MightyHat backlight not on [solved: check solder joints]

Started by hickse, June 09, 2019, 01:17:44 PM

hickse

I have a MightyHat on a Raspberry Pi Model 3 A+, but the backlight does not stay on. The R2 general purpose pushbutton does momentarily flash the backlights as it is cycling thought the LCDlight percentage menu, but I can't figure out how to keep the backlight on.
Any help would be really appreciated. 

Felix

That should keep it on at whatever percentage the LCD shows.
It's just a PWM signal from D3 to the LCD backlight.
I would check any solder joints on the LCD header, maybe some DMM continuity check from the atmega pin to the LCD backlight. See the schematic.

hickse

Thank you Felix, Your suggestions worked.  It had a bad solder connection on the LED pin.