# Alvik, IDE 2 with C++ **URL:** \ **Category:** Alvik\ **Created:** [August 21, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688 "2025-08-21T19:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/notthesharpestspooninthedrawer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/1 "2025-08-21T19:27:22Z")
I’ve just bought an Alvik. The out-of-box experience wasn’t great - the battery had discharged well below the minimum, and was dead. Luckily, I have spares. Using Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, “lsusb” shows “Bus 005 Device 015: ID 2341:056b Arduino SA Nano ESP32” when the board is plugged into my laptop. My username is a member of “dialout”. I’ve jumpered pin B1 to GND, and in the IDE selected “esptool” as the programmer, and set the board to “Arduino Nano ESP32” and the port to “/dev/ttyACM0”, but when I click “upload using programmer” for the “drive” example, the IDE runs through the compilation process, then ```arduino Sketch uses 335861 bytes (10%) of program storage space. Maximum is 3145728 bytes. Global variables use 31912 bytes (9%) of dynamic memory, leaving 295768 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes. esptool.py v4.5.1 Serial port /dev/ttyACM0 Connecting...................................... A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32-S3: No serial data received. For troubleshooting steps visit: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/en/latest/troubleshooting.html Failed programming: uploading error: exit status 2 ``` Yes, the board is powered, yes, I’ve hit reset. Yes, the jumper is pressed in. Anyone familiar with this sort of thing? ---
**Author:** ![BitSeeker](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/bitseeker/32/1241632_2.png) [@BitSeeker](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/BitSeeker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/2 "2025-08-21T23:01:26Z")
Did you turn the Alvik off? ---
**Author:** ![xfpd](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/xfpd/32/1120236_2.png) [@xfpd](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/xfpd)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/3 "2025-08-21T23:45:51Z")
> [@Arduino Alvik - Preparing Alvik For Arduino IDE](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-alvik-preparing-alvik-for-arduino-ide/1339058/13): > > From the "getting started page"... verify the Alvik is OFF For Alvik to be recognized by your computer, it must be turned OFF. When using the Arduino IDE, verify: IDE \>\> TOOLS \>\> PORT \>\> (your port) IDE \>\> TOOLS \>\> BOARD \>\> AVR BOARDS \>\> (your board) ---
**Author:** ![notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/notthesharpestspooninthedrawer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/4 "2025-08-22T10:01:56Z")
Yes, the Alvik is turned OFF, the correct port is selected, but the board is not an AVR board, it’s an ESP32 (hence “esptool” programmer) - is that wrong? Also, firmware updated - using microPython, get\_version() shows 1.1.1 ---
**Author:** ![notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/notthesharpestspooninthedrawer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/5 "2025-08-24T20:07:55Z")
I got to try this on a Windows 11 PC, and got pretty much the same result. The device manager showed a serial device on COM3. I tried to compile and upload (using Esptool - “esptool.py v4.5.1”) the “drive” example, and got ```arduino A fatal error occurred: failed to connect to ESP32-S3: No serial data received Failed programming: uploading error: exit status 2 ``` Given that I’ve managed to talk to the board using the microPython environment, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the board itself, just something I’m missing (or undocumented) with the IDE / C++ setup. Has anyone successfully used this device with the IDE, or is there somewhere I can raise a ticket? ---
**Author:** ![notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@notthesharpestspooninthedrawer](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/notthesharpestspooninthedrawer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/6 "2025-10-10T17:07:34Z")
Decided to come back to this, and tried a different approach; held down the reset switch until the compilation was complete, and then got the following message ```arduino Sketch uses 336093 bytes (10%) of program storage space. Maximum is 3145728 bytes. Global variables use 31936 bytes (9%) of dynamic memory, leaving 295744 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes. esptool.py v4.5.1 Serial port /dev/ttyACM0 Connecting... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool.py", line 34, in esptool._main() File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/ __init__.py", line 1032, in _main main() File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/ __init__.py", line 674, in main esp = esp or get_default_connected_device( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/ __init__.py", line 921, in get_default_connected_device _esp.connect(before, connect_attempts) File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/loader.py", line 640, in connect last_error = self._connect_attempt(reset_strategy, mode) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/loader.py", line 525, in _connect_attempt reset_strategy() # Reset the chip to bootloader (download mode) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/reset.py", line 106, in __call__ self._setRTS(True) # Reset. Calls inverted to go through (1,1) instead of (0,0) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/ ***** /.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/4.5.1/esptool/reset.py", line 40, in _setRTS self.port.setRTS(state) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 600, in setRTS self.rts = value ^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 463, in rts self._update_rts_state() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 706, in _update_rts_state fcntl.ioctl(self.fd, TIOCMBIS, TIOCM_RTS_str) OSError: [Errno 19] No such device Failed programming: uploading error: exit status 1 ``` Any ideas anyone? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/alvik-ide-2-with-c/1403688/7 "2026-04-08T17:07:59Z")
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