Hi, so I am doing some electronics coursework for school doing a project that will involve a microcontroller. So I am thinking of using the ATMega328P, which is the through-hole chip on my arduino uno clone. However, the assessment criteria would frown upon using the arduino uno board to program the chip.
Here is [ATMega328P date sheet
So, rather than pay for a FTDI breakout board, I got a CP2102 from Silicon Labs for free (as my dad’s a software engineer). However I am having trouble getting it to program my chip and my dad is unable to spot the problem also. I have installed the drivers for it on my computer and it is showing up as COM6, when the code uploads it seems fine until I get these messages: {Error Messages} I connected it up as following:
CP2102 | Arduino
Vcc → Vin
Tx → Rx
Rx → Tx
Gnd → Gnd
So if anyone knows the problem, please let me know the solution. Thank you
UPDATE: Special thanks to /u/menth112, /u/rangita and /u/zooto68 for the help! :)](http://www.componentschip.com/details/Atmel/ATMEGA328P.html)