Reversed LiPo fries the charging circuit

[sulkaharo]

Just discovered I'd been shipped JST connectors with reversed current markings: a battery was connected with reversed ground/hot for around one second, after which smoke appeared and the Edison now crashes if a batter is connected to the Explorer. USB power seems to work. Might be worth checking if a future iteration of the board can include a reverse current/battery protection circuit.

[mogar]

Thanks for the report. I'll add this to the list of improvements to make for the next revision. We'll probably do another revision in the second half of this year.

[bmammon]

I think this might be my problem.. @sulkaharo, when you connected the battery to the Explorer, did the red power light keep blinking? When connected to USB power, everything runs fine so I think current was reversed. Is there a way to fix this? @mogar