I ordered a few chips from China cheap. The seller indicated that it is the original MSI chip. I modelled the circuit twice, one in the project I need it for, another on breadboard. So far all the chips I got refuse to work. Output is just noise that doesn’t change, not even in regards to input. I …

Right, as I suspected. Pin 8 is used to set internal oscillator, if this oscillator is not working, then nothing is going to work. I did put oscilloscope on pin 8 on my chip and nothing. Now I found this that pretty much confirms my suspicion [image] I guess I will be getting a refund soon.

What are the symptoms of fake MSGEQ7?

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I like the fact that frequency of the strobe defines levels decay, it looks really good

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What are the symptoms of fake MSGEQ7?

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