Hi all, I finished building my x0xb0x, and it appears to be working fine. What I'm having trouble with is getting the firmware onto the darn thing. I've followed the instructions for installing all the java components, but when I try to load the hex file I get the following messages in the COM window:
Read C:\DOCUME~1\Phoebe\Desktop\x0xb0x-1_03.hex
trying to open port COM3 at 19200bps
trying to open port COM1 at 19200bps
Failed to find AVR board
I've been trying and retrying all this for the past couple of hours and I'm going crazy. I have no idea what could be wrong. I don't know if it helps or not, but I'm running windows xp pro and I have the latest java runtime environment. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Need bootloader/Java help
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I've tried this (again), which is basically the same thing I already did a few times, and it's still not connecting. I'm just going to try to do it on my roommate's eMac and see if I can get it to work there. I am totally unfamiliar with doing any of this java business (I don't do any programming) so I have no way of diagnosing what's wrong.
I'm mean with a soldering iron though! *shrug*
I'm mean with a soldering iron though! *shrug*
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hey did you ever solve this?
you might be albe to check if transmission from x0xb0x--->usb is working by connecting hyperterminal to the com port and turn the tempo knob.
this should output some characters. then atleast you know usb_tx is working.
also, using the same terminal connection you can use a scope to probe the usb_rx in on the mcu pin3 to see if you get any pulses 5v from the usb chip if you press some keys in the terminal program. (the keys are transmitted when you press them)
on the mac you can do the same using Terminal.app:
receive data from x0xb0x:
cat /dev/tty.usbserial-0B1 (or something like that)
send random data to x0xb0x
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/tty.usbserial-0B1
hth
you might be albe to check if transmission from x0xb0x--->usb is working by connecting hyperterminal to the com port and turn the tempo knob.
this should output some characters. then atleast you know usb_tx is working.
also, using the same terminal connection you can use a scope to probe the usb_rx in on the mcu pin3 to see if you get any pulses 5v from the usb chip if you press some keys in the terminal program. (the keys are transmitted when you press them)
on the mac you can do the same using Terminal.app:
receive data from x0xb0x:
cat /dev/tty.usbserial-0B1 (or something like that)
send random data to x0xb0x
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/tty.usbserial-0B1
hth
Nope, I still haven't solved it yet. I will try this, but I'm also going to try completely reinstalling the java components. I have no experience with that stuff at all, so I strongly suspect I made a mistake somewhere with that.wires wrote:hey did you ever solve this?
you might be albe to check if transmission from x0xb0x--->usb is working by connecting hyperterminal to the com port and turn the tempo knob.
this should output some characters. then atleast you know usb_tx is working.
Thanks!
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