Bus Pirate appears defective?

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I received my Bus Pirate in the mail yesterday. Unfortunately, I’ve been having some problems with it. It fails the self test, and I’ve been unable to get it to supply voltage with the ‘W’ command. Even when there are no pin connections, I get:

SPI>W

VREG too low, is there a short?

POWER SUPPLIES OFF

Here is a log of the self test: https://gist.github.com/edmcman/c4cc483 … 54a63b15d4

It seems like the chip may be faulty. Is there anything else I should try?

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Double check the supply voltage @ the cable end with a multimeter or something…is it above 5v?

If it is >5v, it is likely a faulty chip…head to www.sparkfun.com/returns if purchased from us, or contact vendor if purchased elsewhere

If <5v, figure out why/how to get a good 5v supply going

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I tried a different power supply and it passed the self test. Thanks, I should have thought to try that first.