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Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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I have an Adafruit MPRLS sensor and it is well connected with
Arduino to get some pressure readings but it says there is a wiring problem
after I upload the code to the Serial monitor.
I am using the Adafruit MPRLS library and mprls_simplest code.
I have followed the following page to arrange the circuit and the library
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-mpr ... duino-test

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  #include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_MPRLS.h"

// You dont *need* a reset and EOC pin for most uses, so we set to -1 and don't connect
#define RESET_PIN  2  // set to any GPIO pin # to hard-reset on begin()
#define EOC_PIN    3  // set to any GPIO pin to read end-of-conversion by pin
Adafruit_MPRLS mpr = Adafruit_MPRLS(RESET_PIN, EOC_PIN);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("MPRLS Simple Test");
  if (! mpr.begin()) {
    Serial.println("Failed to communicate with MPRLS sensor, check wiring?");
    while (1) {
      delay(10);
    }
  }
  Serial.println("Found MPRLS sensor");
}


void loop() {
  float pressure_hPa = mpr.readPressure();
  Serial.print("Pressure (hPa): "); Serial.println(pressure_hPa);
  Serial.print("Pressure (PSI): "); Serial.println(pressure_hPa / 68.947572932);
  delay(1000);
}
My serial monitor says:
11:43:46.546 -> MPRLS Simple Test
11:43:46.583 -> Failed to communicate with MPRLS sensor, check wiring?

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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Please post a photo of your setup showing how everything is connected.

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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You've enabled both the reset and EOC pins which is a modification of the "simple" script supplied by Adafruit. Have you tried it with RESET_PIN and EOC_PIN both set to -1 to see if it works that way?

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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I tried with RESET_PIN and EOC_PIN both set to -1 but it still says " Failed to communicate with MPRLS sensor, check wiring?"

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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adafruit_support_carter wrote:Please post a photo of your setup showing how everything is connected.
I have connected the wire arrangement as shown in https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-mpr ... duino-test
I am hereby attaching the picture too.
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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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The VIN is connected to 5V; SCL TO SCL, SDA TO SDA, GND TO GND

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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Connections look nominally OK. Try running this I2C scanner sketch:
https://learn.adafruit.com/scanning-i2c ... es/arduino
to see if the MPRLS address can even be detected.

Also please post another photo showing the soldering on the breakout header pins.
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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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I have checked it with a multimeter to see if the soldering is okay and it was fine.
Please, have a look at the soldering
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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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I ran the I2C Scanner code but it says:
Scanning
No, I2C device found

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Re: Adafruit MPRLS Sensor

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Thanks. This is most likely a soldering issue. The pins are cold soldered and not adequately wetted out on the pads. See here for a general reference:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-gui ... n-problems

Try reflowing the pins to improve the connections. Then try the I2C scan again as a way to check.

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