Dear fellow arduino users,
I am a arduino beginner. I have a problem and I hope you can help me. It would be very much appreciated. Here is the problem.
I have recently bought the POP-BOT lite,
http://robosavvy.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/546
Building it and using the example programs was fun and without errors. All of a sudden it doesn't respond to anything.
There is a arduino bootloader preloaded in it. And I think here is the problem somewhere.
When I switch on the power, the blue LED (which indicates if the microcontroller can be programmed or not) is turned on as soon as it starts.
It should not do that.
This is the error I instantly get:
Binary sketch size: 1018 bytes (of a 14336 byte maximum)
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
I have tried:
-installing a newer version of ARDUINO I now have 0022. (first I had 0017)
-installing and checking my COM to USB drivers. The drivers are correctly installed and tested on a PIC programmer. (deleted, reinstalled and checked with other software: bumblebee to be precise)
-the correct COM port is selected in arduino
-the correct board is selected in arduino
-the program compiles without errors and warnings (I just used examples -> blink)
-rebooted my laptop
after I have done those things like 5 times I decided to try to load a new bootloader, because I read this in the FAQ: "Make sure there's a bootloader burned on your Arduino board. To check, reset the board. The built-in L LED (which is connected to pin 13) should blink. If it doesn't, there may not be a bootloader on your board."
Well my blue LED is on all the time. It doesn't blink.
I used: tools -> burn bootloader -> arduino as ISP
and I am getting this error:
***failed;
avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
0x3f != 0x00
avrdude: verification error; content mismatch
I have been stuck with this problem for a while. I put it away a month ago and now I am trying to get it up and running again. I have been looking for a solution for like 2.5 - 3 hours.
I also have read number of topics on this website, but I didn't find something I though I should try.
Can somebody help me? Your help will be very much appreciated.