AVR-Chat

At 11:45 AM 25/11/04 +0700, you wrote:
>
>The biggest question is: is the problem caused by HARDWARE 
>or SOFTWARE? i look at my software and it seems ok. i look 
>at the hardware schematics and it also looks OK. In the 
>situation like what i am in now, which should i check 
>first? Hardware? or Software?

Most likely voltage/current spikes getting into you power supply
and upsetting your firmware. Make sure your motors or relays
have proper noise suppression like capacitors, diodes, MOVs
etc...well that's a start. Of course seeing that you are NOT using
the AVR chips we can't be of much help :-))

Regards

John Samperi

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