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Visitor II
January 31, 2023
Question

SensorTile Dev Kit Cradle CPU gets hot

  • January 31, 2023
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I have recently purchased the SensorTile development kit.

I installed/soldered a sensortile and I noticed the LED didnt come on.

I then felt the CPU was getting very hot.

I reinstalled another sensorTile and the very same thing happened.

Note I was extremely careful the second time I soldered the device so I am confident the rework was ok.

I checked the various voltages to the sensorTile with an oscilloscope and everything looks good.

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    ST Employee
    February 3, 2023

    Hi @lbbaker​ ,

    A question to better understand the issue: did you correctly solder the Sensortile on the cradle? Can you please share a picture so that we can have a look?

    -Eleon

    lbbakerAuthor
    Visitor II
    February 10, 2023

    Hi Eleon,

    I quadruple checked the orientation with the user guide ;)

    But another set of eyes cant hurt (attached).

    I wanted to ask if there were any known issues/sensitivities before I sacrificed another sensorTile.

    Once you confirm the orientation I'll probably just ask someone else to solder it for me.