Program Arduino Nano from Arduino Uno

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Hi all,

I have an arduino nano with the USB port damaged (I cannot repair).
In order to upload the sketches i tried to use another Arduino UNO as ISP following the following links:

The problem is that i have the following error while uploading the sketch:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x1c

Can someone help me? Thanks in advance.
PS: please let me know if you need more information.

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This lets you program from files on an SD card:

If you don't want to do that, at least use this sketch and check on the fuses:

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The examples I've seen with ArduinoISP (all?) burn the bootloader to the target.

Is it the same set up and process to upload sketches to target devices without a bootloader?
Or does boards.txt require additions for a "ATmega 328 Standalone (w/ Arduino ISP)" option?

Arduino ISP -> ICSP - Microcontrollers - Arduino Forum

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Burning a bootloader and uploading a sketch are roughly the same process (the difference is where in memory they are put).

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So,

  • first upload the ArduinoISP sketch to the Uno
  • connect the target (Nano) to the Uno as appropriate
  • upload the Nano's sketch, via the Uno, with Duemil./Nano as the "board"?

[Disclaimer: I have a USBtinyISP that I use for this.]

bootloader - How do I burn an ATmega328 chip via Arduino UNO as ISP? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange

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Thanks for the answers,

This lets you program from files on an SD card:
Gammon Forum : Electronics : Microprocessors : Atmega chip stand-alone programmer to upload .hex files

Unfortunately I do not have an SD card reader...

If you don't want to do that, at least use this sketch and check on the fuses:
Gammon Forum : Electronics : Microprocessors : Sketch to detect Atmega chip types

I tried this but the output text in the console is something unreadable... What do you mean with "check on the fuses"? LFuse/HFuse/EFuse values? What can I understand from them?

However, I tried to modify the boards.txt values as stated here Arduino ISP -> ICSP - Microcontrollers - Arduino Forum; I added the row nano328.upload.using=arduino:arduinoisp, but I have the same error..

Here is the procedure I follow:

  • Uploaded the ArduinoISP to the UNO. The heartbeat led is blinking so I suppose it works.
  • Connected the cables from UNO to nano in the following way:
    UNO NANO

D13 -> D13
D12 -> D12
D11 -> D11
D10 -> RST

  • Changed IDE option to upload sketch on the NANO:
    Tools->Board->nano328
    Tools->Programmer->Arduino as ISP
  • Upload button (which gives error avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x1c)

Do I'm making something wrong?

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I don't see anything wrong that way.
There's also the "(maybe) use a 10uF cap" and/or a "120? resistor".
I don't know why there's such variation.
Maybe it's differences between genuine Arduino vs clone components or something.
I'm trying to learn here, too.

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Dear all,

I solved the problem by programming the NANO with avrdude via command line as shown here: http://pdp11.byethost12.com/AVR/ArduinoAsProgrammer.htm.
Not sure about why I'm not able to do this via IDE.. Probably I have something wrong in the files like boart.txt...

However, in the following I summarize the steps I used:

  • upload ArduinoISP code to Arduino Uno
  • Connect necessary Arduino Uno pins to the Arduino Nano (see below)
  • Use avrdude via command line to upload the hex file into the NANO. (see below)

Connect Cables
UNO NANO

D13 -> D13 (SCK)
D12 -> D12 (MISO)
D11 -> D11 (MOSI)
D10 -> RST (RESET)
5V -> 5V
GND -> GND

Upload sketch with avrdude

  • Verify/compile the sketch in arduino IDE. For this I selected in the IDE Tools->Board->nano328 and Tools->Programmer->AVR ISP.

  • Check in the IDE the serial port (Tools->Serial) and the path to the generated hex. The last one appears in the IDE console going into File->Preferences and selecting Show verbose output during compilation

  • Open a terminal ane use this commands:

  1. To verify avrdude is working: avrdude -P <COM_PORT> -b 19200 -c avrisp -p m328p –n; for me <COM_PORT> = "/dev/ttyACM0"
  2. Upload hex file: avrdude -P <COM_PORT> -b 19200 -c avrisp -p m328p -u -U flash:w:"<PATH_TO_HEXD>":i; for me <PATH_TO_HEXD> ="/tmp/build1301028573051865829.tmp/led.cpp.hex"
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You can solve that upload from Arduino IDE problem by creating a new board definition to boards.txt. I'm doing the same thing as you (destroyed USB port), but just using the ICSP header pins (totally equivalent to using pins 11-13, RST, +5V, GND).

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=178517.msg1323493#msg1323493

that's the thread where a guy helped me to solve similar problem. Just notice the last two messages. You need to remove that BOARD.upload.protocol-row from the board definition block to make uploads from IDE work.

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Wow, in board.txt I changed the lines as following and now it is working:

#nano328.upload.protocol=arduino
nano328.upload.maximum_size=30720
nano328.upload.speed=57600
nano328.upload.using=arduino:arduinoisp

It is pretty strange because I remember I already tried this...
Thanks everybody for the help!

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If the IDE was up when you made the changes, they wouldn't take effect till the IDE got rebooted.

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It would have probably worked (without the boards.txt changes) also if you had done "Upload Using Programmer" instead of just Upload.

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Didn't work for me. The IDE always reverted to 56700 bps or using STK500v2 (direct upload) or then it added the "-D" parameter, no matter how much I spent time fiddling with the upload parameters (using OSX & IDE 1.0.4 & 1.0.5). After modifying the boards.txt upload works each and every time like a charm.

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Hi,

this thread helped me a lot but I am trying to understand something.
I have also broken USB on nano 3.0. Was trying to burn new bootloader and sketches with UNO R3.

So I connected D13 to D13 (SCK), D12 from UNO to D11 at NANO (MISO) and D11 UNO to D12 NANO (MOSI). (GND, 5V and rst as normal).

I was getting errors all the time. I read this thread and you said to connect digital pins accordingly (12-12,11-11,13-13) so I did and it worked. So why I connected it as I assume wrongly and it works? There should be connection MOSI-MISO to have it work? Or my pinouts are different?

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=147582.0;attach=90799

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ok this show different pinouts http://smartduinos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_mhwx21ePTX1s5t695o1_12801.png

so i was wrong at the beginning