Problem with example MAX17043_SIMPLE

Firmware Libraries
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Dear Forum,

I am having a problem with the library of Sparkfun SparkFunMAX17043/SparkFunMAX17043.h . It seems that when I download the example MAX17043_SIMPLE from the particle cloud to my photon , the photon when then reboots stays in steady white led and doesn’t do anything . It is like craching the software of photon.

Do you have suggestions?

Has anyone else the same problem and how did you solve it?

I am using the 0.4.7 firmware .

P.S
It used to work before 1 month . Maybe something is changed from the particle side?

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This is an I2C device, so do you have the required pull-up resistors in place?

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Hi Scruffr.

I am using also the sparkfun board the power shield, I think they have it included.

The other strange is that when I upload some other program that does not have these specific library everything is OK. Also I have tries to do a dfu flash but I can not see the device through the USB .

Is it possible our photos to be broken? All 4 of then are doing the same thing when I upload the sparkfub program .

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I have also tried and made a firmware flash, usb & tinker new flashing but nothing!

Also now I see a strange behavior, it runs for one sec and then crashes .

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Have you put your device into DFU Mode (yellow blinking)?
What OS are you using?
Have you got DFU drivers installed (esp. for Windows)?

Which sample are you using?

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Hi !

Yes I have put my device in DFU mode(yellow blinking)
I am using the 0.4.7 and I have installed the DFU drivers in my windows. Al these are done OK.

I am using the example of sparkfun MAX17043. Do you think maybe something is happening with the memory?

Because the only program I have downloaded and works OK is the sample WEB-CONNECTED LED

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would you able to try for yourself this example and tell me if you see anything strange?

I can also send you the code which i use in my example.

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It’s a bit difficult to properly test the code without hardware.

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what do you mean ? without the power shield?

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Yup, whatever hardware you use, since the external hardware will influence the behaviour of the code.
Without hardware I (or anybody else) would only be able to guess what could cause the code to freak out.

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Hi thanks your advice !

It was a hardware issue in my board .

Thanks again !

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@johnyrobot5, good to hear you found the reason for your problems, but could you elaborate what the actual issue was?
Maybe this could help others with similar problems too.

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Yes of course , I have found out that when you use a library for an I2C device , if for some reason this device is not connected or there is no hardware to a related software then the photon crashes. I do not know why is this happening ,but it does.

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Yup, that is an open issue, which should be dealt with in the next release.
https://github.com/spark/firmware/issues/713

This was also the reason for my initial question in post #2

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Hi
I have the same problem with Sparkfun Battery Shield, I am using the 0.4.7 firmware and Photon is Stuck !!!
What's the solution ?

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Hi!

You must check if the your software is using hardware that is not connected to the Photon. If you use any kind of libraries in your software that refer to a hardware , you hardware may be well connected and exists, or else you will get errors .

Regards
John