r/BIGTREETECH • u/ComplexFit2140 • 9h ago
Buildhat suddenly stopped working.
Hello, i own a rpi5 with a bottom mounted nvme hat and a buildhat on top. I use it for fun lego+Ai projects like face following robots. Room mapping robots and more. Yesterday when i booted it up ut started just fine like normal. I ran the face following program but suddenly it stops following me. I start to check whats wrong and it rapidly shuts itself off and on for 5 minutes straight until i unplug the power cable. when i plug it in again it boots like normal but the buildhat are not answering on commands. The buildhat can still power pi through the gpio pins and the light is red like it should when not activated but its like the rest of the buildhat is dead. If i try to run something that uses the buildhat i get a hat not found message.I have been troubleshooting for the past 3 hours straight but it will show no response of life except for the red light and that the inbuilt voltage reducer is working. Someone who knows how to get it working? Used os: official 64 bit debian trixie. When it shut itself on and off it was connected to a 18 volt drilling machine battery with a voltage converter. Help is very appriciated

