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Re: Question about the Powerboost part used with the fairy wings project

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Not your code, but code that output to the REPL. Worked as expected.

You're running in MU. Can you access the REPL via a different application? Some terminal emulator? It'd be good to eliminate Mu as the problem.

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Re: Question about the Powerboost part used with the fairy wings project

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Can you recommend one? The only one I have downloaded is MU.

Just so I could see what it should look like in MU I plugged the board in that was working properly and could watch the code running as the servos opened and closed. I think I have a better understanding of what we are looking for now/

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Re: Question about the Powerboost part used with the fairy wings project

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So I manually deleted EVERYTHING from the misbehaving board and replaced it with everything from the board that is working. I ran it the REPL in MU and FINALLY got something other than "code done running"

IT IS WORKING!!!!

My working version is using Circuitpython 7.2.5 and some of the files listed in mine differ from the files listed for the current project bundle using 7.3.3
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My files on the working version look like this. There are some different files in the current project bundle. Could that be the difference?
My files on the working version look like this. There are some different files in the current project bundle. Could that be the difference?
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Re: Question about the Powerboost part used with the fairy wings project

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chailou wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:22 pm
Froggy92030 wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:46 pm Great thanks! I have ordered and am going to give it a try
I am making the wings as well but ran into the same issue of no powerboost. Do you mind if I know which powerbank you bought and how you connected it?
Its kind of a lot to sift through and I had to do quite a bit of trouble shooting to finally get them to work but its doable. I did have to add a simple toggle switch in as well (i got a 6amp one from lowes). I would also recommend getting a potentiometer like this. You will not need the bottom 2 pins on the one that is linked in the supplies for the build with the powerboost board.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/562

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Froggy92030 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:09 am IT IS WORKING!!!!
Whew! Finally! Good stuff.

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Thanks again for all your patience and help. I definitely have a better understanding now :)

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Yay! Learning experiences!

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