FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera Multimeter - Teardown & Repair!

While browsing eBay, I came across a broken FLIR Thermal Imaging camera multimeter. It was advertised as "for parts or not working" come join me on what turns out to be quite a roller-coaster ride!
I found the company that makes these quite unhelpful and they would not supply me with any parts due to "proprietary information"! Even though they do not even manufacture the parts required!
So I had to get creative....
Link to the screen I used:
www.aliexpress...
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Thermal Camera Teardown
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[@fouroakfarm]

Really appreciate you taking FLIR to task on right to repair. More companies need to step up and actually support the products they sell. Awesome fix. Found you via My Mate Vince btw

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Four Oak Farm 👍.Vince has helped me out a bit as he gave me a shout out on a couple of his videos. He's a subscriber too! We've had a good few chats on here in some of the comments on my videos. He's a good guy!

[@twin_o7m.364]

I’m a Fan of Vince as well! Great guy! 🎉

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes, nice fella👍

[@skysurferuk]

So did I! MMV 👍

[@mattmatt2539]

@@BuyitFixit i AM BIG FAN TOO🤝🤝

[@marscruz]

Louis Rossmann would be proud to see you advocating for "Right To Repair". He is a huge proponent of R2R in the States. He lobbies legislators and speaks to legislative committees on this topic. He started out many years ago working on Apple phones and laptops and ran into constant problems trying to source replacement parts, board diagrams and proprietary troubleshooting software. Nice work troubleshooting the problem on this FLIR camera/multimeter. I dabble in repair myself but don't have a o-scope or other stuff like function generators and microscopes. We all do what we can. Clearly you have the skills and equipment to do quite a lot. Good on ya!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks marscruz👍 I watch Louis often🙂

[@KallePihlajasaari]

@@BuyitFixit Louis maintains a repair procedure Wiki mostly for MacBooks but I think any product can be added. Adding the FLIR DMM might be a way to get more people to know about the inspired fix.

[@katlegomogwera6834]

You are truly genius with getting another vendors screen to work like that.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 🙂👍

[@katlegomogwera6834]

@@BuyitFixit Looking for the invertor video now.

[@davidpratthk]

As a retired engineer , I know exacltly the feeling you got when the screen came on. Nothing like it in the world. Congrats.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks David👍

[@TheKoodus]

I'm in my late thirties and just starting to understand a bit beyond the basics, and get some soldering skills etc. That comment really got me too, because it is the main motivation behind wanting to learn more :) Thank you

[@Sortskjegg]

Amazing fix! Love it when people repair stuff without using the original parts. It shows ingenuity and a capacity to actually understand how things work.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you Roger! It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride!

[@adambikes65]

Amazing repair! Unfortunately I feel you'd get the exact same response from almost every company that makes electronics these days. "Please throw it in the trash and we will happily sell you a new one" I'm surprised this channel hasn't got way more subscribers.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Adam. I've had my channel for quite a few years but I've only been doing it fairly seriously for about the last 6 months. It has grown quite significantly from when I started. Agree with most companies just want you to throw things away and not repair them. I remember when you used to get a manual with a schematic or the schematic was on a label inside a device. Alas you don't hardly get anything like that these days.

[@adambikes65]

Ok, I definitely see the channel getting big with the content you’re making. Hopefully the likes of Lewis Rossman or NorthridgeFix soon. As for availability of parts, it will only come if companies are forced to do it. Right to repair. Lewis Rossman is doing great work with it.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Adam! I watch Loius too and he seems to be a big proponent of #righttorepair I don't like the way companies try to lock things down with software locks etc too so components have to be paired etc.

[@simontay4851]

If i got ""Please throw it in the trash and we will happily sell you a new one" response from a company. My reply would be: "No, im not doing that and you won't be selling me a new one. Screw your company policy. You can fk off and I'll just buy what i need from a chinese 3rd party.

[@BuyitFixit]

@simontay4851 lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@nathanw851]

Fantastic fix! Bodging that PWM signal to the screen refresh was some proper out of the box thinking. It does look like it was faulty from the factory - the thing looks brand new. Very well done on that one.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Nathan!

[@ricfair9919]

It was looking grim for a minute! You sounded so happy to get this repaired. Glad I'm not the only one who gets emails like those. Louis would be proud !

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍🙂

[@robertmjr7996]

This type of repair is the reason I'm hooked on Buy It Fix It. Well done.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍

[@shaunmorrissey7313]

Really good video, excellent fix, the people who provided the data sheet for the screen deserve a mention for being the complete opposite of flir.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Shaun. Yes it comes to something when an obscure Chinese LCD seller is more helpful than a huge multimillion dollar company.

[@hentienel]

they deserve a bells

[@simontay4851]

Well of course. Huge multimillion dollar companies only care about how much money they can extort from you, they couldn't care less about customer service. Fk their company policy, you got another screen from china anyway _and_ the datasheet for the original screen. Flir can fk off.

[@larrybud]

@@BuyitFixit They probably ripped of the IP of FLIR and made this display themselves. lol

[@AJComputerServicesUK]

Another fine repair squire, Love your persistence & tenacity and glad it all worked out in the end! 🙂

[@BuyitFixit]

@@AJComputerServicesUK Thank you 👍Yes one of my better creative repairs this one.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Tearing effect also happens when a cpu can't process data fast enought to keep up with a screen's refresh rate. You are great at repair. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@BuyitFixit]

Oh thanks Joey! I'm no expert it's just a hobby for me, but I've always repaired stuff for neighbours etc and always had an interest in electronics and computer software. You might like the RGB laser video as that one was fairly interesting, or the Ultrasound scanner too!

[@FredWooding]

You out did yourself on this one Pal... Great work 🙂

[@BuyitFixit]

@@FredWooding Cheers Fred, yes I was so excited when it worked 🙂👍

[@steveharvey1398]

Very impressive repair - I admire your tenacity and instinct when it comes to nutting out the failure and how to find a means to solving it.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍🙂

[@kennymanchester]

I miss the days when you bought an electronic instrument, knowing it had a printed manual complete with a detailed schematic in the box. Sometimes, the instrument or appliance had a printed schematic stuck to the inside of the cabinet, too. Are those days gone forever? Everyone cites proprietary advantage protection as an excuse not to provide service information, but it seems to me they can omit critical details and still help us techs out with a few test points, waveforms, and block diagrams. Nicely done on the meter. I think you got a little lucky on this one, but well-deserved reward for your effort.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Kenny 👍

[@KallePihlajasaari]

The goal is not to make things repairable beyond the guarantee period. If you can make the equipment last one month past the guarantee period then it is optimally designed, this tuning has been going on since brand loyalty was a thing and people buy the same brand even though they have been let down many times in the past.

[@kennymanchester]

@@KallePihlajasaari Yes. "Engineered Obsolescence" for the sake of jobs and the economy, it is said. I say that high product reliability and longevity do not make a company unprofitable or put it out of business.

[@Mymatevince]

Amazing work! Do you think if you had separated (cut) Pin 2 from ground on the replacement screen ribbon cable it would have still bootlooped? Really impressive fix to take the signal from elsewhere. Well done Mick👍👍👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Vince. No I tried cutting the track first. But no luck. It was waiting for a low to high transition. I think it was sat waiting for an interrupt and then the watchdog timer was kicking in causing a reset.

[@Mymatevince]

@@BuyitFixit Thanks Mick, keep up the good work. We can all learn plenty from your vids👍

[@RonJames-rb7eg]

Excellent, what a total result, and a huge saving on a good meter :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks, yes I surprised even myself with this one 😊👍

[@MrBaldypete1]

Mate, as soon as I saw the voltage come up on that screen, I raised my hand and said "Heeey, get on that mate!" like I'm watching footie!!! :D Nicely done mate!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 🙂👍

[@dash8brj]

FLIR will be pissed. Great fix - now everyone knows how to fix that model if the screen goes kaput. You tricked the cpu like the news van in the movie "Speed" did by making a tape of the camera on the bus to loop over and over, tricking the bomber into thinking he still had all his hostages! Well done :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍. Yes I was so pleased I managed to get that one working!

[@pomonabill220]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! GREAT fix! Isn't it a fantastic feeling when you spend all this time and effort and IT WORKS!!!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you! And absolutely! That's why I like fixing things🙂👍

[@jaimecosta2966]

Excelente vídeo.. shame on the company for not seling parts...

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍and yes. I've found even when companies do sell parts often they are priced so it's not a cost effective repair (Milwaukee for instance).

[@1978JonBullock]

Determination is this guys middle name. Fantastic work around. Fantastic workaround.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Jon 👍

[@German_byte]

Magic! I felt good for you when you fixed it. That’s an expensive piece of kit!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍yes I don't actually use it now as I prefer the infiray one I now have. It has a higher resolution and frame rate and also I can record to SD where this one doesn't record.

[@chrissmith7655]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! Many thanks from Nr Chester.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers thanks 👍🙂

[@Ukraine-1_Russia-0]

I was a tech and I still dabble, I wouldn't never ever have got that hack you did, that's probably why I am no longer a tech. incredible knowledge and patience.. Very impressive.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you very much 👍A few times I've had to come up with some creative solutions. I've even had to delve into the software of a couple of devices to repair them. I did an RGB laser which also I managed to repair after a bit of a modification too...

[@Ukraine-1_Russia-0]

@@BuyitFixit Once again very impressive, I can't get much further than dry joints these days.

[@bootsowen]

Nicely done, you deserve the bodge of the year award! Very good sleuthing!. I suspect that something like this could have already been resupplied under warranty. And you got the broken one that wasn't even worth collecting. I got a samsung washing machine the same way, it was left out on the street because of a broken door, warranty replacement, only a few years old but not even worth collecting, just a single piece of plastic from one of these "adwash" door in doors. In my case a load of silicone and persistence got it right, and it has been working happily for over a month. You are braver when it comes to gambling on a broken one. But I guess you know where you are coming from. I took a punt on a modern heat pump tumble dryer, £40, all it needed to get it going was a careful clean, not even a particularly thorough one. I have posted a few videos of both repairs. If you keep at it like this subs and views will find you! Great stuff!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks bootsowen and great job on fixing the washer and dryer!

[@wherami]

Your level of skill and knowledge is quite amazing

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks j s. Luck also helps at times!

[@zs1dfr]

I'm tempted to say you have the luck of the proverbial Irish, but that's not luck - that's experience and enough knowledge to take a chance. Phenomenal result - well done!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍I'd also say I had some luck on my side, I did take a chance and might not have been able to repair it for instance if the main IC was cooked. But it did turn out good in the end 🙂

[@rory9174]

I watch a lot of repair videos. Hate when they give up and the revisits. This has got to be the best I've ever seen. Well done.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Rory Rory👍, I do try... check out my RGB laser repair if you haven't seen it that one was also an interesting one. I've also had to do a revisit on a couple of items that's usually because they are not repairable and then a viewer kindly donates parts from a unit they had (dyson hot and cold fan) funny how it was literally from the other side of the world, and I still had to repair it :)

[@rory9174]

@@BuyitFixit You certainly do try and that's what I love. The diversity is also brilliant. Why do some KZbinrs constantly do PSs, Xboxes and Nintendo's. Boring. Just looking at your Milwaukee Crown Stapler video now and I'll go straight to the RGB laser next. Thanks a million for the uploads.

[@BuyitFixit]

And thank you for commenting Rory 👍Yes I've got a few more coming including an expensive treadmill today.. got a few more Milwaukee items, a 3d printer, a large and expensive bluetooth speaker, some other fitness stuff too lol

[@rory9174]

@@BuyitFixit Wow, now that is what I call diversity. Looking forward to your new uploads but in the meantime I've got a lot of your videos to watch. Hope you don't have too many where you threw in the towel. :) Just subscribed. Man, you are knowledgeable. They call me McGyver in my job but I tell you, I wouldn't have a quarter of the knowledge or skill you have.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Rory 👍

[@johnhousego9218]

Very impressive diagnosis well done and a very useful bit of kit. Shame on FLIR though!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you John!

[@devttyUSB0]

What an awesome fix! What looks to be a great tool!! Eat that, FLIR!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@DCPHONEGUY]

You are really amazing in your knowledge and the logical way you go about your repairs. I so enjoy watching you as you find a way around the foolish companies that do not want to help, what they don't realize is they just lost the sale of a part they probably would have charged a hundred dollars for and you figured a way to use a part that cost you about $20. As I said, your are amazing, keep up the good work, I hope I can learn from you and get better at doing my own repairs but I have a long way to go to catch up to you.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks so much for your kind comment! A lot is just experience and trying to figure things out logically. Your skills will improve the more you practice 🙂 If you get stuck with anything I'll try me best to help.

[@BruceBoschek]

Excellent job. Certainly doesn't make me want to deal with that company when I want to buy a thermal imaging camera, which I will be doing soon. Great that you could find a non-OEM display that works. Thanks and greetings from Germany.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Bruce 👍

[@ceemills]

might be an idea to send FLIR a link to your video. showing them that they are actually not required to fix their products. great work.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks! I'm not sure if I did reply back to FLIR or not. I had a similar experience with a solar inverter and the company wouldn't give me the password for it to adjust a setting after I repaired it, I didn't give up and had to reverse engineer their software, and then write my own password generator. I then emailed them back the passwords for both of my inverters 😂😂Both the repair and the password shenanigans are on my channel 🙂

[@WhiteVaille]

Beautiful! Very nice little piece of kit. Crazy that that one little module is $200 on its own. Congrats on the addition to the lab!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks!

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Flir went and bought up half the dmm market haha. That was the most perfect staircase wave I've ever seen in real time.

[@BuyitFixit]

I've actually been sent another thermal camera by a company to keep, which I'm going to compare with the FLIR. I'm going to do a comparison between them.

[@ianhelsbyservices]

I second @bootsowen 's comment on you being very brave on that meter! The datasheet suggests floating the pin, but as it was stipulated on the original LCD this probably cause more trouble. Do you know what is meant by TE1 = TE? Is there a second pin on the LCD marked TE1? They must limit warranty repair units to the 1 year minimum otherwise they'd be perpetually replacing them. I managed to find a suitable clutch for a 40year old 2Stroke hedge trimmer from Ali Express. That shop comes in handy!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Ian. I'm no sure about the TE1 as I couldn't see a TE1 pin on the pinout. It can be left floating if it's not used, but in this case it was being used to tell the processor that it had finished drawing that frame or something, but with my bodge it looks perfect anyway... Perhaps it might not update the image as quick or something? but it looks good to me! I was using it earlier on a board to see if I could see a heat spot... Yes AliExpress does come in handy!

[@TheCunningFellow]

@@BuyitFixit TE is "Tearing Effect". It is the frame flyback pin if you are native english speaking. I had a similar experience with random aliexpress displays having different pinouts. However in my case I was able to change a resistor position on the flex PCB to get access to TE

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks for that! On the display I got from Aliexpress pin 2 is just linked along with pin 1 direct to ground. No resistors or anything to change.

[@robhood-c2o]

You deserve way more subscribers. Very nice fix.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Robin! I'm sure I'll get there eventually...

[@KX36]

Watching this video thinking: this guy doesn't know what he's doing... this isn't going to work... this guy doesn't know what he's doing... this isn't going to work... this guy doesn't know what he's doing... this isn't going to work... this guy's a flippin' genius!

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂😂Thanks 👍 Did you see the solar inverter repair and then the software hacking then ensued, or the medical ultrasound scanner video I did?

[@crumplezone1]

You have next level skills fella, I love watching your fixes

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍🙂

[@oetken007]

You are talented, and you have endurance. That pays off.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@Lyndalewinder]

Fantastic fix with no help from FLIR - well done

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍

[@jeffreymullen3091]

Great find and fix. That is a nice tool to have doing the repairs you do. Great video once again!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Jeffrey! :)

[@dabay200]

A real genius, I would have no clue how to troubleshoot or fix it.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@repairs524]

I must say you are an absolute genius I have never seen anyone as good around this kind of stuff you deserve a lot more subscribers

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 😊👍

[@swp466]

Awesome work-around! So since the display grounds pin 2, I'm assuming that in addition to jumping that line to the backlight PWM, you also lifted the pin from the display connector? This was an interesting fix -- I own one of these meters and this will be a valuable resource if it should fail in a similar manner down the road.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍yes you are correct. I cut the track near the display connector so the pin wasn't grounded 🙂

[@LimbaZero]

if it fails then we can check is it 10y warranty that they claimed on mail.

[@kareno8634]

Tremendous approach to a Spectacular outcome! _not just regarding emails_ As to the Meter, *Far Out,* Great Job! Loved that Reminder you stated. *WITHOUT TRUTH,* corporations, and Governments are but a *SCAM.* The best FIX We All can, and May do, is Continue to *Demand* Ownership to the *Whole* product we've labored to afford. Every company that throws those words "propriety" at their customers must be reminded, (if really is, [was] their Mission) they're in business to bring goods in *Favor of the people's pursuit to Happiness,* not just their pockets. *Cheers!*

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍yep agree with all of that 🙂

[@neiltheplayer]

I as well applaud you adn was very happy to see the right-to-repair verbiage. Kudo's to you for that. I know that I will not keep anything that I can't/won't be allowed to fix myself. Nice save on this one. 👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍

[@markmaker2488]

Fantastic work! Thinking out of the box again. Well done. I’m off to watch the solar repair now 👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍

[@psi23k]

Fantastic 👌

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks psi23k!👍

[@thetraindriver01]

A really proud moment for you, I have never heard such frustration and elation from you on any other videos. Really well done on the fix and overcoming the different type screen pin out issue, some nice out of the box thinking there, enjoy the camera now 😊👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks, yes I don't know why this video didn't do better than it did. It only did as well as it has because I submitted it to a site called hackaday which made it get a lot more views. I've been doing KZbin more seriously over the last 18 month and I still don't understand why some videos do well and others don't. It just seems down to pot luck 🤷‍♂️

[@thetraindriver01]

​​@@BuyitFixit I think is the type of content, the repairs on tools will do well as there are people who want to have a go, I believe it's that type that draws people in as more and more content creators are doing the same so it's not a small audience anymore. People want to fix things to save money right now, those videos will do well I believe 👍​@BuyitFixit

[@BuyitFixit]

@thetraindriver01 Thanks mate 👍

[@perkulant4629]

I love a good bodge job, well done. I enjoy a good bodge in the workshop I work at with out of production stuff.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍yes I've had to get creative a few times. In fact the video out later today is quite similar.

[@goggo43]

I hope everyone that views this video takes note of the very unhelpful company, that eventually, consumer law will deal with. Anyway a brilliant fix.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍 I had a similar experience with a solar inverter too after I repaired it I needed to change a setting and they wouldn't give me a code because it was an 'old model' the video is called " password, no problem " it includes all of the emails too 🙂

[@waynetaylor2784]

Absolutely brilliant diagnosis and repair thanks

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Wayne! :)

[@MaxStax1]

Very satisfying seeing you succeed in making the fix.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@bills6946]

Mick, I cant imagine what you could do if you had a schematic to work from. I’ll bet you would be able to add features or improvements to anything you got your hands on.

[@BuyitFixit]

@@bills6946 Cheers Bill 👍sometimes it's more software than schematics. Like the ultrasound scanner video where I find some hidden features which I managed to unlock 🙂

[@bills6946]

@@BuyitFixit Exactly my point, Mick.

[@fredwooding599]

You never surprise me with your Brilliance Your talent is just amazing. I am so impressed and wish I knew what you have forgotten. Thank you for such quality videos.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Fred. Really appreciate that 👍

[@markhershey8957]

Well done, sir! I have a goodly collection of older test equipment just to have schematics and proper service manuals. I have enjoyed some success repairing stupid-expensive things like AMX touch panels having broken screens with good displays from old laptops that can be had for $10. Also like to take advantage of company buy-outs…for example, Flir bought Extech, rebranded everything Flir, changed out Extech orange plastics for blue, but little internal changes. Extech devices often sell for much less than Flir. Fixed a Flir DVM similar to yours using parts from a dead, cheap, non-thermal Extech DVM with a good screen. $15 fix for a $600 meter. The DVM was complete toast; looked light it would if someone tried to measure 240 volts using the mA inputs :-)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Mark, and thanks for the info 👍🙂

[@MrEwool]

Back from vacation and two videos waiting, I was not disappointed, a really interesting fix and with that fixed it was a real bargain

[@BuyitFixit]

Hope you had a great vacation! Yes glad I got that fixed. No doubt it will feature in future videos!

[@MrEwool]

@@BuyitFixit I really did, had a little get away with the missus, I'll be looking forward to seeing it in use

[@peterlethbridge7859]

Absolutely incredible, well done. Amazing piece of logic to resolve the issue. I just love your videos.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍I've done a few good ones like this 🙂

[@chriskaprys]

Such a cool fix, and you ended up with a really useful bit of kit. Well done!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@topc5826]

Yah! Well done. Perseverance paid off! It gives me hope that I can find the fault in one of my MMeters that won't power on now. Time to take another look see after watching you and your troubleshooting skills, I will have another go at examining the board(s).

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Best of luck!

[@chrissavage5966]

Genius inspiration to use the PWM signal for a refresh line....

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes, I thought I'd give it a go. I think the MCU was in a loop waiting for the signal and then the watchdog timer kicked in resetting it.

[@K.P.Alexander]

Great job with that bodge! Also, can't believe they wanted to see a receipt to make sure your barely 5 year old product was within the 10 year warranty period as well...

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Yes, I think there warranty only lies with the original purchaser and is not transferable. It looked like a customer return or something as there wasn't even any light scratches or signs of use on it and all of the test leads were still sealed.

[@Franklinveterinarycenter1of4]

Next time tell them it was a Christmas present and Santa did not include it in the gift; But, hold on, you'll go check the chimney😜

[@BuyitFixit]

@hypocrisyrules 😂😂😂

[@danc2014]

Flir used a 320 x 240 screen. The Kd 0230 2 is a part number that was used by the display mfg. Looks like you were lucky to find another simmilar part on the web but the interface was different. Note the web page never had the 23c01 number. Flir may not know the kd 032 number i think there may be another flir number on the back of the lcd.

[@Рустам-в5о]

Your repairman level is God

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@gilbertcuoco]

Ok. Now this is absolutely brilliant😎👍 I would have done an analysis of that pin with the original screen and a logic analyser. The screen is defective though and the logic probably wouldn't have worked either😁 So this is absolutely genius, kind sir! Thanks for sharing!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated 👍Check out the RGB laser video I did if you haven't already, I'm sure you'll like that one too 🙂

[@gilbertcuoco]

@@BuyitFixit I will do that👍 Thanks for the tip! Learning a lot from you💪

[@patrickcrosby3270]

Very impressive repair, just subscribed to learn more. Well done.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Patrick. I've got a switch mode power supply repair for the next one, which is fairly educational!

[@retsof]

Great stuff, tenacious repair sir, excellent solution for that pin

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Retsof 👍

[@samgates-l1e]

That was amazing well done

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you very much!

[@kalpat5753]

Most of the time watching your vids I haven't got a clue about the technology or the phraseology but find your fixes good to watch. I am too long in the tooth for learning new skills so a little bit jealous.

[@BuyitFixit]

You're never too old buddy, I'm fairly long in the tooth too, but usually everything I look at to repair I learn something new. Every day is a school day so they say...

[@vlota]

@kalpat5753. Same here. I know the basic principles of what a resistor does, what a capacitor does and what a diode does. But how just by arranging all those things in different ways you can make an infinity of different "stuff" happen is just like witchcraft to me. But I still enjoy watching these kind of videos and thinking "Iwish I could do that". But, also being too long in the tooth to go down that particular rabbit hole, I too get a wee bit jealous!

[@EyeMac-u8k]

BRAVO! . . . Masterclass!🔧🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍

[@theuglidog01]

i know its an old video but i had not seen it yet ,So clever of you, well done i feel your joy on this one , merry Xmas to you and the family from Australia

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks you, merry xmas to you and family too 🙃👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks you, merry xmas to you and family too 🙃👍

[@kgsalvage6306]

Good job mate! I was getting a little worried for a few. That would be a nice meter to have. I have the FLIR camera for my phone. Takes a bit to set it up to check images when I'm repairing something though. That would be quick. My son actually works for FLIR. He makes the optics. Excited for you getting that to work.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks KG Salvage! I'm glad I got it working too! ... But.. I'm not really that impressed with it. A company sent me an infiray one that plugs into your phone to do a review and comparison and my first thoughts are it makes the FLIR one look like a piece of s#*t!

[@TYGAMatt]

I've wanted a thermal camera forever. Eventually bit the bullet and got an Infiray for the phone. It's amazing!

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes they are good. I got offered one from topdon which seem to be very similar spec if not the same sensor.

[@personalPickle]

Just discovered your channel this afternoon mate, great content, so varied, you've clearly got bags of skill. You'll be at acouple of 100K in no time, btw have you though about starting a patreon? (I always want great content creators to be compensated properly)

[@BuyitFixit]

Welcome aboard! and thanks for letting me know. I've not looked into the patreon side of things, a couple of people have mentioned it though. Thank you again for the support, I do try an make a variety of "fixes" just to keep it a bit interesting 👍

[@personalPickle]

@@BuyitFixit So glad I found the channel, I'll be watching all your videos over the next few days 😁 You're a class act, no nonsense skilled repair - a man after me own heart. Get yourself a patreon and I'll get you a few pints 👍

[@en2oh]

You are one talented guy!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@dianeramakers3368]

Cool fix! Such a meter is on my wishlist. You have saved a lot of money.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Diane 👍after making the video I got an email from a company who makes thermal cameras, they sent me one of their usb models that fits an android phone. I much prefer it over the FLIR it has much better resolution and frame rate.

[@dianeramakers3368]

@@BuyitFixit wow! That might be a reason for me to become a KZbinr myself 😆. Just got a problem. I hate camera’s.

[@BuyitFixit]

Same here.. that's why you never see me on camera.. well occasionally the back of me like when I was fitting solar panels on the workshop roof 😂😂😂

[@petesapwell]

Excellent bodge!! I’m impressed :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks! 👍

[@petesapwell]

@@BuyitFixit Just thinking about it, the freq of the PWM signal is possibly synced with the LCD ‘refresh’ as to not cause any aliasing with the backlight?? That TE signal may well be exactly the same? Anyway it works and that’s extremely satisfying and a nice bit of test equip at a snip!

[@BuyitFixit]

@@petesapwell Yes true I didn't think of the backlight PWM being synchronized with the refresh. Although the signal is from the LCD to tell the processor that it has finished processing the frame. Anyway it seems to work 😂😂😂

[@laidman2007]

You're spectacular! Well done, sir!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Roberta 👍

[@sprsnrprs]

Bravo!! Creative thinking and the satisfying result. Wow! Im impressed :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Lukasz!

[@bones1225]

Nice result. Well done.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@MikeyMack303]

Good for you! Nice fix for short money... and excellent results! Thank you for sharing that!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍🙂

[@JulianStokesIt]

That video had it all - suspense, jeopardy, disappointment and a great resolution! Thank goodness for AliExpress.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Julian! Yes it was definitely a bit of a rollercoaster ride that one!

[@stephenkelly5642]

Excellent repairs.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@wisher21uk]

Well done Mick really impressed lovely result pleased for you Mick😊

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍. Nice kit but I've yet to use it on a repair video.

[@andymouse]

Wicked fix ! I would never have thought to tie that pin to some square wave ! legends are made of this Lol ! I hope you send the details of the fix to EEVBlog or even better to FLIR explaining a simple fix for them Hahaha ! outstanding work Sir....cheers.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks AndyMouse 👍I guess they were waiting on the screen to say OK I'm finished drawing, and had it set to an interrupt. Because it was sat waiting, the watchdog timer kicked in and caused a reset 🙂I guess it was one of my better more creative repairs 😂😂😂 F**k FLIR.

[@andymouse]

🤣🤣@@BuyitFixit

[@jt3306]

Stunning mate great repair just getting into this sort of thing myself. you really know your stuff

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍🙂

[@TerryDeSimone]

*** - 20:38 when u had it disassembled & you put the display on backwards.. that could have been *VERY* bad... also u should have tried updating the firmware 1st.. b4 disassembly.. it could have just been corrupted..

[@BuyitFixit]

Hi Terry, thanks for your comment. 20:38 the display is connected correctly (it folds down over the PCB). It would not power up the backlight otherwise. See 31:59 where I fit a display that hasn't failed and it's connected the exact same way. There is no way to update the firmware on this unit (I did think it could have been a firmware issue and checked at the time), and you can only update the firmware on the version next model up from that one that takes the SD card. This one doesn't. I even tried the hidden internal USB which does not enumerate as a device. Hope that explains everything 🙂

[@fastmover45]

Nice repair and some good research as well. Very impressed !

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks FastMover 👍

[@iNireus]

That is a cool fix and solution

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@fuzzs8970]

Excellent modification to make it work.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@philpowell6915]

That's such a great result. Well done lad....😊

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Philip 👍

[@georgeholme612]

What a fantastic job well done brilliant 💯 video

[@BuyitFixit]

Many thanks👍

[@ldiazmdiaz]

When you fixed it , I could imagen the big SMILE you had. 😁More then 70,000 people notice flir bad comment, they could fliiir away from us buyers!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Yes, I was really happy fixing this one as I didn't have a thermal camera at the time. I've got a better one now though with a higher resolution and faster frame rate. The response from FLIR wasn't very good, but it's kind of what I expected. A lot of companies don't seem to be interested in helping you fix something and just want to send you a new one. One exception I did come across was a company called PEAK electronics who helped me when I was repairing one of their component testers and even sent me a replacement IC free of charge! The video is on my channel if you're interested Peak DCA55 kzbin.info/www/bejne/apXbqIKmmpWpe5I

[@whereisgeo]

Brilliant! Nice work around!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@NicksStuff]

I'm surprised you didn't check the two fuses first thing. It wasn't that and it would be a worst design ever if a blown fuse for the input of a DMM were to cause a blank screen but, you know... When you said there was a couple of pins different on the new screen, I kinda hoped you'd have to break the trace and reroute them or something but what you did was even more impressive.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@yvesrochet3288]

very clever work, congratulations.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you! Cheers!👍

[@ThriftyToolShed]

Fantastic. I was rooting for ya! I had the same exact situation with a nice MAC meter. I also bought off of eBay it had a cracked LCD and the same issue with the company. MAC wanted me to send it in and pay for repair. I did not have any luck with that one and still cannot find a LCD for it. So glad you got this much nicer FLIR going. Looks very handy!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Thrifty Tool Shed! Pity about your MAC meter :(

[@Adrian-xh4ul]

Very nice repair - so i wish you all goodness - bye - you insptiratet me - thanks

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Adrian 👍😊

[@Antonio-gc1cn]

Amazing fix!!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Antonio 👍