{
 "id": "pdm-mic-sample-rates-of-44100-48000-hard",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "PDM mic sample rates of 44100/48000 hard-fault a Circuit Playground Express off USB \u2014 the constructor accepts them anyway",
 "symptom": "The board ran normally, then dropped off USB entirely mid-experiment and never came back. The kernel showed it disconnect and then attempt to re-enumerate as a LOW-speed device (it is full-speed), with 'Device not responding to setup address' and 'device not accepting address, error -71'. No serial port, no CIRCUITPY volume, no bootloader volume \u2014 the board was unreachable by any software path and required a physical reset.",
 "hw": [
  "samd21",
  "circuitplayground-express"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "circuitpython",
  "audiobusio"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Choose a microphone sample rate for audio capture on a Circuit Playground Express",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}