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minipov4 not working help

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Hi ,
I am an experiencied builder of kits , I put the minipov4 together and it does not do anything , the microcontroller should be programmed correct ? the reset pin is high (logic 1) I see oscillations ont the resonator and the power look ok 4.7V is there any signals that can tell me if the controller is alive and programmed

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Re: minipov4 not working help

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Please post clear, detailed pictures of both sides of the board, showing your soldering and assembly

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Re: minipov4 not working help

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rick ,
the micro controller was unprogrammed , nowhere in you detailed assemble or terse test procedure or anywhere else I could read does it say you need to program the micro I didnt have one since I was unaware , then I was able to cobble something up from another programmer and get it to program , once I did that with the .hex file I found on the one web site It did actually start to work (blink) , I then down loaded all the software involved and installed the drivers ,the pc saw it and I thought all was well unfortunately once I did that I made it all the way through until I wanted to upload one of the "test" images then I failed on the upload with the pop up " averdude" file is not a system or batch file and died , all the lights do is blink from the .hex file program .after the 9 or 12 hours I spent I gave up and will persue some other project for my daughter.
funny thing her project was on art not electronics ,I thought ot was a cool project to do and learn but she will do some other type now.

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Re: minipov4 not working help

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I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I can offer you a refund on the MiniPOV. Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread for a refund

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