Troubleshooting Cosmicwatch's Muon Detector
So I recently finished building a muon detector created by Cosmic Watch (http://www.cosmicwatch.lns.mit.edu/), but it doesn't work. I am not getting any output on the OLED screen nor is the LED flashing. There are three main reasons why I think it wouldn't work:
1.) I used slightly different hardware on some occasions, because the original was unavailable
(slightly different chip in terms of the name, but it apparently was just a newer version, still I will compare the datasheets to make sure the pin locations are the same);
(slightly different resistors/capacitors, same resistance/capacitance, but different voltage or wattage values);
(the OLED screen's pins are in a totally different order than those on the PCB, so i used wires to redirect them)
2.) The code might be wrong or not suited for the specific detector I built, or might be missing some functions. When I verified it (clicked the verify button), there were no problems, I also downloaded the necessary libraries.
3.) The solder might not be sufficient, or might be too much. What are some signs I should look out for to determine the quality of the soldering job?
Code I used: https://github.com/spenceraxani/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector/tree/master/Arduino_Code
Detector components list: SMT_reference PDF linked below
PCB files: https://github.com/spenceraxani/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector/tree/master/PCB_Files
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