I bought 4 years ago a yihua 853aa station. it worked fine until now.
today, the preheater works ok, but the hot air seems like the gun is in the holder, that is it sleeps all the time.
I have 3 dashes "---" on the display, and the air flow is not flowing at all.
I opened the station, and the heat gun,
I checked the reed switch: it seems ok as it closes when I approach a magnet
I checked the thermocouple : it gives millivolts when I heat it
the heater seems not open : I measure 75 omhs between the wires.
I traced the wire from the reed switch on the board to the samsung micro controller pin : nothing is cut
I measured 5v on the micro controller pin, and zero volts when the reed switch is closed by a magnet
so I came to the conclusion that the microcontroller thinks the reed is always closed
do you have any other thing I could do/measure to be sure of that failure ?
or any hint that could make this board work again ?
thanks.