Data logging Shield causing no power to Board

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Data logging Shield causing no power to Board

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Hi -

I am new and experimenting with Arduino. I soldered the data logging shield to my Arduino board and now I can no longer seem to get power to the board. Would I have shorted the board out during soldering on accident. I went ahead and ordered a new board to test, but wanted to post the pics of the board and get some tips on anything I should try to test and see if the board is still functional. Additionally when I plug it into the USB port on my windows computer nothing happens. When I plug it into my mac I get a message stating: "Unplug the Device is using too much power". Thanks for the help.
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Re: Data logging Shield causing no power to Board

Post by adafruit_support_mike »

You need to clean up the soldering on the pins. It looks like you have blobs in physical contact between the 5v and GND pins, which will certainly shut down a USB port.

Our tutorial on soldering will show you how to get the best results: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guid ... -soldering

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Re: Data logging Shield causing no power to Board

Post by bmdickey17 »

Thanks Mike. I will give it a shot.

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