[2.0.2] IDE not detecting bootloader problem. 1.8.19 does

Development Tools IDE 2.x
1

Hi,
I'm having a strange problem with an Uno clone with an SD card. IDE 2 uploads the blink sketch fine. Board's serial leds are blinking but the board have not been updated since the blink interval doesn't change.

I tried this in 1.8.19 and there I get an error message which seems to indicate a bootloader problem.

IDE 1.8 reports an error

Arduino: 1.8.19 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Uno"

Sketch uses 922 bytes (2%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.

C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM10 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_848852/Testing_zone.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM10
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack

           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------

           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : Arduino
         Description     : Arduino
         Hardware Version: 3
         Firmware Version: 4.4
         Vtarget         : 0.3 V
         Varef           : 0.3 V
         Oscillator      : 28.800 kHz
         SCK period      : 3.3 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions


Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s


avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f (probably m328p)

avrdude: reading input file "C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_848852/Testing_zone.ino.hex"

avrdude: writing flash (922 bytes):


Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.13s


avrdude: 922 bytes of flash written

avrdude: verifying flash memory against C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_848852/Testing_zone.ino.hex:

avrdude: load data flash data from input file C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_848852/Testing_zone.ino.hex:

avrdude: input file C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_848852/Testing_zone.ino.hex contains 922 bytes

avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:



Reading | #####################################An error occurred while uploading the sketch

############# | 100% 0.13s



avrdude: verifying ...

avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0042

         0x13 != 0x12

avrdude: verification error; content mismatch



avrdude done.  Thank you.

IDE 2 reports a successful upload

Sketch uses 922 bytes (2%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
"C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-CC:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -V -patmega328p -carduino "-PCOM10" -b115200 -D "-Uflash:w:C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino-sketch-298AED0EF8461EE7075A79F63C31B0D9/Testing_zone.ino.hex:i"

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM10
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : Arduino
         Description     : Arduino
         Hardware Version: 3
         Firmware Version: 4.4
         Vtarget         : 0.3 V
         Varef           : 0.3 V
         Oscillator      : 28.800 kHz
         SCK period      : 3.3 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f (probably m328p)
avrdude: reading input file "C:\Users\wezz\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino-sketch-298AED0EF8461EE7075A79F63C31B0D9/Testing_zone.ino.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (922 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.13s

avrdude: 922 bytes of flash written

avrdude done.  Thank you.
2

Looks like IDE 2 is not preforming a verify operation.
Do you have the latest version of IDE 2?

3

I don't seem to find the nightly builds so I can't try with the latest, but there aren't many commits since 2.0.2.

EDIT: Oh wait now I found them!

EDIT 2: Yeah same thing happens with nightly-20221120

avrdude: 922 bytes of flash written

avrdude done.  Thank you.
4

Has the UNO clone worked properly in the past, or is this the first time you are using it? If it is new there might be a hardware problem, or a problem with the bootloader (no telling what version of the bootloader a clone might have).

5

I haven't used it much. Only used it to update the bootloader for an older Nano board. Then I just uploaded the blink sketch to it to clear the bootloader burning program. That was last winter using IDE 2 rc2 or something. Hope that didn't brick it. Blink sketch is working fine though :sweat_smile: but I want to have other uses for it other than a visual second counter

6

In IDE 2, there is an option in preferences for "Verify code after upload", see if that is selected.

7

See there, now it also gives an error. Thanks you! No problem with IDE 2 after all it seems

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0042
         0x13 != 0x12
avrdude: verification error; content mismatch

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1

Guess I just need to figure out what to do with this board now

EDIT: Others have had similar problems with their Unos but fixed it by reburning the bootloader. Will that clear out the possibility to use the onboard SD I wonder?

8

Could try re-burning the bootloader to the board, hopefully the on-board SD card hardware will not interfere with that.

9

Wouldn't think it would interfere with being able to use the SD card, that is usually just an SPI interface with 5V to 3.3V buffers.

10

Yeah you are correct:
https://www.elecrow.com/wiki/index.php?title=Crowduino_Uno-SD

Then I dare to try re-burning the bootloader.

EDIT: Bootloader burnt and now the Uno is working again :+1: