I ordered a new Arduino NG from Sparkfun and like many others, I am having trouble getting it to work under Windows XP. I have tried the steps from the various posts in the forum, none of which seem to help. I consistently get "Programmer is not responding".
- Hardware & OS:
- Toshiba M200, WinXP, USB 2.0
- Fujitsu B2620, WinXP, USB 1.1
- Fujitsu P1510D, WinXP, USB 2.0
- Baud rate:
- 9600
- 19200
Made corresponding changes both in Device Manager for the port and in %APPDATA%\Arduino\Preferences.txt. Made sure Arduino was closed when editing the file.
- Arduino versions:
- Arduino 0006
- Arduino 0004
- Pressed reset button...
- ... simultaneously with Ctrl-U (Same as clicking the Upload button)
- ... 1 second before Ctrl-U
- ... 2 seconds before Ctrl-U
- ... 1 second after Ctrl-U
- ... 2 seconds after Ctrl-U
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Uninstalled and reinstalled serial port
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Power options
- External power (12V)
- USB power
- Parity:
- Even
- Odd
- None
- Flow control: none, Data bits: 8, Stop bits: 1
This is the behavior I observe with LED on pin 13 (I suppose 'L' is the same as the LED on pin 13) and ground:
a) Plugged into power:
- TX & RX blink
- PWR lights up
- L and LED blink, then after 9 seconds start blinking at c:a 3 Hz.
b) Press reset button:
- L and LED blink, then after 9 seconds start blinking at c:a 3 Hz.
c) Press reset button and performing an upload:
- RX blinks after a little delay, disregarding whether upload was done before or after reset
- About 3 seconds after RX blinks, the IDE reports "Programmer is not responding."
( * L and LED blink, then after 9 seconds start blinking at c:a 3 Hz. )
I really can't think of anything else to try -- except perhaps trying it on a Mac, but that is not an option.
Any suggestions? Does it sound like the board is broken?
Thanks!