hey fellas ive been following this
but i am not able to upload a sketch i get an "out synch" error
and an " protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51" i do remember reading something about having to press the rest button while trying to upload a sketch
but i do not remember if it was for this case or something else and i do not remember where i read that either. but that does sound like what "out of sync" might mean
any ideas?
and yes my atmega is bootloaded i am using one off of my arduino, and it is working because as i have it pluged in with the serial breakout its running the blink sketch which i uploaded with the actual uno . but i cannot upload a sketch with this configuration
Yes, there needs to be a specific timing of the manual reset button for the upload to work succesfully. A method I use is to hold down on the reset button, then press the upload button on the Arduino IDE and when you see the "Binary sketch size: 1584 bytes (of a 126976 byte maximum)" in the compile window of the IDE, then that is the time to release the reset button on the breadboard.
However there is a much better solution for you installtion. That FTDI breakout board you have in the picture has the DTR signal needed to implement a auto-reset feature for your bread board. Just wire a .1ufd cap between the the DTR signal on the FTDI module and the reset pin on the 328p processor. That way the board will automatically be reset at the proper time by the arduino IDE when you press upload.
Lefty
once lefty thanks for your advice! works like a charm! i was getting very angry with that tiny board
