In case anyone is having odd issues with Maiana and MacArthur...
I had everything set up and working just great with the Maiana AIS and MacArthur hat. However the past few days I had intermittent issues with AIS. It was getting worse, and I finally tracked it down to the RJ45 jack on the MacArthur board. The jack had come partially loose from the PCB - the two large pads that physically secure the jack to the PCB, as well as 3 of the pads at the back. The traces/pads did not pull off the board - they are still intact. The solder seems to have just failed, which would seem to me to be a cold joint issue? There has been zero stress or impact on the jack or the cable plugged in to it, and the component itself seems fine - I should be able to simply reflow the pads and it should work.
I reported it to the OpenMarine team and will see what they say before attempting a reflow fix. Hopefully this is a one-off problem.
I had everything set up and working just great with the Maiana AIS and MacArthur hat. However the past few days I had intermittent issues with AIS. It was getting worse, and I finally tracked it down to the RJ45 jack on the MacArthur board. The jack had come partially loose from the PCB - the two large pads that physically secure the jack to the PCB, as well as 3 of the pads at the back. The traces/pads did not pull off the board - they are still intact. The solder seems to have just failed, which would seem to me to be a cold joint issue? There has been zero stress or impact on the jack or the cable plugged in to it, and the component itself seems fine - I should be able to simply reflow the pads and it should work.
I reported it to the OpenMarine team and will see what they say before attempting a reflow fix. Hopefully this is a one-off problem.