Attiny13A-PU Bootloader problem

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Hi!

I was trying to burn bootloader to Attiny13A-PU using Arduino as ISP (Leonardo) and the MicroCore core.
I tried using the normal SPI header, the pins 11, 12, 13 and multiple programmer names (e.g. ArduinoISP, Arduino as ISP, and their slow versions) and I scored nothing.

The error message is here:

avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Sep 12 2016 at 17:24:16
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\szyme\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\MicroCore\hardware\avr\1.0.0/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM7
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         Setting bit clk period        : 32.0
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x03

Błąd przy wgrywaniu bootloadera.
avrdude done.  Thank you.

Can anyone help me?

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You need to post a picture of your setup. The setup is supposed to look like this:

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szymex73:
I was trying to burn bootloader to Attiny13A-PU using Arduino as ISP (Leonardo) and the MicroCore core.

Using a Leonardo as ISP programmer is tricky. I tried it some time ago.

The ISP pins are not on 11, 12, 13. They are only on the ISP connector (labeled "ICSP").
Take a look at: Arduino ISP on the Leonardo
This worked for me (some time ago).

But I heard that it does not work any more with newer IDE version: Problem modifying/compiling Optiboot - #2 by pert - Microcontrollers - Arduino Forum

Than I heard that there is a workaround for this problem: GitHub - per1234/ATmega32U4asISP: Allows ATmega32U4 based boards to be used as Arduino as ISP on Windows

My personal conclusion:
Using Leonardo as ISP is not so easy. It may work but if you are not so experienced it might be pretty frustrating.
Try to use an Arduino UNO instead of a Leonardo.
OR
get a simple ISP programmer (for some bucks) and it will work like a charm... :slight_smile: