Hi folks, Why would the magic smoke escape when I connected up the solar panels first. The voltage on the IDS1115 should be around 4.8V. It's measuring differential. The solar panels do not share ground with the supply. When I connected up the PV cells there was an audible pop and that smell. …

Magic smoke keeps escaping from ADS1115 when reading differential

TomGeorge May 28, 2018, 11:37am 4

Hi,
OPs circuit;

Tom...

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