SparkFun MicroMod Weather Carrier Board help

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SparkFun MicroMod Weather Carrier Board

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Hello, I bought a SparkFun MicroMod Weather Carrier Board, but I can’t connect it to my Windows PC, it won’t find the communication port (and I tried it on three win 10/11 PCs and one Mac PC) the 3v and 5v lights on the board are on red and on the ESP32 MicroMod they start flashing green-blue. Thanks for the advice and help

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Be sure to grab the drivers https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/mi … rogramming and the board definition (also @ that link, slightly further down) then circle back to the Weather board’s guide after getting it detected in the IDE https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/mi … e-assembly

Any luck?

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Arduino IDE 2.1.0 install the CP2104 USB Driver but it still doesn’t work, (MicroMod ESP32 Processor lot 138508) - and - (MicroMod Weather Carrier Board lot 144787)

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Hi, I also needed some help with this board.

It stopped functioning and after inspection, the 3.3V regularor on the weather carrier board was dead. After changing it, it now outputs the 3.3v, and the 3.3v leds on the board light up again.

The problem is the micromod esp32 does not respond, cant accept uploads and gets extremely hot.

  1. The micromod is probably damaged beond repair, or is it?
  2. Any ideas how this could have happened? how to prevent it? it was always connected to a 3A USB charger running the weather station software.
  3. Could some version of this software, lets say, one that updates too fast and pulls more current do this?

Thank you for your time.

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Is it exposed to the elements? You could try using a conformal coating (nail polish) if so…or placing it in a sealed box