Does something like this exist? (tool to detect hot components)
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:12 pm
I have a question for the tech experts here.
I'd like to know what's wrong on my KORG Trident's synthesizer section's board. It works great for 40 minutes and then the filter starts to do strange stuff. After cooling off it's working normal again, but for another 40 minutes only. So I'd like to see if there's an IC or whatever which is heating up too much (for whatever reason). A decent infrared camera is pretty expensive, so that's no option for me.
I thought there might be a thing like this: a heat-sensitive discolouring antistatic film. Something that can be laid over a circuit board and nestles up against all the components. Maybe perforated to let the normal heat pass through. Heat-proof up to 200°C or something like that. If you power up your circuit board, the foil will change its colour at all the parts that heat up. Temperatures over 50°C can be seen instantly through a distinct discolouration. The overall film colour will change back to normal when cooling off.
I'd love such a thing! Invent it for me if it isn't on the market yet!
Do you have another suggestion?
I'd like to know what's wrong on my KORG Trident's synthesizer section's board. It works great for 40 minutes and then the filter starts to do strange stuff. After cooling off it's working normal again, but for another 40 minutes only. So I'd like to see if there's an IC or whatever which is heating up too much (for whatever reason). A decent infrared camera is pretty expensive, so that's no option for me.
I thought there might be a thing like this: a heat-sensitive discolouring antistatic film. Something that can be laid over a circuit board and nestles up against all the components. Maybe perforated to let the normal heat pass through. Heat-proof up to 200°C or something like that. If you power up your circuit board, the foil will change its colour at all the parts that heat up. Temperatures over 50°C can be seen instantly through a distinct discolouration. The overall film colour will change back to normal when cooling off.
I'd love such a thing! Invent it for me if it isn't on the market yet!
Do you have another suggestion?