I purchased this back in January. It just stopped working. I had one of these back in 2016. It did the same thing. What the heck. This is very frustrating. I did it for a project for Halloween. Each time it has stopped working before Halloween. It was working last night. I unplugged it from the USB. And today. The board light up but, when I pull a pin low to ground, it does nothing.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
How are you powering it? Also, check the tips at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aud ... aq-3099791.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
5v from LOLIN ESP8266 Prodastels wrote:How are you powering it? Also, check the tips at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aud ... aq-3099791.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Does the red ACT LED illuminate when you ground a trigger pin?
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Dave; I saw in this tutorial about reformatting the SD. You think maybe it somehow was corrupted when I unplugged the USB? Reformatting will fix it? Going to give it a shot. I'll report back my findings.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
NO. None of the trigger pins to ground illuminate the red LEDdastels wrote:Does the red ACT LED illuminate when you ground a trigger pin?
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
And to confirm, USB is not connected?
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Correct!dastels wrote:And to confirm, USB is not connected?
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5v Fom ESP6266 to VIN
GND to GND
Numbered Pins to ground; no red light indicating circuit closed on any of the numbered pins. It was working the previous evening just fine. I disconnected the the usb to the ESP to go to bed.
Next morning to finish loading, and naming sound files. Nothing happens
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Have you inspected the board for any stray bits of wires, solder, or other conductive material that could be shorting something?
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
I put it on a fresh breadboard just to be sure. Still not working. No stray anything. I put it under a magnifying glass and covered the entire board slowly. No solder balls or stray wires on either side of the board. Bummer!
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Have you been able to reflash it? A glitch or some static while plugging/unplugging the USB might have corrupted the flash.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
I was able to find some time to come back to this project.dastels wrote:Have you been able to reflash it? A glitch or some static while plugging/unplugging the USB might have corrupted the flash.
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I used win32disk imager and reflashed the board. Same. The red light does not come on when connecting a numbered pin to ground. And, yes I am powering it with a 5v regulator to the VIN, NOT the usb port.
So, this is now the second board that has failed out of nowhere. Don't know what to make of it.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
Which audio board is it?
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
I have 2 now in the same status. The most recent is the 16mb version.
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Re: Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp - WAV/OGG Trigg
It's out of the return/replace 1 month window, but I'll auth a replacement once.
Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread, your order number, and request the replacement of Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp 16Mb.
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Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread, your order number, and request the replacement of Audio FX Sound Board + 2x2W Amp 16Mb.
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