From 50b249ad1b057b9a265678d34a6d0386be6c8000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Sigler <andrewsigler1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:31:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adds small delay to make sure instruments are cached after
 flashing

---
 .../hardware_testing/production_qc/firmware_check.py          | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hardware-testing/hardware_testing/production_qc/firmware_check.py b/hardware-testing/hardware_testing/production_qc/firmware_check.py
index e61cc737b13..e17306d4eb9 100644
--- a/hardware-testing/hardware_testing/production_qc/firmware_check.py
+++ b/hardware-testing/hardware_testing/production_qc/firmware_check.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Firmware Check."""
-from asyncio import run
+from asyncio import run, sleep
 from typing import List
 
 from opentrons.hardware_control.ot3api import OT3API
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ async def _main(simulate: bool, subsystems: List[SubSystem]) -> None:
         print("done")
         if api.is_simulator:
             break
+        else:
+            await sleep(1)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":