Faulty GPIO?

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deanodley
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Faulty GPIO?

Unread post by deanodley »

Hello all - apologies if this is in the wrong forum section but I'm hoping someone can assist me.

My DE-10 nano has developed a fault - Pin 34 on GPIO-0 is shorting to ground.
This causes the SDRAM module to not be detected, but the SDRAM is verifed working OK.

I have used my meter to check around the location and found that there is a component marked A8-JF which is also shorted.
I have attached an image with the two points circled.

I would be very grateful for any suggestion or observations, recommendations for further testing etc.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Faulty GPIO?

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Dry solder joint maybe?

Terrasic should know, email them with the pic, see if they can help?

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Re: Faulty GPIO?

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I think those are ESD protection diodes.

https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon- ... 3e3ca97dc0

Probably accidentally took it out with static while changing cards...

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