Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE not turning on

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tripluS
 
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Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE not turning on

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Hey guys, ordered a Flora Bluefruit LE (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2487) in hopes of controlling some sewable neopixels over bluetooth, but I'm afraid it's DOA.

No matter what code I give the flora, it never lights up and is never found by the serial monitor. I've double-checked my wiring with both alligator clips and copper wire and made sure that it is switched to CMD every time.

Multimeter shows 3.3V across the power pads on the module.

Is there something I'm missing? Anything else I can try?

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Re: Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE not turning on

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Disconnecting any peripherals that have been connected to the Flora BLE can you hold down the DFU button for 5 seconds and see if the blue LED module starts blinking? It should perform a factory reset when you let go and see the blinking. You will need the 3v and GND lines connected.

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-flo ... tory-reset

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Re: Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE not turning on

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Nope, nothing, tried with both 3.3v pins on the flora as well

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Re: Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE not turning on

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Okay, since we cannot even get into a factory reset let's swap this one out.

Please send an e-mail to [email protected] requesting the Flora BLE be replaced with a link to this forum thread and your original order#.

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