so I am having some issues... I think...
reading online I got the pin outs... Not sure if it is right
I do not get any error when it's done uploading but it doesn't seem to output what I want.
the wiring is below
[2560]---[mini pro]
[5v]-----[VCC]
[GND]---[GND]
[30]-----[reset]
[50]-----[12] MISO
[51]-----[11] MOSI
[52]-----[13] SCK
as far as the IDE
Version 1.0
have the Tools -> Board -> "Arduino Mega 2560 or Mega ADK" checked
have the Tools -> Programmer -> "Arduino as ISP" checked
Tried the code on the mega 2560 and worked fine
Also want to double check the PWM pins for the mini pro are 5,6,9,10, and 11
I am programming the Pro Mini, I've tried changing to Tools>Board>Arduino Pro or Pro Mini
now I get the error "avrdude stk500_getsync() not in sync resp=0x00"
Try a 1uf capacitor between reset and ground on the Mega. This was the only way I could get the Mega to not auto-reset on a serial connection and successfully program another board.
EDIT: Make sure you program the Mega with the ArduinoISP sketch before adding the capacitor.
Changed the heartbeat delay from 40 to 20, still got the same response, tried to add the cap on the mega 2560 between Ground and reset... tried 0.1 uf and 10uf per another forums suggestion. I am still having the same issue.
I've tried changing the baud rate in the ArduinoISP sketch to 19200 per instructable blog
I get a message about expected signature.
I have tried this on two different Mega's 2560 and 3 different Pro Mini's
I have change/verified the wiring to match that of the ArduinoISP sketch.
I really do appreciate the help. I am tempted to give this a break for a while.
If you post more details (like the actual error message instead of "message about expected signature") we can probably help you get the ATmega2560 working as a programmer.
Got it to work finally.
on the mega I have a cap 4.7 uf between reset and ground... it seems every time I want to flash the pro mini I have to burn the boot loader.
as far as the code on the 2560 I left the delay at 20 and the baud at 19200 as mention in a earlier response.