# Mics6814 on Pico, breakout not found when initialising

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**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/mics6814-on-pico-breakout-not-found-when-initialising/22350 "2023-06-13T09:30:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/mics6814-on-pico-breakout-not-found-when-initialising/22350/1 "2023-06-13T09:30:17Z")

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Trying to run the pimoroni-pico/micropython/examples/breakout\_mics6814/demo.py with a pico on the breakout garden and getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “”, line 11, in   
RuntimeError: BreakoutMICS6814: breakout not found when initialising

Tried other sensors (bme680 and ICP10125) and don’t have any issues with these.

Could it be a DoD sensor?

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**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/mics6814-on-pico-breakout-not-found-when-initialising/22350/2 "2023-06-13T11:02:18Z")

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Is it detected by an i2c scan?

```auto
import machine
sda=machine.Pin(4) # Explorer 20 Breakout 4
scl=machine.Pin(5) # Explorer 21 Breakout 5
i2c=machine.I2C(0,sda=sda, scl=scl, freq=400000)
 
print('Scan i2c bus...')
devices = i2c.scan()
 
if len(devices) == 0:
  print("No i2c device !")
else:
  print('i2c devices found:',len(devices))
 
  for device in devices:  
    print("Decimal address: ",device," | Hex address: ",hex(device))

```