-and-receivers/help-computerized-radio/msg74136/#msg74136
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santhosh-r

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vishu14

Hey i also burnt up the receiver today.However i burnt the tantalum capacitor at the beginning.I am not able to see the part name as its burnt.Can u tell me what it is?Its the first big yellow one.Right next to the male headers
Thanks