Hi I started getting this error on sketch upload - then tried another PC and it worked. Then tried the original PC and it worked. Now trying both, and getting the error again on both. Different cable too. Sometimes it shows some pages loaded. Is my board dud?

And now a sketch uploaded...I can only think the board is faulty.

Which makes me wonder why there isn't adequate QA. This is not acceptable.

The board seemed to get further as it was connected longer ... eventually the full sketch would load (with no hardware changes => the two geniuses). Now it does not load at all. Is there an official Due support site?

Is there an official Due support site? This is it, although not that many people have experience with the Due yet I think. So far it sounds like you've swapped everything except the Due, that points to a flaky board but you need another one to prove it. Rob

Thanks Rob- I bought a new board today, no problems with loading. Old board - old problem. Then I checked the old board under a magnifier - some pins were pushed together (I must have knocked the board at some stage), and there were some minute junk fragments elsewhere. Cleaned it up - now I have t…

Good to see you got it working. Rob

MorgKrig: SAM-BA operation failed For future reference this also occurs when you have RX0 and TX0 connected to another device and try to upload new code.

Hi! I had the same error message. It turned out that all serial ports of the Due have to be unconnected when you're programming it - after doing so the error ceased.

Hi I started getting this error on sketch upload - then tried another PC and it worked. Then tried the original PC and it worked. Now trying both, and getting the error again on both. Different cable too. Sometimes it shows some pages loaded. Is my board dud? Hi, I have 1) the same problem (so…

SAM-BA operation failed on Due

Official Hardware Mega Due

system June 8, 2014, 7:33am 8

SAM-BA operation failed -> you've connected to the native usb port,

Solution: change the usb cable from the native port to the due programming port

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