Why bourduino not work?

[adafruit]

does the red LED blink when attempting to upload

[toozie21]

Not to take over the thread, but I am having the EXACT same issues. My WIN7 64bit machine is giving me problems, my Win XP 32bit works out of the box. I think there is Win7 issue (at least on some machines)....

[adafruit_support_bill]

I haven't seen any problems with boarduinos on the 3 Win-7/64 machines here. I'm using DC boarduinos with an FTDI cable.

Does your computer show a new COM port device when you connect the Boarduino?

[toozie21]

Everything should be fine because I am not having any issues with the Sippino I have on the 64bit machine.

[adafruit_support_bill]

Are you using the same USB/Serial cable with both boards?
Is it the FTDI cable?

Post photos of the front & back of the boaqrd and we will check for any assembly issues.

[toozie21]

Yep, the exact same FTDI cable (I only own one) and drivers are up to date. Both boards work on my XP laptop, only Sippino works on my Win7. I tried just about every board type and they all give the same errors as the original poster. I am thinking there must be some sort of little nuance in Win7 that is only on certain PCs that is causing issues. Much like the original poster, I too had the RTS on close box checked in settings as well. I will try to get some pics out tonight.

[aaguilar4]

Hi guys,
I also have the exact same issue. I have tried both with and without the RTS on Close checkbox checked. Unfortunately I rely on Win7 installation fully. I do have linux, but I would need to swap hard drives every time I wanted to play on the boarduino.
Any updates with this issue? Red light blinks when I push the reset button. I am using an FTDI USB cable as well, connected as shown in the pictures on this http://www.ladyada.net/make/boarduino/use.html page.
My output after activating verbose upload:

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Binary sketch size: 1010 bytes (of a 30720 byte maximum)
C:\Users\User\Downloads\arduino\hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\User\Downloads\arduino\hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -P\\.\COM13 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\build4231098959012644807.tmp\Blink.cpp.hex:i

avrdude: Version 5.4-arduino, compiled on Oct 11 2007 at 19:12:32
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\User\Downloads\arduino\hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port            : \\.\COM13
         Using Programmer      : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate  : 57600
avrdude: ser_open(): setting dtr
avrdude: Send: 0 [30]   [20]
avrdude: Send: 0 [30]   [20]
avrdude: Send: 0 [30]   [20]
avrdude: Recv:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: Send: Q [51]   [20]
avrdude: Recv:
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Pictures of my boarduino are attached...
Thanks for the help!

[adafruit_support_bill]

Some of those jointsw are a bit solder-starved. In particular the FTDI connector header and the voltage regulator. Some of the cpu socket pins look like they could use a bit more also.

[toozie21]

My XP box started giving me the exact same problems that I was having on WIN7 (nothing changed) the other day, so I couldn't depend on that anymore. What I ended up doing as a workaround (after surfing the net for a while) was to hold the reset button down, hit the upload button on the GUI, and after it was done compiling let go, then it would download properly.

It seems to me that something is wonky with the FTDI part and the way the Arduino boots up. You think that there is an validity to that?

~Jason

[nocoloco]

RE: Windows 7

I encountered the exact protocol error mentioned at the start of this thread with USB-Boarduino.

I am running Windows 7 32-bit. I altered two settings.

1) In Aurduino 0015 Sketch, Compile and download app
Tools->Board-> Selected ATmega328 instead of ATmega168

2) In Windows
ControlPanel->DeviceManger->Ports->COM4 ( as mentiond I am using USB-Boarduino)
Selected Close RTS [ ] Check Box -- just as recommended here at adafruit.com

[nocoloco]

I encountered the exact protocol error mentioned at the start of this thread with USB-Boarduino.

I am running Windows 7 32-bit. Summary: Boarduino programming now working perfectly.
I altered just two settings...

1) In Aurduino 0015 Sketch, Compile and download app
Tools->Board-> Selected ATmega328 instead of ATmega168

2) In Windows
ControlPanel->DeviceManger->Ports->COM4
I changed Close_RTS [x] checkbox
(I marked the checkbox whereas it was previously was cleared)

[ChuckM]

1) In Aurduino 0015 Sketch, Compile and download app
Tools->Board-> Selected ATmega328 instead of ATmega168

Are you really running version 0015 of the Arduino code? If so then you have the wrong FTDI driver, it was updated in 0018 as I recall and the current version is 0021 or 0022 (this is the version of the Arduino software)

You can also get the latest driver from the FTDI web site, unpack it and the start up the Hardware Manager under Win7 and tell it you want to update the driver for the com port, then point it at the FTDI directory (don't have it look on the internet or use the existing driver)

--ChuckM

[bkuehner]

I just received and assembled a Boarduino, and I am having exactly the same problem (same log messages in verbose mode) under Windows XP, using an FTDI cable.
I have set Close_RTS and set the board type properly in the UI, but it still does not download.
To make it work, I have to press the reset button at the end of compilation, otherwise I get the error.
This happens whether or not C3 is installed, and I've tried both with and without external power.

It seems like after reset the bootloader only waits a few seconds before it starts running whatever is programmed into the board, and that the autoreset via the FTDI cable either isn't working or is happening at the wrong time.

[bkuehner]

Oops, I meant "C6", not "C3" in my last post.

[adafruit]

that capacitor must be installed, don't forget it! and try the latest IDE just in case