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Circuit Playground not connecting

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Regarding Circuit Playground (not express)
Order 1750237-1946009600 04/30/18

Last semester we kept hitting the reset button on the older model
circuit playgrounds. I did not realize at the time there were 2 versions,
and we were trying to access the web application instead of the code.org.
Is there a way to get them back to their original state? They are not
working when we connect.

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Re: Circuit Playground not connecting

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When you say "not working", do you mean with code.org, or the boards are not working at all? As a test - can you upload the basic blink example?
https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing- ... #blink-7-5
If so, then all you need to do to work with code.org is upload the firmata firmware to the Circuit Playground:
https://github.com/adafruit/CircuitPlaygroundFirmata

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Re: Circuit Playground not connecting

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I made it to the download, ran the code and got an error message: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. I ran it again and pressed reset right after clicking upload. I am also using the original usb cable that came with the Educator pack.



Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows Store 1.8.21.0) (Windows 10), Board: "Adafruit Circuit Playground"

Build options changed, rebuilding all
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\libraries\Adafruit_Circuit_Playground\utility\talkie.cpp:15:73: warning: narrowing conversion of '33472u' from 'unsigned int' to 'int16_t {aka int}' inside { } [-Wnarrowing]

0x1440,0x2740,0x38C0,0x47C0,0x5480,0x5EC0,0x6700,0x6D40},

^

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\libraries\Adafruit_Circuit_Playground\utility\talkie.cpp:15:73: warning: narrowing conversion of '33664u' from 'unsigned int' to 'int16_t {aka int}' inside { } [-Wnarrowing]

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Re: Circuit Playground not connecting

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Try that again, but use the Blink example instead of the talkie sketch. Basically this:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... /faq#faq-4

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