Arduino as ISP problem

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Arduino IDE 1.8.19 on Linux Mint 22 w/two Arduino Uno R3

I've read a ton of tutorials about using one arduino to program another (arduino as isp) and I'm just not getting it working. Here is what I have done, help me figure out why it doesn't work!

I have a working arduino w/bootloader and I have hooked it's ICSP header pins directly to a second working arduino w/bootloader (both arduinos can be programmed over usb, just fine in arduino ide).

  • I have loaded the arduino that's connected via USB with the ArduinoISP sketch.
  • I opened blink as the sketch I wanted to burn to the second arduino.
  • I selected Arduino Uno R3 as the target, /dev/ttyACM0 as the port, and Arduino as ISP as the programmer.
  • I selected sketch->upload using programmer.
Arduino: 1.8.19 (Linux), Board: "Arduino Uno"

arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /usr/share/arduino/hardware -tools /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr -libraries /home/wsenn/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -vid-pid=2341_0043 -ide-version=10819 -build-path /tmp/arduino_build_30604 -warnings=none -build-cache /tmp/arduino_cache_15192 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -verbose /tmp/arduino_modified_sketch_834984/Blink.ino
arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /usr/share/arduino/hardware -tools /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr -libraries /home/wsenn/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -vid-pid=2341_0043 -ide-version=10819 -build-path /tmp/arduino_build_30604 -warnings=none -build-cache /tmp/arduino_cache_15192 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -verbose /tmp/arduino_modified_sketch_834984/Blink.ino
Using board 'uno' from platform in folder: /usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
"/usr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing  -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10819 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR   "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino" "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/standard" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp" -o "/dev/null"
Generating function prototypes...
"/usr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing  -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10819 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR   "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino" "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/standard" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp" -o "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp"
"/usr/bin/arduino-ctags" -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp"
Compiling sketch...
"/usr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10819 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR   "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino" "-I/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/standard" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp" -o "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o"
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using precompiled core
Linking everything together...
"/usr/bin/avr-gcc" -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p   -o "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.elf" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o"  "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/../arduino_cache_15192/core/core_arduino_avr_uno_1621df717313d057c92202babd71649a.a" "-L/tmp/arduino_build_30604" -lm
"/usr/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0  "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.elf" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.eep"
"/usr/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -R .eeprom  "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.elf" "/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.hex"
Sketch uses 932 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.
/usr/bin/avrdude -C/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cstk500v1 -P/dev/ttyACM0 -b19200 -Uflash:w:/tmp/arduino_build_30604/Blink.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 7.1
         Copyright the AVRDUDE authors;
         see https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/blob/main/AUTHORS

         System wide configuration file is /etc/avrdude.conf
         User configuration file is /home/wsenn/.avrduderc
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/ttyACM0
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : possible i/o
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         Serial program mode           : yes
         Parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                           Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Alias    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    1      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse                   0     0     0    0 no          1    1      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse                   0     0     0    0 no          1    1      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock                    0     0     0    0 no          1    1      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           signature               0     0     0    0 no          3    1      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           calibration             0     0     0    0 no          1    1      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : STK500
         Description     : Atmel STK500 version 1.x firmware
         Hardware Version: 2
         Firmware Version: 1.18
         Topcard         : Unknown
         Vtarget         : 0.0 V
         Varef           : 0.0 V
         Oscillator      : Off
         SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
avrdude: device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)
avrdude: device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)
avrdude: device signature = 0x000000
avrdude main() error: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
avrdude main() error: expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F
        Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
        this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

the selected serial port 
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  • I use this:

Arduino as ICSP
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Are you saying you have connected the two ICSP headers together? If so, that's incorrect. Pin 10 (IIRC) on the programmer board needs to connect to /RESET on the ICSP header, not the programmer's /RESET signal.

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OK. I connected pin 10 on the programmer to reset on the target. Same result.

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I don't know about the capacitor. Where can I see a schematic or description. That sounds promising.

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Yup. The capacitor was the solution and it was in the writeup I read to hook stuff up. I think it could be more clearly written though and a uno r3 to uno r3 diagram would be helpful. Off to capture my notes on this so I don't repeat hours and hours of frustration! Thanks LarryD!

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