One of my photons seems to have a hardware problem : the connection of the module to the board seems flakey… If it gets touched, even a little, it immediately crashes and restarts. Sometimes it restarts just fine, sometimes not so much and it takes a few resets and re-connect of the wifi via the ap…

@brianwyld , this is a know issue. Look here: [image] Pressing on Photon controller (cover) shuts off / reboots it?! Troubleshooting As I was inserting my new Photon onto an empty breadboard while plugged into USB I noticed that it rebooted. I was pushing on the controlle…

I can confirm this issue with at least one photon I have. Even a slight amount of pressure on the top of the P0 shield causes a short and resets the photon. Maybe it’s a feature ? Extra reset button?

The metal case of the module on the Photon is not as stiff as the metal housing on the Core. Pressing down on the housing can cause a short on the photon. This doubles as a sort of “reset-button” since the photon will cut power / reset to protect itself during the short, although I would guess tha…

Hardware problem with Photon? Touching top of module crashes it

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peekay123 October 5, 2015, 6:49pm 3

@brianwyld, this is a know issue. Look here:

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Hardware problem with Photon? Touching top of module crashes it

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