Failed Terrarium/Daisy build - need help!

[anatoly]

Hi all,

I am new to building pedals (or any hardware at all).

I am trying to build a Daisy Seed/Terrarium pedal.
I soldered everything together, flashed a simple bypass example, connected power supply and tried using the pedal.

It made some sounds but the Daisy chip started to heat up and then after a few seconds it died.

After that Daisy would not appear in the USB menu so it was clearly dead.

I ordered a new Daisy module, but I am now thinking how to fix the hardware before I burn another 30$.

Does anyone know what I should pay attention to?
Is something wrong with the soldering?
Would it be safer to use my pedal with USB cable rather than a power supply?
Any other tips on debugging my hardware build? The picture is below.




Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[pellodr]

Hey, we can have a chat over this...My guess would be wrong polarity and/or overvoltage on the input or the voltage in but its impossible to guess from afar...What timezone are you in? Im in Berlin...cheers!

 

[anatoly]

Thanks a lot, that would be awesome.
I am in London so not too far!
How can I contact you?

 

[keyth72]

Do you have electrical tape or something to keep the lower 3 pots from shorting out the pcb on the backside?

I’ve had two daisys mysteriously die on me fairly recently, probably user error, but never figured out what happened.