Pico Crumble doesn't wake up after deep sleep

[Sidd]

I had a very similar problem with my Pico. I ended up having to swap the battery a couple times till I got it to act right. I ended up pulling the battery and setting the saber aside so i am not sure if its still having the problem, i can check later if I remember

[SilverKnight92]

I had a very similar problem with my Pico. I ended up having to swap the battery a couple times till I got it to act right. I ended up pulling the battery and setting the saber aside so i am not sure if its still having the problem, i can check later if I remember

So do you think it's all about the battery? I'm very worried about that, 'cause It's my first build
Can you please check if your Pico still has the same problem?

[Sidd]

So do you think it's all about the battery? I'm very worried about that, 'cause It's my first build
Can you please check if your Pico still has the same problem?

I am not sure if it was battery OR if it was simply my rebooting it enough times to get it to work

I will test it tomorrow morning

[Sidd]

Sorry it took so long to get back

After swapping to the battery it Pico is working fine. I think I just have a bad battery in my bunch

[jdubzw]

I'm not sure what causes it, but on my pico sometimes it'll go into deep sleep, but it'll still drain the battery dry once in a while. If I recharge that same battery it's totally fine, but I have to swap out a new battery and everything is good again.

[bigkevin61]

I'm not sure what causes it, but on my pico sometimes it'll go into deep sleep, but it'll still drain the battery dry once in a while. If I recharge that same battery it's totally fine, but I have to swap out a new battery and everything is good again.

Are you using a Li-iOn battery from TCSS?
In deep sleep, a fully charged batter should last MONTHS, (if wired correctly). I’d check your wiring (or post a schematic to have someone double check).
If you are running a different battery solution (an e-bay cheap battery), you may not have a high mAh capacity, and it would drain quicker.

And, you can over discharge unprotected batteries, and that can lead to damaged batteries, and that could cause issues (BAD THINGS) when trying to charge.

[jdubzw]

I'm using the 18650 Trust Fire batteries from TCSS. They're the single batteries that are in the 18650 battery holder from TCSS also.

So now I'm really super curious about what is causing that. I've had nothing to compare it to because I've always just removed the battery, put it on the charger which it indicated it needed to charge and then put the new one in and that one then lasted say like a week of use playing with the kids.

What can cause this? I've checked the wiring today and everything appears to be good. Everything works exactly the way it should from a performance standpoint. Is it possible BOTH batteries are bad??