MERG kit power supply sorted

I had a quick look on the MERG internal forum this morning and there was a posting that someone had the same problem and the trouble was diagnosed as the voltage regulators has been transposed. Had I done the same? So I went and had a look and "doh" I had! So I unsoldered both. Swapped to where they should have been. Connected up the power supply and voila (sorry to much TDF!) the voltages were now correct at the checkpoints. After disconnecting the power I inserted the various ICs, powered back on and the green LED came on to show all was well. Hooray! I then connected the 5VDC output to the 5VDC input on the 'input' board and its green LED came on. Great.

This evening I connected the USB to the 5VDC and its voltages were correct. I completed the assembly by inserting the various ICs and USB port. Power restorted and its green LED came on. I am a happy camper!

Now I just have to refresh myself with how to program the boards with events, which will require a switch and a LED. Then I have to setup the USB drivers on the laptop.

I did note on the USB maker's site that they currently have no USB drivers for Linux on ARM processors. Well that rules out the Raspberry Pi connecting directly to the port.

Well a good start to the week.