I agree, the VID/PID 2A03/0043 changes when you go to the DFU mode and I also loaded the .org firmware. At the first of the thread they were both trying to get drivers for the Atmega16u2 and the only time you should even see the 16u2 is when you are in DFU mode as far as I know.
Anyway, this has been driving me crazy as I have followed the thread and I tried to come up with something else to check.
Hello kprims and thanks for the suggestions. I mean what's the worst that I can do--break a broken board?
I would like to try the procedure using FLIP first, however the link that he gives for the FLIP app is not valid. When I click on http://www.atmel.com/tools/FLIP.aspx it takes me to https://www.microchip.com/.
I've tried searching the web and can't seem to find it. Can someone point me to FLIP?
The procedure from instructables uses point to point wiring and I don't have the female to female wires to make those connections.
So if I can find the FLIP app, I could try that. If someone could point to where I could get it I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Microchip broke all the old URLs after they bought Atmel.
krasnejv:
The procedure from instructables uses point to point wiring and I don't have the female to female wires to make those connections.
You can use male to female wires as well. You just need to make the right connections to the female headers on your Uno. There is a table on this page that shows the Arduino pins that correspond to each of the pins on the 2x3 ICSP header under the "Connections" section of this page:
I very much recommend buying a selection of the male to male, male to female, and female to female jumper wires. They come in very handy for playing with Arduino.
I haven't been on this thread since Friday evening...looks like there has been a lot of activity/progress since then.
I was also able to get my board to sort of work and open up the COM port and get Windows to "see" the Arduino board. However, when I get into the IDE and try to upload the Blink Sketch, it hangs and attempts to load the Sketch 10 times with no success. (see attached verbose text file that was saved and Device Manager and Hardware IDs)
Any ideas? I think my board has been damaged...what is interesting is the Green and L Yellow/Amber LED stay lit when plugging in the USB cable and also when I hit the Reset button.
I'll look at some of the previous posts here to see if there may be something there that may help with my issue.
I very much recommend buying a selection of the male to male, male to female, and female to female jumper wires. They come in very handy for playing with Arduino.
Thanks. I only have the bare-wire-end male to male that came with the kit. I'll have to get some of the others.
ingineer_74:
I haven't been on this thread since Friday evening...looks like there has been a lot of activity/progress since then.
Well, I don't know that you can call it progress, but activity for sure.
ingineer_74's Hardware_IDs.PNG:
So your board does not have the arduino.org VID/PID like krasnejv's board. In addition to my test with installing the drivers after installing the .org firmware on my Uno's ATmega16U2, that makes me think the .org VID/PID has nothing to do with the "A service installation section in this INF is invalid." error you both encountered.
ingineer_74's upload error:
Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM6 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\tjend\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_428674/Blink.ino.hex:i
avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM6
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x7f
avrdude done. Thank you.
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
So you do have the correct board and COM port selected (potential causes of this error).
Do you have any shield or wiring connected to your board? If so, disconnect it and try uploading to just the Uno alone.
If your Uno doesn't have one of those nifty plastic bases, make sure it's not sitting on any conductive object that could short out the contacts on the bottom of the board.
ingineer_74:
the Green and L Yellow/Amber LED stay lit when plugging in the USB cable and also when I hit the Reset button.
Anyway, I’m not using anything connected to the board such as shields or any wiring...just the board as stand-alone as pulled right out of the starter kit box. I place it directly on top of its little box to ensure it’s not sitting on anything conductive.
As for the L LED, it never blinks when hitting the Reset button(or plugging in usb cable). Stays solid yellow.
However, when I try to load the Blink example sketch, it never finishes the upload and gives the results in the attached text file. So I guess I'm at the same place that ingineer_74 is. The board is stand-alone on the plastic mount. Could it be that the microprocessor needs to be flashed also?
Thanks for the information. I'm sorry that I put you through the extra work. I realized after I posted that I should have looked it up myself (Google it, dummy!!!). Anyway, thanks again for the links.
I tried installing the bootloader with no success. I carefully checked the wiring as given in the Arduino Web page. I was able to load the ISP sketch to the programmer board, but when I burn bootloader it stops with an error.
One thing--the chip on my good board is an ATmega328P-PU and the chip on the target board is an ATmega328P U. I see from another source on YouTube Burn a Bootloader onto Arduino Uno - YouTube that there is a file called avrdude.conf where a HEX number might need to be changed. If I am reading his table correctly, a "0x0F" needs to be changed to "0x14" in the file. I tried changing that value, but then the Arduino as ISP sketch gave an error while uploading.
The L LED should blink rapidly after releasing the Reset button. If it doesn't, you probably need to re-burn the boot-loader for the m328p chip.
If you got the bootloader burned, the L Led should be working correctly.
Most Arduinos need the 10uF capacitor again. Seems what goes around comes around. They changed to using -c arduino a couple of IDE issues ago and this resets the "Arduino as ISP" if we are missing the capacitor.