I was out on a ride yesterday going up a fairly steep hill when my board died at over 50% battery.
The power button light on the board is completely off but holding down the power button consistently allows the remote to connect, but nothing happens when pressing forward or backward. Letting go of the power button causes the remote to disconnect a second later.
I let the board cool off for an hour to make sure it didn’t overheat, I then charged it to make sure the battery didn’t just die.
I opened up the enclosure:
No water damage, no loose cables, nothing visibly wrong at all.
I unplugged and replugged every connection, made sure the fuse had not blown, and used a multimeter to test the battery, which gave a consistent 48v. I unfortunately don’t have any spare battery packs or XT60 connectors so I’m not 100% sure the battery isn’t the issue.
I then tried testing the Unity, plugging it into my PC and got this error:
I tried testing the Unity while just pressing the power button once and while holding it down. While holding it down it does connect for a second before giving the serial port error.
I’m very inexperienced when it comes to ESK8 building and I’m still waiting to hear back from Ernesto.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated here.