Hey there
I am trying to upload my code. I am either encountering error messages saying no port, or it just sits there and says uploading but it saying it forever. The little red light shows up on the board, but nothing else is showing or flashing to indicate anything is happening.
I am a teacher and I was looking at one of my student's computers, where everything is working fine and she has another option for which board to choose. I only have
Lilypad arduino and then ATmega328P (or 168)
or
Lilypad arduino usb
with the usb one I cant select a port, and with the other one sometimes it only has COM3 as my only option and sometimes there is a COM11 as well. either way, it isnt working for me 
My student had an option that was Lilypad arduino USB plus
How do I get that one? Everything is working find for her
At the top of her screen it appears that she version 1.8.9 where as my one is 1.8.10
The students computer maybe had updated board definitions.
Open the IDE.
Select TOOLS then BOARD then BOARD MANAGER.
Wait until it finishes downloading the BOARDS INDEX.
Where it says ALL hit the little arrow and select UPDATEABLE.
Any items listed are BOARD CORES and will be suitable for update.
You can also use that method to check her computer to see if her cores are the same as yours and maybe roll back yours to match hers.
Alternatively you could remove your installation of 1.8.10 which does have quite a few small bugs and revert to 1.8.9. If you take that approach I have included some clean up instructions that may be of use.
Bob.
CLEAN UP BEFORE INSTALLING ANOTHER COPY OF THE IDE OR ARDUINO CREATE.pdf (347 KB)
Thanks a lot for your help, unfortunately I am not having any luck still. I uninstalled the 1.8.10 and then installed the 1.8.9 but the LilyPad USB Plus still doesnt show in my list of options for the board.
I went to the online version, and it puts a cross over both the lilypad options for the connection and therefore wont let me upload it.
I have attached a screenshot to show you what I mean with the cross and the upload being greyed out.
I have tried the different USB ports in my computer, but it is obviously recognizing something because each time I unplug and plug it in, it will make a sound.
Feel free to ask me questions that you think are obvious and might be patronizing! I am new and as you can see from my screen shot... I'm not hugely tech savvy!! SO there is a reasonably chance I havent done something obvious.
thanks
screen shot of problem.doc (341 KB)
And this is error message I get when I use the downloaded version
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Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows 10), Board: "LilyPad Arduino, ATmega328P"
Build options changed, rebuilding all
Sketch uses 3612 bytes (11%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 28 bytes (1%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2020 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM3 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\FREEST~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_38770/How_far_Ill_go_sound_and_blink_together.ino.hex:i
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM3
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x4c
avrdude done. Thank you.
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.
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Ok there is an area for these STK500 type errors and I will move you there.
Bob.