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Old 03-30-2015, 06:46 AM   #46
cet
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
Sounds more like a bad ground lead.

Those ground points are backed by a fairly large, copper, ground plane - they require a lot more heat than the tiny signal pads do.

Also - are you seeing anything in your terminal application?

Jump Rx - Tx and see if you can see what you are sending on the terminal (no need to disconnect from the Kindle, it will survive).

Check the docs on how the CTS & RTS is used -
The chip might not work without those signals.

And/Or jumper CTS & RTS and set your terminal application to use hardware flow control.
If I Jump Rx-TX, I can see, what I am sending on the terminal (checked also with local echo, so every charakter is shown twice).

As far as I unserstand, if this happens, I don't need any changes to CTS&RTS (Hardware Fow Controll)-Settings. So when the soldering is correct/good, I should get a terminal connection, where i can interrupt the boot process.
Right?
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