Is power cycling normal?

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I was recently contacted by an ER to fix some of their pre-existing props. They said after every 50 games or so, the props stops working and has to be power cycled. They asked if this was normal. Usually, the rooms I work for power everything down nightly and don't leave them running so it's not an issue.

If an Arduino (or similar logic based thing) is left running for a while, is it normal for it to misbehave and need power cycling? Is it a fault of the hardware or the code usually? If it's code, what would cause the code to randomly start misbehaving? (Like playing the wrong audio file or blinking an LED at the wrong time)

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Bizzaro:
If an Arduino (or similar logic based thing) is left running for a while, is it normal for it to misbehave and need power cycling? Is it a fault of the hardware or the code usually? If it's code, what would cause the code to randomly start misbehaving? (Like playing the wrong audio file or blinking an LED at the wrong time)

No, it's not normal. It could be either hardware or software. In either case, the root cause is bad design, or application of the device for a task it was not designed for.