Programmer not responding

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 12:31am

Hi,

When it try uploading a file to my new elegoo arduino nano i get the following error:
Using Port : COM8
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=0xfb
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfb
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfb
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfb
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: Access is denied.

I have tried looking at other guides but am unsure what to do any advice would be appreciated.

ptillisch · March 25, 2024, 1:21am

Hi @jg2938. Please try this experiment and then report back with the results:

This procedure is not intended to solve the problem. The purpose is to gather more information.

Connect the Arduino board to your computer with a USB cable.
Press and release the button on the Arduino board that is marked "RESET".

Now please reply here on the forum thread with the answers to the following questions:

Did you see the LED marked "L" on the board blink immediately after you released the "RESET" button?
Did the LED blink only once, or did it blink multiple times quickly immediately after releasing the button?

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 11:46am

Hi @ptillisch

When I press the reset button the light blinks multiple times quickly.

2112 · March 25, 2024, 11:57am

Have you installed the CH340 drivers?

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 12:40pm

@2112 Yes I have. I have checked in device manager and the device is shown.

sterretje · March 25, 2024, 12:45pm

That means that your board has the Optiboot bootloader; select 328P option from the tools / processor menu, not the old bootloader option.

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 1:06pm

@sterretje When I use the ATmega328p processor I get the following error message.

c:/users/joery/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/7.3.0/../../../../avr/lib/avr5/crtatmega328p.o:(.init9+0x0): undefined reference to `main'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

2112 · March 25, 2024, 1:18pm

Can you upload the Blink example code found under Examples?

sterretje · March 25, 2024, 1:28pm

There should be no difference between 'old bootloader' and '328P' when it comes to that error; the only difference is in the upload, not the compiling/linking.

Please enable verbose output during compilation in file / preferences. Compile the blink example with the 'old bootloader' setting and post the results here. Next compile with the '328P' setting and post the result here as well.

Please use code tags when posting the output; see How to get the best out of this forum.

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 1:32pm

@2112 the blink ecample code is what ive been using to test. Unfortunately i have had no luck uploading it.

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 1:49pm

@sterretje
Here is the code I am trying to upload

/*
  Blink

  Turns an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.

  Most Arduinos have an on-board LED you can control. On the UNO, MEGA and ZERO
  it is attached to digital pin 13, on MKR1000 on pin 6. LED_BUILTIN is set to
  the correct LED pin independent of which board is used.
  If you want to know what pin the on-board LED is connected to on your Arduino
  model, check the Technical Specs of your board at:
  https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Products

  modified 8 May 2014
  by Scott Fitzgerald
  modified 2 Sep 2016
  by Arturo Guadalupi
  modified 8 Sep 2016
  by Colby Newman

  This example code is in the public domain.

  https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/BuiltInExamples/Blink
*/

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);  // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                      // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);   // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                      // wait for a second
}

This is the result when using the old bootloader option


FQBN: arduino:avr:nano:cpu=atmega328old
Using board 'nano' from platform in folder: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6

Detecting libraries used...
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\cores\arduino -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\variants\eightanaloginputs C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\sketches\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\sketch\Blink.ino.cpp -o nul
Generating function prototypes...
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\cores\arduino -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\variants\eightanaloginputs C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\sketches\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\sketch\Blink.ino.cpp -o C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\2086058556\sketch_merged.cpp
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\builtin\tools\ctags\5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\2086058556\sketch_merged.cpp
Compiling sketch...
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\hardware\\avr\\1.8.6\\cores\\arduino" "-IC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\hardware\\avr\\1.8.6\\variants\\eightanaloginputs" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp" -o "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp.o"
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using precompiled core: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\cores\arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328old_a53ecebce414ae04cd0fe51c1bd30e9c\core.a
Linking everything together...
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-gcc" -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.elf" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp.o" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/..\\..\\cores\\arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328old_a53ecebce414ae04cd0fe51c1bd30e9c\\core.a" "-LC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542" -lm
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.elf" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.eep"
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -R .eeprom "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.elf" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.hex"

"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-size" -A "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.elf"
Sketch uses 924 bytes (3%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
"C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-CC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -V -patmega328p -carduino "-PCOM8" -b57600 -D "-Uflash:w:C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\sketches\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.hex:i"

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM8
         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=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2f

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1```

And here is the output when I use the newer bootloader option

FQBN: arduino:avr:nano
Using board 'nano' from platform in folder: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6

Detecting libraries used...
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\cores\arduino -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\variants\eightanaloginputs C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\sketches\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\sketch\Blink.ino.cpp -o nul
Generating function prototypes...
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\cores\arduino -IC:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\variants\eightanaloginputs C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\sketches\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\sketch\Blink.ino.cpp -o C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\135943245\sketch_merged.cpp
C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\builtin\tools\ctags\5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\135943245\sketch_merged.cpp
Compiling sketch...
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10607 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\hardware\\avr\\1.8.6\\cores\\arduino" "-IC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\hardware\\avr\\1.8.6\\variants\\eightanaloginputs" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp" -o "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp.o"
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using precompiled core: C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino\cores\arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328_a53ecebce414ae04cd0fe51c1bd30e9c\core.a
Linking everything together...
"C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\arduino\\tools\\avr-gcc\\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-gcc" -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/Blink.ino.elf" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542\\sketch\\Blink.ino.cpp.o" "C:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542/..\\..\\cores\\arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328_a53ecebce414ae04cd0fe51c1bd30e9c\\core.a" "-LC:\\Users\\joery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\A4EF6F4406D3E7BB3EED85664BF6E542" -lm
c:/users/joery/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/7.3.0/../../../../avr/lib/avr5/crtatmega328p.o:(.init9+0x0): undefined reference to `main'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

sterretje · March 25, 2024, 2:13pm

I can not see why you get the error.

I don't have access to a system with IDE2.x. From memory the directory 'C:\Users\joery\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino' contains two directories, cores and sketches. I would delete those 2 directories; or to play it safe, delete the content of each. Close the IDE first.

Next compile again with the '328P' option; post the output if you get the same error again.

jg2938 · March 25, 2024, 3:18pm

@sterretje
Thank you this has worked. I am now able to upload the code to the nano.

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