Hi there from a very newb on arduino or microcontrollers in general
Today I got my first Arduino, a Duemilanove, and tried it directly when I came back from work. I used the exact procedure as written in the "Getting started with Arduino" book by Massimo Banzi:
- downloaded "arduino-0012-win.zip" from arduino.cc
- extracted it
- plugged the Arduino with to my laptop by USB
- installed the drivers from "drivers\FTDI USB Drivers" directory (both low level driver and serial to USB converter)
- put a LED into GND + PIN13 with short lead to GND
- started Arduino IDE and tried to upload the blink sketch
Now here is where the problem is: The sketch is compiled but Arduino returns with Error:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
By googling I found that this probably means the connection between my PC and Arduino is not working properly.
What the Arduino does:
- Power LED is burning bright green
- The L LED and LED on PIN13 blink with a period of about 2.5 seconds (apparently this means the bootloader is on the chip)
- When pressing the reset button, the L and 13LED are only dark as long as the button is pressed but instantly go on blinking with first flash exactly when I release the button (shouldn't there be a delay of 2 seconds first?)
- If I unplug the USB cable (no power) and plug it in again, TX and RX LEDs do blink some times rapidly, then the L and 13 LEDs blink rapidly and finally go back to blinking once in 2.5 seconds
- If i try to upload a sketch, the L+13 LEDs do blink some times (2 or 3), then the RX LED does also blink about 3 times and then L+13 LEDs go on blinking as before (2.5 secs period)
So now I'd like to know if this is all normal for the Arduino (except the errors showing from avrdude) i.e. if I should search the error in my own PC/connection cable or if there's something wrong with the Arduino or the bootloader.
My system:
- I got a Lenovo X60 Tablet PC
- Windows XP with all current updates
- One real serial port (COM1) and two bluetooth stacks installed (COM4+COM5), USB Serial Port is on COM6 and selected in Arduino IDE
- Arduino Diecimila selected as Board in the IDE
- Arduino 0012 Alpha running
Hope there's any help possible. I'd not like to send it back and wait for another week or two until I can try it
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Kc