Deflector Died

[Steven711]

Super bummed that my Deflector died after it was mistakenly plugged into live 9VDC. Heard a tiny pop then crickets. I’m guessing the eeprom is fried. I will swap it. Pedalpcb should update their Deflector to the new Afterneath v3!!!

 

[Erik S]

Isn't it supposed to run on 9v DC?

 

[Gordo]

Yeah, this was my question. Thinking you mean 9vAC? Regardless I suspect the diode jumped on the grenade before it got anything else.

 

[jimilee]

Yeah, this was my question. Thinking you mean 9vAC? Regardless I suspect the diode jumped on the grenade before it got anything else.

Nope, supposed to be 9V DC. I bet you plugged it into 9V AC.

 

[falco_femoralis]

Yeah, this was my question. Thinking you mean 9vAC? Regardless I suspect the diode jumped on the grenade before it got anything else.

Literally why they're called die-odes

 

[owlexifry]

Literally why they're called die-odes

RIP Shottky
a faithful companion, loved by all, dearly missed.

 

[Robert]

It's a series diode so it should have half-wave rectified the AC and produced a DC voltage... it certainly shouldn't have failed.

The sole purpose of the diode is to protect the circuit against reverse polarity, and that's exactly what AC is half of the time.


I think we need more clarification about what this was plugged into and what it actually does / doesn't do.

No sound whatsoever wouldn't be caused by the EEPROM.

It certainly doesn't eliminate the EEPROM as defective, but a bad EEPROM wouldn't affect the dry signal path.


Does the LED light?

Do you have a dry/clean signal when Mix is turned all the way down?

If you have a DMM, measure the voltage on the input and output of the 3.3V regulator.

Is this just a ploy for a v3 upgrade?