Hello!
I was originally going to write and complain that a guy named Murphy and a guy named Duff got together and did something annoying and a trifle foolish to the kit that I purchased yesterday from Microcenter in Brooklyn NY (Natch!)
Both this laptop and a related system run the same OS, and have much the same things installed. The Arduino IDE is over there as well. Please read the quote that I copied from my comment:
Well the board works when powered via the barrel power connector. However connecting it to a FTDI friend that was bought for a completely different project and instructing the Arduino software to believe its talking to a Uno produces this error: Binary sketch size: 1,084 bytes (of a 32,256 byte maximum) avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
Now what? Is it possible something is not quite right? I followed the instructions to the letter.
However… Just to make sure that those two didn’t do as they planned I setup the same jig on the other machine. I plugged in the Lady Ada FTDI Friend that I bought from Makershed during a previous Maker Faire and since it was plugged into the board it started running. Bringing up the IDE and confirming the board settings and then uploading the sketch politely called “blink” caused it to do that.
Any suggestions? Nice kit and it certainly looks better on a PCB then on a breadboard.
Doctor Who8
Gregg
Links R good. Why are you using a USB<->TTL serial converter (Lady Ada FTDI Friend) to d/l to the Redboard ? It should be able to handle comms via it’s own onboard USB<->TTL serial converter.
Mee_n_Mac:
Links R good. Why are you using a USB<->TTL serial converter (Lady Ada FTDI Friend) to d/l to the Redboard ? It should be able to handle comms via it’s own onboard USB<->TTL serial converter.
Hello!
An excellent question. The Redboard does not have its own adapter. It has the six pin positions of the serial adapter in question.
doctorwho8:
Mee_n_Mac:
Links R good. Why are you using a USB<->TTL serial converter (Lady Ada FTDI Friend) to d/l to the Redboard ? It should be able to handle comms via it’s own onboard USB<->TTL serial converter.
Hello!
An excellent question. The Redboard does not have its own adapter. It has the six pin positions of the serial adapter in question.
I'd say the Redboard does have its own adapter, but apparently the Redboard *kit* does not. Back to the problem ... was this consistent behavior or just every so often ? I find I have infrequent COM port errors w/my 32U4 based Arduino, and even less frequently the same w/my Uno. I've always blamed on Windows being Windows.
Mee_n_Mac:
doctorwho8:
Mee_n_Mac:
Links R good. Why are you using a USB<->TTL serial converter (Lady Ada FTDI Friend) to d/l to the Redboard ? It should be able to handle comms via it’s own onboard USB<->TTL serial converter.
Hello!
An excellent question. The Redboard does not have its own adapter. It has the six pin positions of the serial adapter in question.
I'd say the Redboard does have its own adapter, but apparently the Redboard *kit* does not. Back to the problem ... was this consistent behavior or just every so often ? I find I have infrequent COM port errors w/my 32U4 based Arduino, and even less frequently the same w/my Uno. I've always blamed on Windows being Windows.
Hello!
We are indeed talking about two completely different devices with the same name here I am talking about the Redboard PTH and you are talking about the regular one.
The differences are that the PTH model is delivered as a kit and the user is entitled to follow good instructions for assembling it. 
The other model arrives fully assembled possibly also wearing the “blink” sketch.
So in general given that they both use the same processor but different methods of being connected, it is indeed safe to continue on that premise alone.
Now what else do you have to offer?
SPF its now your turn.
Now what else do you have to offer?
L.O.L. Mac and I along with the others here are not Sparkfun employees. We do not get paid nor do we even get discounts. You will not get an answer any faster with that attitude. We are here voluntarily and do not appreciate that.
codlink:
Now what else do you have to offer?
L.O.L. Mac and I along with the others here are not Sparkfun employees. We do not get paid nor do we even get discounts. You will not get an answer any faster with that attitude. We are here voluntarily and do not appreciate that.
Sorry about that. I tend to get strongly (and rudely) kidded about my interests in electronics and the technology behind the computer screen and keyboard and mouse, by someone with similar attitudes. Naturally he thinks he was playing to the rest of the crowd at the gathering.
Sadly all of them were just as upset with him as I was, and they are all aware of it.
We can continue our discussions on the issue if you want to, or since the device is working, we can consider this issue solved.