mBot not powering up by battery pack


#1

This morning I had zero problem with the mBot. Finished up a code to show my parents. When we get here and lay everything out the mBot does NOT turn on when I connect the battery pack to the board and turn switch on. Changed batteries. Same result.

Hook board up to computer and it functions flawlessly. This is my son’s project for school and it has to be ran completely on its own.

I need a quick solution so he can get to programming. Kind of irritated as we just unboxed this yesterday and it’s only been used maybe two hours.

Solutions that does not involve waiting two weeks for parts.


#2

Found out the problem. The issue is the battery pack is faulty. So looks like I need to contact customer support.

Thankfully my other son and myself each got mBots for Christmas as well. I enjoy working with these things. No issues with software just this one battery pack and hopefully that was it.


#3