Hey,
I fried myself an Arduino today. I was measuring out the pots on one of the Polulos and then somehow *zapp* and smoke, PC shuts down and now the board is still recognized over the USB but isnt able to receive firmware.
I already ordered a new one and its not the first time that happened to me so now that I can use the new Arduino as ISP I could try to talk to the old one, since its recognized.
So my question is if there is a scenario where the hardware is technically still intact and just the bootloader is fried/ a flash of the whole Arduiono could revive the board. I can imagine various degrees of "short out" with the boards and of course depends on what got shorted to what so I wonder if its possible that a short can only ruin the bootloader/chip firmware and not the hardware. Or is a short of always connected to physical damage?
Cheers
I fried myself an Arduino today. I was measuring out the pots on one of the Polulos and then somehow *zapp* and smoke, PC shuts down and now the board is still recognized over the USB but isnt able to receive firmware.
I already ordered a new one and its not the first time that happened to me so now that I can use the new Arduino as ISP I could try to talk to the old one, since its recognized.
So my question is if there is a scenario where the hardware is technically still intact and just the bootloader is fried/ a flash of the whole Arduiono could revive the board. I can imagine various degrees of "short out" with the boards and of course depends on what got shorted to what so I wonder if its possible that a short can only ruin the bootloader/chip firmware and not the hardware. Or is a short of always connected to physical damage?
Cheers
