HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

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HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:27 pm

I got the minipov from a kit, but I am going to make it into a brain machine. I have a mac os x and using an adapter cable. The lights light up when I turn it on but when I plug it in and type in "avrdude -p t2313 -c dasa -P /dev/cu.PL2303-0000101D" it just says

avrdude: AVR device not responding
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.


avrdude done. Thank you.

What do I do?

I am a beginner in programming.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby adafruit » Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:35 pm

did you use the updated PL2302 driver we suggest?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:03 pm

Yea, I did.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:13 pm

I also set the delay to 5000.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby adafruit » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:33 pm

is it on? do you see any blinkin' lights?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby FehnrirX » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:11 am

Sorry, but i have the same trouble here. I make my MiniPOV by myself, not from kit. I use AtTiny2313 and serial port, not usb. Once i plug the serial cable, the second LED is turn on, but when i turn on the battery pack (2), it's off. When i enter the command, it's said "AVR device not responding"
What should i do?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:45 am

Yes, when I turn the device on, it lights up.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby adafruit » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:44 am

make sure the minipov is powered when you try to program it - turn on the battery pack.
next, when you try to program it, some LEDs should blink...do they?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:27 pm

When I type in "avrdude -p t2313 -c dasa -P /dev/cu.PL2303-0000101D" and hit enter, the lights keep flashing as they always have.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby adafruit » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:12 pm

hmm, if you plug it in but dont try to program, do ALL the LEDs blink? if not, how many?
if you try to program it, how many LEDs blink?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:38 pm

When I plug it in but not program, the four leds that I stuffed light up. Same for when I try to program it.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:39 pm

I have only soldered four leds.
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby mtbf0 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:23 pm

sounds like its not going into reset. check the soldering on d3, r11 and pin 7 on the serial connector. might as well check all the soldering, but concentrate on the three diodes, r10-12, and the serial connector. got any nice, in focus, pictures of the board?
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:22 pm

Yeah, R 12 looks funky. I'll check that
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Re: HELP! MiniPOV3 not working

Postby tardis fan » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:36 pm

Well, I re soldered that and it worked! But... now when I type in "make program-alt_leds" it says
make: *** No rule to make target `program-alt_leds'. Stop.

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