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I have been attempting to update the firmware on my Uno R3 by following the instructions here: http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/DFUProgramming8U2

The instructions say to briefly bridge the rest pin with the ground pin. The problem is, those instructions are for resetting the Atmega8U2, NOT the Atmega16U2 on the R3 which has a  "Stronger RESET circuit." What parts of the board do I connect to reset the 16U2 chip on my UNO R3?

UNO Rev 3: http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Main/ArduinoUno_R3_Front.jpg

[Reply #1 on:]

Briefly connecting ground and reset on the ISP header works for me. I connect them for about one second.

So you tried it and the board didn't go into DFU mode?

[Reply #2 on:]

Okay, I connected the two metal pins sticking up closest to the USB connector, and the serial port no longer shows my UNO so I assume that I reset the 16u2 chip (the power light still comes on when I connect over USB). However, the instructions are to enter sudo dfu-programmer at90usb82 erase into the terminal window, but again that's for the 8u2 chip not the 16u2. Entering sudo dfu-programmer at90usb162 erase returns the error message dfu-programmer: no device present.

This post http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=25146 suggests that I may have to edit the dfu-programmer SOURCE to get it to recognize the 16u2

[Reply #3 on:]

Ah yes, dfu-programmer 0.5.4 does not know about the atmega16u2 and the developers don't seem to have updated it yet.

Download the dfu-programmer source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dfu-programmer/files, apply the attached patch and build your own:

Code:

tar xzf ~/Downloads/dfu-programmer-0.5.4.tar.gz
cd dfu-programmer-0.5.4
patch -p0 < ~/Downloads/atmega16u2.diff

# Make sure you have the tools needed to build it
sudo apt-get install build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev

# configure and build it
./bootstrap.sh
./configure
make

# install it
sudo make install

Now you should be able to do this:

Code:

sudo dfu-programmer atmega16u2 erase

[Reply #4 on:]

Thanks so much for your help dhunt. Here is the terminal output when I try to run the code:

Jacks-MacBook-Pro:Downloads JackBookPro$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/dfu-programmer-0.5.4.tar.gz
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:Downloads JackBookPro$ cd dfu-programmer-0.5.4
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:dfu-programmer-0.5.4 JackBookPro$ patch -p0 < ~/Downloads/atmega16u2.diff
patching file src/arguments.c
patching file src/arguments.h
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:dfu-programmer-0.5.4 JackBookPro$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev
sudo: apt-get: command not found


Upon further investigation, it appears as though I need to install the libsub-1.0-0-dev library, which I found online here: http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/libusb-1-0-0-released-td6100.html Upon downloading libusb-1.0.0.tar.bz2, unpacking it and following the included installation instructions, I get this:

Jacks-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ cd Downloads/libusb-1.0.0
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:libusb-1.0.0 JackBookPro$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin11.3.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin11.3.0
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... no
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
checking for nmedit... nmedit
checking for lipo... lipo
checking for otool... otool
checking for otool64... no
checking for -single_module linker flag... yes
checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin11.3.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking operating system... configure: error: unsupported operating system

Does this mean that OSX Lion 10.7.3 does not support the libsub-1.0-0-dev library needed to rebuild the dfu-programmer?

[Reply #5 on:]

Ok I gave you instructions for the wrong OS, sorry.  I've built it on OSX 10.6.8 without problems (the patch still applies the same way with patch -p0), I'll give it a go tonight on a lion VM with 10.7.3.

I use MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/) as a package manger on my Mac to get easy access to ported libraries and apps.

[Reply #6 on:]

I wasn't able to get the xcode install completed on my lion system tonight - it wants to spend 2 hours downloading for some reason.

But on 10.6.8 I built and installed this libusb version without any problems: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/files/libusb-1.0/libusb-1.0.8/libusb-1.0.8.tar.bz2/download.  Do the usual ./configure; make; sudo make install.

After that you should be able to build dfu-programmer.

[Reply #7 on:]

I got the dfu-programmer to build on OSX Lion 10.7.3 with the following steps:

• Install Xcode 4.3 from the Appstore
• Install Xcode command line tools from Xcode preferences (see https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_3.html).
• Tell Xcode where Xcode is installed: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app
• Set up a link for the missing clang executable: cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin; sudo ln -s clang llvm-gcc; cd -
• Install macports from http://www.macports.org/
• Install autoconf tools via macports: sudo port install pkgconfig automake
• Install libusb via macports: sudo port install libusb-devel
• Configure and build dfu-programmer: cd dfu-programmer-0.5.4; ./bootstrap.sh; ./configure; ./make; ./sudo make install

After this you should be pretty much set for building other packages and tools too. You can also search for available packages using the macports search command.

For example:
port search libusb
libusb @1.0.8 (devel)
    library for USB device access

libusb-compat @0.1.3 (devel)
    library for USB device access

libusb-devel @1.0.8.20101017 (devel)
    library for USB device access

libusb-legacy @0.1.12 (devel)
    Library providing access to USB devices

[Reply #8 on:]

I can't thank you enough for all of your help! I installed Xcode and the command line tools and tried to execute the code you gave me, but I made a mistake; I ran the sudo port install pkgconfig automake command before putting in sudo ln -s clang llvm-gcc and then -cd:

Jack-Wolfes-MacBook-Pro:bin JackBookPro$ cd
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:bin JackBookPro$ sudo port install pkgconfig automake
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider using selfupdate
--->  Computing dependencies for pkgconfig
--->  Cleaning pkgconfig
--->  Computing dependencies for automake
--->  Dependencies to be installed: autoconf help2man p5.12-locale-gettext m4
--->  Fetching archive for p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Attempting to fetch p5.12-locale-gettext-1.50.0_6.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Fetching p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Attempting to fetch gettext-1.05.tar.gz from http://ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Locale
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Extracting p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Applying patches to p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Configuring p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Building p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Staging p5.12-locale-gettext into destroot
--->  Installing p5.12-locale-gettext @1.50.0_6
--->  Activating p5.12-locale-gettext @1.50.0_6
--->  Cleaning p5.12-locale-gettext
--->  Fetching archive for help2man
--->  Attempting to fetch help2man-1.40.4_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/help2man
--->  Fetching help2man
--->  Attempting to fetch help2man-1.40.4.tar.gz from http://ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for help2man
--->  Extracting help2man
--->  Configuring help2man
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Error: Failed to install help2man
Log for help2man is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_help2man/help2man/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: autoconf help2man m4
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

After that, I tried switching back to the main directory but I kept getting the same error:

Jack-Wolfes-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:bin JackBookPro$ sudo ln -s clang llvm-gcc
ln: llvm-gcc: File exists
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:bin JackBookPro$ cd -
/Users/JackBookPro
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ sudo port install pkgconfig automake
--->  Computing dependencies for pkgconfig
--->  Cleaning pkgconfig
--->  Computing dependencies for automake
--->  Dependencies to be installed: autoconf help2man m4
--->  Configuring help2man
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Error: Failed to install help2man
Log for help2man is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_help2man/help2man/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: autoconf help2man m4
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Jacks-MacBook-Pro:~ JackBookPro$ sudo port install libusb-devel
--->  Computing dependencies for libusb-devel
Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install libusb-devel because conflicting ports are installed: libusb

Do you know what these errors mean, and how I can avoid encountering them? I've attached the main.log file referenced in the above code. Please excuse my limited knowledge of programming; I'm a much better digital artist than I am a coder.

[Reply #9 on:]

It might be easiest to just uninstall macports and install it again. http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html

Make sure running clang from a terminal works before you install it.

[Reply #10 on:]

hi,
i had kind of the same problem.
my uno r3 stopped responding after setting the baudrate to 14400 and started to create a new serial (/dev/ttyACM*) port with each reset.
i did patch and build the dfu-programmer with the mentioned patch but when it comes to flashing the firmware i get a parsing error:
>>sudo dfu-programmer atmega16u2 flash unor3.hex
Error parsing the line.
Something went wrong with creating the memory image.
(i renamed the the *.hex for being lazy in the typing area).

>>uname -a
Linux laptopanatol2 2.6.32-39-generic #86-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 13 21:47:32 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux

the lsusb returns a "03eb:2fef Atmel Corp" device (instead of the unnamed 2341:0043 which used to be the arduino)
and dmesg confirms the "full speed USB device"

the erase command with dfu-programmer went just fine and that was the last i heard from the arduino.

any idea if i got the wrong firmware or if the patch went wrong? (the one i used was "Arduino-usbserial-atmega16u2-Uno-Rev3.hex" from the git)

[Reply #11 on:]

Code:

tar xzf ~/Downloads/dfu-programmer-0.5.4.tar.gz
cd dfu-programmer-0.5.4
patch -p0 < ~/Downloads/atmega16u2.diff

# Make sure you have the tools needed to build it
sudo apt-get install build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev

# configure and build it
./bootstrap.sh
./configure

bootstrap succeeds, but configure fails with:
./configure: line 3588: syntax error near unexpected token `LIBUSB_1_0,'
./configure: line 3588: `  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBUSB_1_0,  libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.0 , have_libusb_1_0=yes, have_libusb_1_0=no)'

This is on Debian 6.
Help?

[Reply #12 on:]

hodwy,
it seems to me that you have the *dev lib installed but not libusb itself.
just do the sudo apt-get install libusb (don't remember the package name right now but you could use aptitude to search for it)
recompile again and it should go fine

[Reply #13 on:]

hodwy,
it seems to me that you have the *dev lib installed but not libusb itself.
just do the sudo apt-get install libusb (don't remember the package name right now but you could use aptitude to search for it)
recompile again and it should go fine

That would be weird. Installing the dev lib should install the base lib also.  E.g. apt-rdepends output for libusb-1.0-0-dev:
libusb-1.0-0-dev
  Depends: libc-dev
  Depends: libc6-dev
  Depends: libusb-1.0-0 (= 2:1.0.8-4)

I would think it more likely that libusb-1.0-0-dev and libusb-1.0-0 is not installed.

Running "dpkg -l | grep libusb" would be one way to check.

[Reply #14 on:]

right you are dhunt,
but you never know
it turns out that my *.hex was corrupted
i got the right one now and the flashing went fine
never the less, the arduino, even with the new bootloader, still doesn't respond to the arduino ide.
i've got the /dev/ttyACM0, the ide reports it correctly, but when it comes to uploading i get a java error:


Experimental:  JNI_OnLoad called.
Stable Library
=========================================
Native lib Version = RXTX-2.1-7
Java lib Version   = RXTX-2.1-7
RXTX Warning:  Removing stale lock file. /var/lock/LCK..ttyACM0
processing.app.SerialException: Error opening serial port '/dev/ttyACM0'.
   at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:146)
   at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:91)
   at processing.app.SerialMonitor.openSerialPort(SerialMonitor.java:204)
   at processing.app.Editor.handleSerial(Editor.java:2415)
   at processing.app.EditorToolbar.mousePressed(EditorToolbar.java:352)
   at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6200)
   at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
   at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5968)
   at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2105)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4564)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2163)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4390)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4461)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4122)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4055)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2149)
   at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4390)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:649)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:96)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:608)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:606)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:105)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:116)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:622)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:620)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:105)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:619)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:275)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:200)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:190)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:185)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:177)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
Caused by: gnu.io.UnsupportedCommOperationException: Invalid Parameter
   at gnu.io.RXTXPort.setSerialPortParams(RXTXPort.java:171)
   at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:136)
   ... 35 more

 anyone got an idea?
might it be a mixup between processing and arduino libs?

edit (just a few hours later)
sorry about filling it up
a very strange thing happened with the user permissions
i had to re-add myself to the dialout group to get r/w access to the /dev/ttyACM* and still i have no clue wtf happend.