Fried chicklet
We have a USB chicklet to convert the USB joystick to serial (Logitech Extremem 3D Pro). It was working fine until today, when we noticed in Dashboard Viewer that the joystick was behaving erratically (without touching the joystick, the three axes started at 60 and dropped about 5 per second).
We're fairly certain that this isn't a calibration error since (a) we weren't touching the joystick, and (b) the old serial joystick worked fine. We also realized that the batteries we were using for the chicklet drained very quickly.
We plugged a multimeter into the chicklet alone (not connected to the robot or joystick in any way) and it still drained power at a few volts every minute without using it. Therefore, we have concluded that there is probably a short circuit.
Is anybody else experiencing similar problems? Additionally, does anyone know what we can do to fix it or diagnose the problem further? Any help is welcome.
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