avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

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I am trying to program the arduino pro mini 5V 16MHz with the FTDI basic breakout board and I get the error "avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding. There is a constant red light on the pro board.

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227114,

Several suggestions:

  1. Check the port setting in the IDE to make sure it matches the port to which you’ve connected your device.

  2. Check the Arduino type setting in your IDE

  3. Make sure the voltage setting on the FTDI board matches your Arduino

  4. Check your wiring (again).

Happy Hunting,

Eric

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I have seen this response a few times to this issue.

I have been having the same issue with a new Pro-Mini that I picked up last week.

OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8

Arduino s/w: 0022

cable: Sparkfun FTDI 5V5

Arduino: Sparkfun Pro-Mini (5V ATMega 328)

See this video to see the error in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iij6FWCrGqw

Any other ideas?

73,

Jon

w1jp

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I’ve got the same problem. Tried multiple variations on timing the reset button, various USB cables, no wiring to check since it’s a ProtoSnap. My attempts fare the same as what is documented in the video.

Using a ProtoSnap

Mac OSX 10.6.7

Arduino 0022

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I haven’t been able to further debug this. I really don’t have an oscilloscope or logic analyzer available to me here in NYC.

Anyone else been able to debug this?

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Im having the same issue.

I have the mini pro, and im using my mac book pro.

When connected to the USB adapter the min pro powers up with a red led.

when i try and do an upload the adapter tx flashes, but get no flashing of any led on the pro during the upload.

followed with the the two avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding errors.

Ive tried different board settings, with out much luck.

if anyone can help me here i would be much appreciated.

David

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I got the same problem on iMacs using a powered Belkin USB hub. Even plugging it in directly at the iMacs USB ports resulted in that error.

Interestingly, it’ll work fine on the same iMac when using the USB port of the keyboard. It also works with a passive USB hub at my wife’s iMac.

So, my advice would be: try different USB ports/hub combinations. Passive hubs seem to work better than active ones.

(Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that some iMacs have higher powered USB ports?)

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last night i managed to get a sketch uploaded. i went through from the top all the boards available.

nothing worked until i selected the fio, and uploaded the first time.

today i will look at the others boards, as think the fio runs at 8Mhz and i have a 16Mhz board, which makes all the timings stuff go a bit fast.

hope this help others out there… think the troubleshooting guide needs to be updated.

I have had issues with USB ports before, but mostly with windows boxes. I guess there is not such thing as a standard any more.

Dave

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Well, I finally solved my issue here.

I noticed that the Pro Mini uses Optiboot bootloader. While that doesn’t mean much to me on the surface other than fixing some timing issues with the default bootloader, I also noticed that it said “performs the same as an Arduino UNO when loading…” So I changed the Board setting from “Arduino Pro Mini” to “Uno” and the sketch uploaded no problems.

Now the real question is how do I program it if the pins aren’t as labeled in the schematic?