I have a voltage regulator circuit, which keeps failing. Its based around a switching regulator (datasheet) and takes 14V input and outputs 5V. I see 14V on the input but 0V on the output.
Interestingly after I soldered this I checked the pads of the IC for shorts and I did not find any, but after powering everything I turned off the power and checked again and there were many shorts. I replaced the IC, and the same thing happened again. So there must be something wrong with the circuit?
Particularly the voltage output to ground is showing just a few ohms.