Hello everyone!
My Atreus kit has arrived and I'm trying to assemble it. Though the process
has been smooth most of the time, I'm now stuck.
After soldering the first switches (left column, bottom row and the other
two corners), I plugged it in to see if it was working, as the guide
recommended. At first, everything seemed to work fine. After one or two
minutes, however, the keys started to behave strangely. They started
failing occasionally, then sometimes they sent multiple keys as if they
were stuck until I pressed another key (but they were not mechanically
stuck), then finally the keyboard stopped working completely.
I unplugged it and tried again immediately and it did not work. If I leave
it alone for a few minutes, it works again for something between a few
seconds and a couple of minutes, then stops working. The LED correctly
remains on if I leave the cable plugged.
Does anybody have a guess of what may have gone wrong? Should I redo all
the soldering that involves the controller? Is there a specific pin that is
more likely to be the problem?
I tried to remove some of the soldering with a solder sucker but it didn't
work very well. This is my first soldering ever, so I'm not very good at
it. I'd like to avoid resoldering everything if possible.
Thanks!