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I'm stoked that got the PMS working again! better the issue be on your Wii rather than the spendy power management board. I'd definitely give it a good ol' SCRUBBIN' with tooth brush and 99 percent IPA. Then check resistances again. If that doesn't resolve the issue, and there's no clear...

Before you go that route I'd recommend check for a short, voltage rail to voltage rail, and voltage rails to ground. Note that 3.3v to ground becomes around 4 ohms but isn't an actual short while PMS and Wii are connected. Then unsoldering every wire to the PMS and checking again. This will rule...

I had a very similar thing happen to me when I was building my ashida. Everything was powering on, then I added some more wires, then it stopped outputting power correctly. My 5v rail and 3.3 volt rail were only outputting 0.60 volts and the fan wouldn't turn on when the switch was turned on...

Well I can't help you out with a heat generation coefficient graph to determine how much aluminum it would take to passively cool. Someone else on the forums can probably do it, but, there's a neat build log from a few years ago that wasn't completed that has some useful information...

CNC time at a shop (unless you have your own access to a CNC) is wicked expensive. You could use something called casting PLA. You can 3D print your prototypes in regular PLA, then when you're satisfied print it in casting PLA and take it to a local forge shop and have them cast it in plaster...

They posted on Twitter at the end of April that they're getting tons of requests per day of "when are boards gonna be back in stock". I don't think they're going to answer those types of emails anymore. They're hoping the boards are gonna come in any week now. They're ordering from an actual...

I'll send you a DM about this

If the multimeter reads 1 or displays OL, it's overloaded. Or not in the proper range and need to go to a higher mode. If the multimeter reads 0.00 or nearly zero, then you need to lower the mode. at this point I would just cycle through the ranges until you get a reading other than OL, 0.1 or...

Looks like you've got your multimeter probes plugged in incorrectly. Your red probe needs to be in the port farthest to the right so both probes are plugged into your "CAT II" port which is for DC/AC voltage. Use the 20k setting of resistance as well. The 20k resistance setting has a different...

Very swanky, looks good Bunnizer.

Honestly as long as you're using leaded solder you're going to want to focus on using a high quality flux. Flux is the magic sauce with soldering. Personally I've been using This and LOVE it. Made soldering the AVE chip and vias much easier. As for tips for that iron.. I'm not sure if they...

Yeah as long as you get good resistance values and that damage to the board isn't causing any shorts you will be fine. Some people cut that part of the board off since it isn't needed if you're doing digital audio/VGA video. Example of a more trimmed board and link to their worklog...

I just checked B+ against 5v on a spare PMS LITE I have and got OL (no continuity) You've got a short somewhere that's creating either a voltage drop, or causing one of the voltage regulators to not function properly. The PMS LITE is closed source so there are no schematics available to help...

Yeah that component is a bit trickier to identify because of the SMD marking. I couldn't find any spec sheets online for it. Silly question for @void; have you tried disconnecting all batteries from PMS and turning it on and off half a dozen times? At one point when I was building my first...

The U10, U2, U3 devices you circled are all marked 2DWH which is a Texas instrument TPS62867RQYR. Someone may correct me if I am wrong.

Are you using a standard 5v fan? Try unsoldering the fan wires, cleaning that section of the board with IPA and see if your voltage stabilizes.

What temperature is your soldering iron set to?

I ran into a similar issue myself when building my first ashida. All voltage rails worked except for 5v. Your board looks pretty caked in flux from soldering. Have you tried deep cleaning the board with toothbrush and 99% IPA? Flux is partially conductive and can cause partial shorts if the...

Hey everyone. I'm sure I'm not the only one that ran into a very specific issue once they completed their ashida... How do I transport this device, that I care for like a newborn child, since I spent HOURS and HOURS completing? I spent a couple days trying to find cases with very similar...

I ended up getting my hands on that break out board in the photo above, and verifying the following controls: