ATTINY13A can't burn bootloader

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I'm trying to burn the bootloader to the attiny13A, but I get this message:

Arduino: 1.8.19 (Windows Store 1.8.57.0) (Windows 10), Board:"ATtiny13, ATtiny13a, No (ISP Programmer Upload), 9.6MHz Internal Oscillator, Millis Available, No Tone, Better Or Equal 1.666% Error (Default), Bin, Hex, Dec Supported, Half Duplex, Read+Write, LTO Enabled, 2.7v, Default, Default"

Error while trying to burn bootloader.

avrdude: AVR Part "attiny13a" not found.



Valid parts are:

  uc3a0512 = AT32UC3A0512

  c128     = AT90CAN128

  c32      = AT90CAN32

  c64      = AT90CAN64

  pwm2     = AT90PWM2

  pwm216   = AT90PWM216

  pwm2b    = AT90PWM2B

  pwm3     = AT90PWM3

  pwm316   = AT90PWM316

  pwm3b    = AT90PWM3B

  1200     = AT90S1200

  2313     = AT90S2313

  2333     = AT90S2333

  2343     = AT90S2343

  4414     = AT90S4414

  4433     = AT90S4433

  4434     = AT90S4434

  8515     = AT90S8515

  8535     = AT90S8535

  usb1286  = AT90USB1286

  usb1287  = AT90USB1287

  usb162   = AT90USB162

  usb646   = AT90USB646

  usb647   = AT90USB647

  usb82    = AT90USB82

  m103     = ATmega103

  m128     = ATmega128

  m1280    = ATmega1280

  m1281    = ATmega1281

  m1284    = ATmega1284

  m1284p   = ATmega1284P

  m1284rfr2 = ATmega1284RFR2

  m128rfa1 = ATmega128RFA1

  m128rfr2 = ATmega128RFR2

  m16      = ATmega16

  m161     = ATmega161

  m162     = ATmega162

  m163     = ATmega163

  m164p    = ATmega164P

  m168     = ATmega168

  m168p    = ATmega168P

  m168pb   = ATmega168PB

  m169     = ATmega169

  m16u2    = ATmega16U2

  m2560    = ATmega2560

  m2561    = ATmega2561

  m2564rfr2 = ATmega2564RFR2

  m256rfr2 = ATmega256RFR2

  m32      = ATmega32

  m3208    = ATmega3208

  m3209    = ATmega3209

  m324p    = ATmega324P

  m324pa   = ATmega324PA

  m325     = ATmega325

  m3250    = ATmega3250

  m328     = ATmega328

  m328p    = ATmega328P

  m328pb   = ATmega328PB

  m329     = ATmega329

  m3290    = ATmega3290

  m3290p   = ATmega3290P

  m329p    = ATmega329P

  m32m1    = ATmega32M1

  m32u2    = ATmega32U2

  m32u4    = ATmega32U4

  m406     = ATMEGA406

  m48      = ATmega48

  m4808    = ATmega4808

  m4809    = ATmega4809

  m48p     = ATmega48P

  m48pb    = ATmega48PB

  m64      = ATmega64

  m640     = ATmega640

  m644     = ATmega644

  m644p    = ATmega644P

  m644rfr2 = ATmega644RFR2

  m645     = ATmega645

  m6450    = ATmega6450

  m649     = ATmega649

  m6490    = ATmega6490

  m64m1    = ATmega64M1

  m64rfr2  = ATmega64RFR2

  m8       = ATmega8

  m8515    = ATmega8515

  m8535    = ATmega8535

  m88      = ATmega88

  m88p     = ATmega88P

  m88pb    = ATmega88PB

  m8u2     = ATmega8U2

  t10      = ATtiny10

  t11      = ATtiny11

  t12      = ATtiny12

  t13      = ATtiny13

  t15      = ATtiny15

  t1604    = ATtiny1604

  t1606    = ATtiny1606

  t1607    = ATtiny1607

  t1614    = ATtiny1614

  t1616    = ATtiny1616

  t1617    = ATtiny1617

  t1634    = ATtiny1634

  t20      = ATtiny20

  t202     = ATtiny202

  t204     = ATtiny204

  t212     = ATtiny212

  t214     = ATtiny214

  t2313    = ATtiny2313

  t24      = ATtiny24

  t25      = ATtiny25

  t26      = ATtiny26

  t261     = ATtiny261

  t28      = ATtiny28

  t3214    = ATtiny3214

  t3216    = ATtiny3216

  t3217    = ATtiny3217

  t4       = ATtiny4

  t40      = ATtiny40

  t402     = ATtiny402

  t404     = ATtiny404

  t406     = ATtiny406

  t412     = ATtiny412

  t414     = ATtiny414

  t416     = ATtiny416

  t417     = ATtiny417

  t4313    = ATtiny4313

  t43u     = ATtiny43u

  t44      = ATtiny44

  t441     = ATtiny441

  t45      = ATtiny45

  t461     = ATtiny461

  t5       = ATtiny5

  t804     = ATtiny804

  t806     = ATtiny806

  t807     = ATtiny807

  t814     = ATtiny814

  t816     = ATtiny816

  t817     = ATtiny817

  t84      = ATtiny84

  t841     = ATtiny841

  t85      = ATtiny85

  t861     = ATtiny861

  t88      = ATtiny88

  t9       = ATtiny9

  x128a1   = ATxmega128A1

  x128a1d  = ATxmega128A1revD

  x128a1u  = ATxmega128A1U

  x128a3   = ATxmega128A3

  x128a3u  = ATxmega128A3U

  x128a4   = ATxmega128A4

  x128a4u  = ATxmega128A4U

  x128b1   = ATxmega128B1

  x128b3   = ATxmega128B3

  x128c3   = ATxmega128C3

  x128d3   = ATxmega128D3

  x128d4   = ATxmega128D4

  x16a4    = ATxmega16A4

  x16a4u   = ATxmega16A4U

  x16c4    = ATxmega16C4

  x16d4    = ATxmega16D4

  x16e5    = ATxmega16E5

  x192a1   = ATxmega192A1

  x192a3   = ATxmega192A3

  x192a3u  = ATxmega192A3U

  x192c3   = ATxmega192C3

  x192d3   = ATxmega192D3

  x256a1   = ATxmega256A1

  x256a3   = ATxmega256A3

  x256a3b  = ATxmega256A3B

  x256a3bu = ATxmega256A3BU

  x256a3u  = ATxmega256A3U

  x256c3   = ATxmega256C3

  x256d3   = ATxmega256D3

  x32a4    = ATxmega32A4

  x32a4u   = ATxmega32A4U

  x32c4    = ATxmega32C4

  x32d4    = ATxmega32D4

  x32e5    = ATxmega32E5

  x384c3   = ATxmega384C3

  x384d3   = ATxmega384D3

  x64a1    = ATxmega64A1

  x64a1u   = ATxmega64A1U

  x64a3    = ATxmega64A3

  x64a3u   = ATxmega64A3U

  x64a4    = ATxmega64A4

  x64a4u   = ATxmega64A4U

  x64b1    = ATxmega64B1

  x64b3    = ATxmega64B3

  x64c3    = ATxmega64C3

  x64d3    = ATxmega64D3

  x64d4    = ATxmega64D4

  x8e5     = ATxmega8E5

  ucr2     = deprecated, use 'uc3a0512'

Any advice on what to do? I have the connections right, and I added a 10uF capacitor between reset and ground

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How are you trying to do this.
I install microcore, upload Arduino as ISP to an UNO and then i hit 'burn-bootloader'

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AVRdude doesn't know what an attiny13a

t13      = ATtiny13

Needs to be 't13'...

Start reading error messages... it will save you lots of time...

If you can post the command line, it's a bit easier to read...

Good luck

:smiley_cat:

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Yeah I know. Iwas wondering if there was an option to get the attiny13A working.

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AFAIK, there is no meaningful difference between a Tiny13 and a Tiny13A, and microCore takes care to use "tiny13" when burning the bootloader.

I'd like to say the the "A" suffix usually means something like a largely-irrelevant die shrink, but then Atmel went and screwed that all up with things like the ATmega328PB :frowning:

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I figured I didn't use microcore... my mistake. Now I did use it and i got this error:


avrdude: Version 7.1-arduino.1
         Copyright the AVRDUDE authors;
         see https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/blob/main/AUTHORS

         System wide configuration file is C:\Users\crtak\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\MicroCore\hardware\avr\2.2.1\avrdude.conf

         Using Port                    : COM6
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         Setting bit clk period        : 32.0
         AVR Part                      : ATtiny13
         Chip Erase delay              : 4000 us
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         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     5     4    0 no         64    4      0  4000  4000 0xff 0xff
           flash                  65     6    32    0 yes      1024   32     32  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
           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          2    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 = 0xffffff (probably .xmega) (retrying)
avrdude: device signature = 0xffffff (probably .xmega) (retrying)
avrdude: device signature = 0xffffff (probably .xmega)
avrdude main() error: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
avrdude main() error: expected signature for ATtiny13 is 1E 90 07
        Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
        this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

Failed chip erase: uploading error: exit status 1
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I found the problem: i killed the previous attiny 13A by swapping the chip 180 degrees... The new 13A burns the bootloader just fine! got a blink sketch running now.

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Yep, just recently did the same, that destroys them.

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