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Tactics·Jun 1, 2026

Swap MCU to debug I2C bus, uncovers hidden firmware bug

Tactics · dev.to · stat: 6/6 Aliaksandr Liapin details a hardware debugging tactic: swapping the microcontroller unit. After a week of failed I2C troubleshooting on an nRF52840-DK, moving the…

Tactics · dev.to · stat: 6/6

Aliaksandr Liapin details a hardware debugging tactic: swapping the microcontroller unit. After a week of failed I2C troubleshooting on an nRF52840-DK, moving the peripheral to a NUCLEO board immediately detected 6 devices. This exposed a deeper firmware bug, not a hardware fault, after six prior scans showed zero.

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  1. https://dev.to/aliaksandrliapin/when-soldering-doesnt-fix-it-swap-the-mcu-f58

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