Dead Bluetooth Breakout board

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jnick21
 
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Dead Bluetooth Breakout board

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Hello,
I purchased the nRF8001 Bluefruit LE Breakout board but it is dead on arrival. I verified It's getting power with a multimeter, but when I run your iPhone app it just searches without finding it.

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Franklin97355
 
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Re: Dead Bluetooth Breakout board

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Could you post clear pictures of your board and the connections to it?

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Re: Dead Bluetooth Breakout board

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jnick21 wrote:Hello,
I purchased the nRF8001 Bluefruit LE Breakout board but it is dead on arrival. I verified It's getting power with a multimeter, but when I run your iPhone app it just searches without finding it.
Double check that you hooked up the ICSP header correctly. I had the schematic flipped (i.e. pin 1 was really pin 6) and had the same issue. Flipping the diagram the code displayed the next line "Advertising" in the serial window. Another quirk is that the device won't show up in the iOS list of devices until it connects through the Adafruit.

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Re: Dead Bluetooth Breakout board

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Thanks lexical43, that fixed it...had the schematic flipped.

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