Finding shorts in boards

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Dec 2 20:37:34 2004

At 03:21 PM 12/1/04 +0000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 09:43 -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
>> >>>>> "Jules" == Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>>
>> Jules> I've got a board here with a short between ground and the +5V
>> Jules> rail (actually not quite dead - I'm getting around 10 ohms
>> Jules> between the rails)
>>
>> Jules> Any useful tips for finding the fault? It's a large board,
>> Jules> multi-layer, lots of silicon on it unfortunately :-(


   I'd be willing to bet that the short is in a decoupling cap. Get one of
the HP current tracer probes. You should be able to track down the short in
minutes with it.

   Joe
Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 20:37:34 GMT