i got an freeduino for my birthday yesterday and when i plugged it in an LED started flashing thats not the PWR LED but number 13, it flashes about every second like the blink example program but i hadnt installed it when it started, it doesnt stop when i press the reset button and wont let me load the blink program when i lengthened the time betwen blinks as an experiment,
Binary sketch size: 1018 bytes (of a 32256 byte maximum)
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
this is what comes up at the bottom and it tells me to see the uploading troubleshooting though that didnt help
has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
thanks very much
sholtob:
i got an freeduino for my birthday yesterday and when i plugged it in an LED started flashing thats not the PWR LED but number 13, it flashes about every second like the blink example program but i hadnt installed it when it started, it doesnt stop when i press the reset button and wont let me load the blink program when i lengthened the time betwen blinks as an experiment,
Binary sketch size: 1018 bytes (of a 32256 byte maximum)
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
this is what comes up at the bottom and it tells me to see the uploading troubleshooting though that didnt help
has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
thanks very much
Boards are often shipped with the blink program already loaded, so a one second blink on pin 13 does not necessarily mean there is anything wrong with the board. The error you are getting means the arduino IDE can not talk to the board via serial communications.
Things to check:
Did you select the proper board type on the IDE before uploading?
Did you select the proper comm port number in the IDE before uploading?
Did your PC give a audio note recognizing the arduino board when you plug it in?
I had what sounds like the same problem.
I needed to do Windows 7 driver install. This is what I did.
Plugged board into USB.
Clicked Windows Start button/Control Panel/System and Security, then
Clicked System/Device Manager.
Arduino was in the list as a device with a yellow exclamation mark.
Right clicked on the Arduino Uno and choose “Update Driver Software.”
Browsed to find the driver file where the unzipped downloaded files were.
Clicked OK and Windows installed drivers.
When it was completed it showed it was using Com4.
Opening IDE and under Tools/Serial Port I selected Com4.
Uploaded code to board with no errors
as i am using the freeduino v 1.16, i dont know which type of arduino it is based on, i have used the arduino uno in the boards menu but if you know the right one please tell me, i am getting the right tones when i plug and unplug it from the computer,and i think i installed the drivers correctly.
thanks very much
thanks very musch for all the help, i managed to fix it by changing what type of arduino i was using, i just worked through them untill i founf onee that worked