Darksaber Button not doing anything

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Re: Darksaber Button not doing anything

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So I tried it without the propmaker but the red light is still blinking. Could the feather be broken somehow ?
Maybe I could return it and ask for a new one in the shop where I got it in Germany.
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Re: Darksaber Button not doing anything

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To be clear. When you connect En and Gnd it DOESN'T turn it off?

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That’s right. I connect the two pins with a cable and the red led still blinks.

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OK, that's not right.

Yes, you should talk to the shop you got it from. You can tell them that if it had been from Adafruit directly, I'd authorize a replacement.

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Thank you! Just emailed them with your answer attached. I’ll keep you updated.

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So they will refund me because they don’t have it in stock right now. Have to find a shop to order it. It costs a lot more in Germany. I can get it for 40€ from eBay.

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Good luck. It can still be hard to find boards in stock.

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Hello… it’s me xD
I got a new one and it’s working fine!
But now I got another „problem“ because even though I turn it off, it’s not completely shut down. I can hear a tiny noise coming out of the speaker as well as a wee red light coming from the neopixels. Is this supposed to be like that or how can I fix this issue.
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No. Connecting EN to ground (which the switch should do) should turn off power to the propmaker as well as the Feather.

Can you check the voltage on the V+ of the NeoPixel connector? It should be 0v when the switch is "off".

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I don’t have anything to measure but since I can see the neopixels glow red for a tiny bit I think it’s not 0.

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Could the battery that I am using be the issue ? That it’s too „powerful“? I’ll post a video tonight so that you can see what’s going on.

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If you're using a LiPo as called for, the battery shouldn't be the issue. Batteries can't really be "too powerful"; the circuit will take what it needs. The only concern is that the battery voltage is correct.

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So here’s a picture of the neopixels when button is off. The buttons led is off as well but the speaker makes a bit of noise and the pixels as you can see. I attached the battery I am using
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Hmm. That is odd.

I'm wondering about that battery. This is new information. Can you test with an Adafruit compatible Lipo? It *shouldn't* have the impact you're weeing, but you never know. That's an RC car battery.

Anyway, I'll ask around in support.

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