Some begginer's questions

This is the indication that the original part has not been deleted. I didn’t change the moduleId of the modified part so you must delete the old one before you can load the new one. If you are doing this from your sketch the part will be in the temp part bin and needs to be deleted there. It may also be in your mine parts bin in which case it would need to be deleted there as well. Here in your sketch I selected the esp32 part then right clicked and selected delete minus which will delete the part but leave the traces.

like this

however the part is still in the temp parts bin so to clear that you need to save the sketch then exit Fritzing and reload the sketch. That will re write the .fzz file without the esp32 part and you can then add the new part. As noted if the esp part is also in your mine parts bin you need to delete it there then shutdown Fritzing (so it really deletes the part) before it will let you load the new version. Deleting parts is a little (or a lot) complicated. It could be made easier by changing the way Fritzing operates, but I so far have failed to convince the developers that is a good idea.

No the battery is providing 9V to the ESP board which is providing 3.3V from an internal regulator. The BMP wants 3.3V so needs to connect to the 3.3V rail on the breadboard which it is doing.

Peter

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For some reason the program doesn’t let me download the esp even after I deleted it…


So this message keeps appearing…

I checked both the “mine” and “temp” sections and the esp is gone in both of them so I don’t really know what the error is this time

The esp we are using is the ESP32 WROOM 32D BREACKOUT BOARD 30 PINS, I don’t know if that information is going to change something, but yea

So… I was finally able to download the correct esp and now the program only has two errors:

Do you think you can help me fix it please?

It looks like 0.9.5 is just broken (that is probably why I didn’t keep a copy) as I recall the generic IC in 0.9.5 is broken (which is a serious bug) and was quickly replaced with 0.9.6 in which the new part works for me. I expect you best bet is to upgrade to 1.0.4 which works with the original part. I just checked the downloads page and 0.9.5 is no longer available for download (which likely confirms my memory of the generic IC error) so an upgrade is likely your best hope unfortunately. You might try the .fzz file with the new part that I posted above but I expect it will fail the same way as the part is identical.) You can also set a custom DRC rule with a lower trip point which may suppress the error.

Peter

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That makes sense! Thank you so much for the explanation.
I tried to change the settings of the DRC but I can’t seem to find what you are talking about…

Plus, do you know how I can update my version of this program? Or is it necessary to download the newest version?

And by the way, what isthe “schematic” part used for?

You need to select routing->DRC/Autorouter settings

choose custom and click on it which brings up this screen

then change the keepout value to a lower value such as 0.08in

(if 0.08in doesn’t work go to 0.06 or lower.) If one of those doesn’t fix this an upgrade is likely the only choice (it is the best bet if possible for bug fixes anyway!)

You would be best off to download the newest version as it has many bug fixes some of the for serious bugs. To fund development there is a required 8 euro donation required. You need to log in to the main site before donating so they email you a receipt which will contain a link to the download page which will allow you to download new versions for around 1 year I think.

Peter

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Well, I tried to lower the “keepout” but I keep getting the error:

So I’ll try to download the most recent version, but if you have any more suggestions on how to correct this, I’d appreciate it!

I tried it on version 0.9.4 which is the version before 0.9.5 and indeed even a very small value doesn’t clear the error so I don’t know what is going on and have no suggestions on how to fix it other than upgrade (as the original part works fine on 1.0.4). The part appears correct but doesn’t work on older Fritzing versions and I don’t know why.

Peter

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Thank you so much for your help and support then! I really appreciate it!