Arduino Mini Troubles

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I have an Arduino Mini and a FTDI basic after connecting up the power and the reset pin to the 5V i connected Tx to Tx and Rx to Rx and got

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00

then I swapped the Tx and Rx and the Rx light just kept blinking and blinking

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  1. The TX from the FTDI needs to connect to the RX on the Mini and vis versa.

  2. Unlike the regular Arduino, the Mini does not have an automated reset to enable the bootloader. You need to connect a momentary switch from the reset pin to ground and a pull up from the reset pin to 5V. Just prior to hitting the download button, press the reset button. It is possible to automate this with some extra effort. Google would be your friend.

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Thanks wired up a reset switch and it works fine :slight_smile: