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I built my "uno" following the tutorial @ http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Arduino-or-The-DIY-Duino/
I have been trying to upload a sketch to it but keep getting avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x30.
I have checked for shorts and haven't found any. I have it wired up like found @ http://www.modsbyus.com/use-the-ftdi-basic-breakout-board-to-program-an-atmega328p-pu-with-optiboot/
My chip does have optiboot bootloader installed.
 If I pull the atmega328p-pu and breadboard it, then I can upload just fine. I've attached pictures of the top and bottom of my board for reference. Thanks!

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It doesn't look like that board has the "auto reset" capability, so a successful upload is dependent on careful (or lucky) timing of manually pressing the reset switch.  Are you doing that?

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The one on the instructables doesn't have a female header on pin 1, but mine does. I think that's what you mean. Mine has a female header on pin 1 and is also pulled high by a 10K resister. Also, I have added a 10K resister to pins 2 and 3 (tx and rx). Basically, the board is a duplicate of the breadboard with oscillator @ http://www.modsbyus.com/use-the-ftdi-basic-breakout-board-to-program-an-atmega328p-pu-with-optiboot/
minus the female headers.

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Those photos are incredibly blurred. And the lighting?

Nice idea, how did you drill the holes? I tried to make a circuit board, that part went OK but drilling holes in a straight line was pretty-much impossible.

I can't comment on why you can't upload as it is more-or-less impossible to see what you have done exactly, sorry.

This page might help, perhaps:  http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=11637

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Sorry about the image quality. Here are some new pictures. Better lighting and not blurry. I drilled the holes by hand with a dremmel.

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I just looked over everything on the link you gave me. As far as I can tell I have everything in order based on what you have there. I have been to your site many times and used the resources there. Great site. I don't have a problem uploading a sketch on a breadboard, just on this board. From what I can tell, this seems to be a reset issue. If I remove the 328 and breadboard it, then program it with a sketch that has serial output, I can see the output in a serial monitor. So, I know that part is working. In the picture you will notice that I don't have a reset button. That is because I removed it to be sure the wasn't an issue with the button.  However, before I removed the button I did try, for quite some time, to do a manual reset. That was also unsuccessful.

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The one on the instructables doesn't have a female header on pin 1, but mine does. I think that's what you mean. Mine has a female header on pin 1 and is also pulled high by a 10K resister. Also, I have added a 10K resister to pins 2 and 3 (tx and rx). Basically, the board is a duplicate of the breadboard with oscillator @ http://www.modsbyus.com/use-the-ftdi-basic-breakout-board-to-program-an-atmega328p-pu-with-optiboot/
minus the female headers.

The link you have shown using the oscillator is WRONG.  The capacitors on the crystal should be 22pf not 22 microfarads.

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Are you using the reset capacitor? If not, I think you indeed have a problem with resetting it.

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The link you have shown using the oscillator is WRONG.  The capacitors on the crystal should be 22pf not 22 microfarads.

Hopefully they are 22 pF. They look a bit small for 22 uF.

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JodO: The caps are 22pf.
Nick: I am using the reset cap. It is in series with dtr on my breadboard.

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Hard to say what is wrong then. Try measuring voltages. I don't suppose you have a scope or logic analyzer? I would be checking reset is being brought low temporarily, and that you see data on the Tx/Rx lines.

Also you could set the "CLKOUT" fuse and check that the clock is running.

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I wish I had an oscilloscope! However, I don't. I will check that reset is being pulled low, but that wont be till tomorrow unfortunately. I just don't understand why it would pull low while on the breadboard but not on the board I made. We will see what further testing shows tomorrow. Till then, Thanks for your help.

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Ok, so.. The reset pin is being pulled low. I have tried using various valued caps in series with the DTR and also tried using a 10K resister to ground with the series cap, and have gotten no where. If I remove the DTR wire from the reset pin then I get avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00. Any other suggestions?

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Any chance you have Rx & Tx swapped?

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I wish it were that simple. I have rx to pin 3 and tx to pin 2.