Single row on left hand not working, how to troubleshoot?

mattdibi / redox-keyboard

Ergonomic split mechanical keyboard

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Single row on left hand not working, how to troubleshoot? #48

Closed harshitgoel96 closed 4 years ago

harshitgoel96 commented 4 years ago

Hello.

The entire keyboard is working fine except one single row. I do not see any issue on MCU soldering as all pins are visible joined. Please let me know how can I trouble shoot this issue.

mattdibi commented 4 years ago

Hello.

Double check soldering. Visual inspection is not sufficient to determine good soldering. Use a multimeter in continuity mode.

Double check PCB trace for an interrupted line (highly unlikely).

harshitgoel96 commented 4 years ago

@mattdibi i was able to get the work with reflowing the solder. it has resolved the issue for me. however i have some issue with the dongle range. does the board to be in line of site? i some times see the issue with slow/dropped key registers. moving the keyboard a bit solves the issue.

mattdibi commented 4 years ago

@harshitgoel96 Happy to hear that!

Range depends heavily on environmental factors: an environment with crowded 2.4GHz band (a lot of wireless devices) can be a contributor. Aluminium case can negatively impact the range. Ensure you're using the latest version of the Redox firmware for the latest range/stability fixes.