Hi, I soldered together a Menta according to the instructions. The solder joints all look good. When I plug in external or USB power, the green power LED lights up. But when I press the reset button, nothing happens. (I understand from the instructions that the red LED should flash.) When I try to upload a sketch, I get the following error:
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
How should I go about troubleshooting the device?
Cannot upload sketches to Menta
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
Are you attempting to use this with the Arduino IDE? How are you connecting to the menta? FTDI friend/FTDI cable? Have you selected the correct serial port in the IDE?
Post clear, detailed, focused pictures of both sides of the Menta board.
Post clear, detailed, focused pictures of both sides of the Menta board.
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
Thanks for your hints!
- I'm using the Arduino IDE.
- I'm connecting with an FTDI cable
- The correct serial port is set.
My sister is making hi-res pictures of the board, I'll post them as soon as I get them. The solder joints look perfectly OK to me.
- I'm using the Arduino IDE.
- I'm connecting with an FTDI cable
- The correct serial port is set.
My sister is making hi-res pictures of the board, I'll post them as soon as I get them. The solder joints look perfectly OK to me.
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
Here are two pictures of the board:
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
Hmmm ... that all looks good.
Try the procedure outlined here:
http://joekanedesign.com/blog/2012/11/a ... -solution/
Try the procedure outlined here:
http://joekanedesign.com/blog/2012/11/a ... -solution/
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
Tried it a couple of times, didn't work The red LED blinks once, almost exactly when the stk500_recv() error message appears on screen. Any more ideas?
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Re: Cannot upload sketches to Menta
If the red led is not flashing on reset, you may have a bad (or missing) boot loader (the assembly looks fine). Contact [email protected] with a link to this thread and ask for a replacement Menta processor.
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