Measuring power on the nRF9160-dk with a broken pin connector

[Christopher Hunt]

Supposing that I broke off the nRF current measurement pin connector on the nRF9160dk - what are my options i.e. are there other pins that can be made available for the purposes of measuring the board's power draw? :-)

Thanks.

[JONATHAN LL]

Can you share a picture of the HW abuse? 

It is possible to solder on to the pads again if they(the pads) are still there

Regards,
Jonathan

[Christopher Hunt]

Sorry, didn't see your reply. Here's a picture:

[JONATHAN LL]

Looks to me like the pad on VDD_nRF(Pink) is gone and that the pad for VDD_nRF'(Red) is still in place. 


You can solder on to the pad that is till left on the PCB and the i would recommend to connect to the resistor pad, or scrape  of the top layer on the trace and solder on to that. 

you can use a scalpel or something similar that has a narrow tip to achieve this. 

Regards,
Jonathan

[Christopher Hunt]

Thank you so much! I presume this also confirms that there are no other pins that can be re-purposed... but, thanks anyway.

[JONATHAN LL]

Christopher Hunt said:

I presume this also confirms that there are no other pins that can be re-purposed

 correct

Regards,
Jonathan