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Moved to common 1st person. Usually do 3rd person but this article is…
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… in pretty deep for 3rd person. Also it's much more documentary than planning
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twolfson committed Apr 16, 2018
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Next, we wanted to keep on isolating the problem. We opened up both of the circuits and visually inspected them
Next, I wanted to keep on isolating the problem. I opened up both of the circuits and visually inspected them

There were no visually broken capacitors so maybe it was connectivity issue

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- Verified wires would fit through button's casing hole
- Desoldered the button
- Soldered in wires
- Reconstructured the chassis (so we could add batteries/power -- we don't have a power supply)
- Reconstructured the chassis (so I could add batteries/power -- I don't have a power supply)
- Touched wires together

It worked!!

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For double sanity, we hooked up the button to the mutlimeter and confirmed it only worked in the specific corner
For double sanity, I hooked up the button to the multimeter and confirmed it only worked in the specific corner

## Some time between 2017/10/22 and 2017/12/20
Now that the issue was identified, we decided to order replacement buttons
Now that the issue was identified, I decided to order replacement buttons

However, clearly this wasn't going to future proof the device from it breaking again

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