Beep but low boost voltage and broken atmega chip

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Beep but low boost voltage and broken atmega chip

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I am building the clock and when I connect to power I get a beep.

However, when I check the boost converter I get v low voltage.

I checked all of the components and believe that they are correct so I was
checking the soldering.

When I tried to remove IC1 I broke off one of the pins and now need a new
one.

Can I purchase a new chip?

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Re: Beep but low boost voltage and broken atmega chip

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We don't have these for sale separately, but if you contact [email protected] with a link to this thread, we can send you a replacement.
If you post photos of the front& back of the boards we'll double check them for you.

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Re: Beep but low boost voltage and broken atmega chip

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Thank you for your assistance. I have attached some photos
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Re: Beep but low boost voltage and broken atmega chip

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First, you need to clip all those component leads close to the board. Then I see you have a lot of joints that are not completely soldered. I have circled some below. There may be more that are not visible in the photo.

Please read through this soldering guide: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guid ... -soldering
This page will tell you how to identify and fix common soldering problems: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guid ... n-problems
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