I purchased a BME280 sensor from Amazon a couple months ago. Unfortunately, I did not get to my project right away so I am past the 30 day return window.
My problem is that my pi zero w loses the connection to the BME280 after it's been running for a few hours. When I run the i2cdetect command, I don't get anything on any address. It's just "--" across the board.
The only way to get it back is to unplug the pi zero from power completely.
Do I have a faulty sensor?
problem with BME280
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dastels
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Re: problem with BME280
How do you have them connected? I mean the physical connections. Posting some clear photos would help.
Dave
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dastels
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Re: problem with BME280
Huh. I've never seen cable/connectors like that before.
I wonder if retouching the soldering will help. That's always my go-to first thing to try, and some of them look potentially problematic. It doesn't take much to throw off a high speed I2C or SPI signal.
Dave
I wonder if retouching the soldering will help. That's always my go-to first thing to try, and some of them look potentially problematic. It doesn't take much to throw off a high speed I2C or SPI signal.
Dave
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