MotorShield Failure

[Sportsfan927]

I have a motor shield connected to an Uno PCB that I purchased in February. I when I installed it this past weekend, and tried to upload a sketch, none of the three DC motors connected moved. This makes me think I received the PCB as defective. How do I go about getting a replacement?

Thank you!

Chris

[adafruit_support_bill]

Please post photos showing your soldering and connections to the shield.

Also please post specs for the motors and power supply you are using.

[Sportsfan927]

Below are photos of the soldering and the connections in the power blocks. The power supply connected to the shield is a 12v 3a plug-in wall adapter. The rumble motors I am wanting to drive are the same as those found in a BANNED controller. Please let me know if I can provide any additional info.

Thank you!

Chris

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[adafruit_support_bill]

The power LED is not lit. Check the polarity of your power supply. The black wire is usually the ground wire and you have the black wire connected to the '+' terminal.

Is there a part number for those motors?

[Sportsfan927]

The power LED is not on because the board was unplugged from my wall adapter at the time of the photo. When it is plugged in the LED glows bright green. The color of wires was not considered when I was assembling this connection, however the polarity of the wall adapter and its connection to the board are correct.

As for the motors, I do not have a part number. However, I have included some photos below:

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[adafruit_support_bill]

Do you have a multimeter? Can you measure the current draw of the motor when powered directly from your power supply?

[Sportsfan927]

One motor connected to the power supply draws 0.534 amps.

[adafruit_support_bill]

And what do you see on the serial monitor when you run the i2c scanner?

https://playground.arduino.cc/Main/I2cScanner/

[Sportsfan927]

This is the result from uploading the i2c scanner:

23:39:45.245 -> Scanning...
23:39:45.280 -> No I2C devices found

I tried separating the shield and re-joining it and had the same results. Let me know what our next steps are.

Thank you!

Chris

[adafruit_support_bill]

Sounds like the PCA9685 chip on the board is not functioning. We can replace the shield for you. Please contact [email protected] with a link to this thread.