Pololu A-Star328PB

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Have just discovered this neat board - alleged to be a drop-in replacement for most common Arduino boards. I've just run out f pins on a Nano based project, and the extra pins the (plus speed) offered by the 328PB would be a life saver. However...

After installing all the code and libraries and adding the 328 'additional path' in the IDE - cannot seem to connect to it! The same code used for the Nano compiles - but when I try and upload arvdude cannot accesst the port. After a long hang I get this error:

Uploading 'CICStepper' to 'Pololu A-Star 328PB' using 'COM5'
The uploader returned an error

Has anyone successfully load and ran a script from this board?

2

Please post a link to the datasheet for the A-Star board.

...R

3

The A-Star works great, but you have to download and select the correct Pololu board in the Arduino IDE.

Carefully read and follow the instructions on the Pololu product page.

4

Please do this:

  • File > Preferences > Show verbose output during: > compilation (uncheck) > upload (check) > OK
  • Sketch > Upload
  • After the upload fails you'll see a button on the right side of the orange bar "Copy error messages". Click that button.
  • Paste the error messages in a reply here USING CODE TAGS (</> button on the toolbar).