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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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How are you powering it? Also, check the tips at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aud ... aq-3099791.

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dastels wrote:How are you powering it? Also, check the tips at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aud ... aq-3099791.

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5v from LOLIN ESP8266 Pro

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Does the red ACT LED illuminate when you ground a trigger pin?

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dastels wrote:Also, check the tips at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aud ... aq-3099791.

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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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dastels wrote:Does the red ACT LED illuminate when you ground a trigger pin?

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NO. None of the trigger pins to ground illuminate the red LED

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And to confirm, USB is not connected?

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dastels wrote:And to confirm, USB is not connected?

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Correct!
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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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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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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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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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 was able to find some time to come back to this project.
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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Which audio board is it?

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I have 2 now in the same status. The most recent is the 16mb version.

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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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