hi,
I m getting trouble programming a minipro 3.3V 8MHz through an uno as an ISP: so far I managed to upload anything into minipro 3.3V without any problem using similar process and connexion so I just do not understand why it failed! I tried on 2 minipro 3.3V that now are fried (supposedly.... !)
It load the program but then it say at the end that there is a problem with serial that is not connected, and then it ends and then the minipro looks dead (no flashing light anymore, and device signature to 0x000000)
My process:
load arduino as ISP program in the UNO
connect the UNO and minipro
UNO -->minipro
3.3V -->VCC
GND-->GND
13-->13
12-->12
11-->11
10-->reset
select the blink program, select minipro and 3.3V&8MHz option, then ''upload using a programmer''.
Any idea of how to solve that? are they fried? I know it is a recurent problem, I have seen a lot of topics on uploading problems, but its difficult to found out what to do exactly
I m using arduino 1.8.13 and the arduino ISP look to be the 1.8
Your UNO is 5V and mini pro is 3.3V. The mini pros are all damaged when you connected the 5V UNO pins to mini's 3.3V pins. You can buy an adafruit feather 328 that operates at 3.3V and try with a fresh mini pro 3.3V that you have not connected to an UNO.
The only one I can think is the voltage regulator. I didn't find any information about whether applying 5 V to the output of the unpowered MIC5205 in the datasheet is harmful. I did find almost the same Q on EESE.
Here is a table from the data sheet. No IO pins should receive voltage over VCC+0.5, so 3.3+0.5=3.8V would be the highest voltage the mini pro 3.3V can accept.
That was mentioned at least 3.3 times in OP's post
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I thought, @in0 thought that OP did program with connecting VCC(5V) to each other.
Since the 3.3V Pro mini works fine even at 5V (except the onboard regulator reverse voltageed).
So the word 3.3V does appear many times, but he actually overlooked only one line, 3.3V-> VCC
Thx guys for your answers, soon I got the new minipro, I will have a try with IO at 3.3V (I guess I can use a TTL level shifter?).
And will let you know.
