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Project logs / Re: Really universal soldering controller
yesterday I was doing some soldering, went away and when I came back, the thing was completely dead.
I did a quick check, it seems at least Q1 is dead (no usable voltage behind it + burn mark on it), unfortunately I have no spare one so I had to order some and wait.
I'm wondering whether it'd be possible to remove Q1 (and maybe D12?) and temporarily bypass it to check whether there's more stuff that died. Do I risk killing anything by doing that?
Also any idea what could've killed Q1? Is it common to die?
Thanks!