Waveshield is not producing sound

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Waveshield is not producing sound

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I'm having some issues with the Waveshield. I've completed the soldering process, formatted the SD card, loaded a properly formatted wave file, and have confirmed that the Arduino is communicating with the Waveshield (using the serial monitor and the example code for playing a wave, picture below).
Serial Monitor read
Serial Monitor read
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Furthermore, I've used a multimeter on every single connection and have confirmed that there are no cold solders or bridges. Any suggestions or thoughts? Also I've tried using headphones and a speaker that came with the kit but no luck.

One more thing - I've added two LEDs with 1k resistors but don't know how to activate them in the Arduino code. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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backside
backside
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frontside
frontside
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Thank you,
DANMDaniel
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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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This should be under Arduino Shields so if an admin can move it that would be great

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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thanks for your reply - I tried to post this forum in arduino shields however, i was unable to post a topic in any other field other than general help

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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post clear photos so we can see any problems

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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ok thank you

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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they're still very dark. you should check the orientation of the DAC and opamp. make sure they are the right way and the right part

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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Issue resolved - one cold solder in the DAC.

Any advice regarding code to get the LEDs to light up?

Thank you,
DANM Daniel

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Re: Waveshield is not producing sound

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we have arduino tutorials here:

www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino

the first few talk about LEDs

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