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Arduino Uno Works, Nano not

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    I am building a motion sensor connecting to my ethernet gateway. When I make the sensor with Arduino Unos it works great. If I use same radio, sensor, cables and code with Arduino Nano's I get an "radio init fail".

    I triple checked cabling, the nanos etc. Also put a capacitor etc. but no success.

    Anybody has an idea why it works on UNOs but not on Nano's?

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      Sounds like a bad nano? Check power (3.3) with a multimeter to start with.
      Also try to upload some standard blinksketch and try the different pins the radio uses on the nano to see if something is broken

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        I checked Voltage which is fine. Also Nano is working fine (Blink etc). I actually tested with three different nano and all give me same result whereas the UNO's immediately work. Do I need to make any adjustments in the code if I use Nanos?

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          No, it should be the same.

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          MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
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            Check the power at the radio and make sure it's getting ~3.3v . Are the nanos 5v or 3.3v?

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              Nanos are 5v but have both 5v and 3.3v outputs.

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              MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
              MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
              RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

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              • S soward

                Check the power at the radio and make sure it's getting ~3.3v . Are the nanos 5v or 3.3v?

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                @soward Power and cabling has been checked. All is fine but I still get that error.

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                  Does the Uno have a 3.3V-reg while Nano get 3.3V from it's Ftdi-chip (don't remember) Could Uno/Nano board selection in Arduino IDE effect the Ftdi behavior?

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