Problems with programing MINIPOV2

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rob k
 
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Problems with programing MINIPOV2

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I have had the MINIPOV2 for the last year or so. I recently built a new computer and it does not have a serial or parallel port on it. It is a Windows Vista 32B. I bought a USB to serial cable that also has a serial to parallel converter. I plug the minipov in and it does not light up but when I try to program it it looks like it tries to start programing and one of the LEDs starts blinking. 6th LED down from the side that has the power.

In the command window thingy it get stuck in this line for 40 seconds or so.

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c:\minipov>make program-mypov
avrdude -p attiny2313 -P com9    -c dasa -U flash:w:mypov.hex
Then I get this

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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.

make: *** [program-mypov] Error 1

c:\minipov>
I used the instructions for the MiniPOV2 for this. Do I need to use the instructions for the MiniPOV3 to get this to work?

Rob

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Re: Problems with programing MINIPOV2

Post by mtbf0 »

how's this serial to parallel converter work? never heard of such a thing. if it's just a db9 to db25 adapter, forget it.

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Re: Problems with programing MINIPOV2

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there is pretty much no way its going to work through a usb2parallel converter

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Re: Problems with programing MINIPOV2

Post by rob k »

ladyada wrote:there is pretty much no way its going to work through a usb2parallel converter
Well I'm going USB->Serial->Parallel.

Guess I'm out a few bucks then for the Female/ Female DB25 adapter. I still need the USB to serial for another project.

The MiniPOV will not be forgotten . Ill use it on my older computer, but not as often as I would like to.

Any way to work with the serial port and just use a socketed breadboard?

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Re: Problems with programing MINIPOV2

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USB->Serial->Parallel is even worse!
you could try to build your own minipov3, check the minipov3 project page

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