Hi, my son has meticulously put together his DIY Gamer Kit but nothing happen (nary a flicker of light) when switched on. The battery is good. I’m suspicious that the Arduino Uno I got for it may be the problem — it doesn’t look exactly like the one that Pimoroni stocks (out of stock for a while now, hence the 3d party substitute).
Can’t see where to upload a photo however the most obvious difference is that our Uno lacks a largish rectangular black ‘box’ present on the Pimoroni Uno. Also ours lacks the name UNO printed on it ;)
One other variable… one the the header pins that came with our kit was missing, so we used the ones that came with this arduino. They were shorter than the DIY Kit ones, but seemed to be the same thickness.
That certainly is an Uno clone but obviously we can’t really tell if it functions identically. Could we also have a photo of the soldering on the DIY Gamer kit?
Fantastic, switched the battery clips and we now have lights! Blinking green light and steady red on arduino and red light on slow blink on the gamer. Troubleshooting says that means no games installed? So we’ve followed instructions for downloading games, but no change on the lights. We’ve turned power on and off… no change…