Stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding after USB disconnect

Using Arduino Avrdude, stk500, Bootloader issues
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Hello!

I have a Arduino Uno Rev 3, and uses a macbook Pro running BigSur.

Here's the issue:

I upload a sketch (blink) and its works fine. I modify the sketch, reupload, still fine.
Then I disconnect the USB, and reconnects it.
Whatever sketch I try to upload, I get a "stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding".
I can disconnect/reconnect, reboot the mac, restart the IDE, press the reset button, nothing.

Then I reset the Arduino by connecting the reset and the GND, use dfu-programmer to erase, flash (with this one: ArduinoCore-avr/Arduino-usbserial-atmega16u2-Uno-Rev3.hex at master · arduino/ArduinoCore-avr · GitHub) and reset. Unplug, replug. And tada, it works.

If I unplug and replug the USB after an upload, the whole cycle starts again.

Could some hero save me?

Thanks!

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Let me add that I tried it again (the flashing part) and doesn't not connect anymore.

Also, I did a lot of research, and tried every single method proposed in this topic (avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding - #193 by m1kta).

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So, I performed the loopback test, and it is working.

Here's what I get when trying to upload in verbose mode:


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 "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/gaelrabier/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbmodem1423201
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : Arduino
         Description     : Arduino
         Hardware Version: 3
         Firmware Version: 4.4
         Vtarget         : 0.3 V
         Varef           : 0.3 V
         Oscillator      : 28.800 kHz
         SCK period      : 3.3 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f (probably m328p)
avrdude: reading input file "/var/folders/mt/b7p1_5sn18zd2rj33vz391vm0000gn/T/arduino_build_837584/Blink.ino.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (924 bytes):

Writing | avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
######avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
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No one? Please, I am completely stuck here :frowning:

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Oh, did I offense you in any way? If so, sorry. It is just desperation talking, as I tried literally all solutions I found online, excepted buying a new board.

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What is your operating system thinking about the board after disconnecting and reconnecting? Did the ports change?

If people don't know the answer, they will not reply. So there is a good chance that nobody had to deal with your problem themselves.

I'm also one that hasn't had the problem. And I live in a Linux/Windows world, not a Mac world.

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Thanks Sterretje!

I am on Mac OS X Big Sur. I also use a UBC C to USB because there are only USB C on my machine.

May be I should try on a PC to rule out the the os problem

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So, I saw an erratic behavior in the system report (kinda like the device manager in Windows world), where sometimes the Genuino would appear, sometimes not. Irrespective to that, the dfu-programmer always sees it, and the Arduino IDE + the Arduino web agent would see it also.

When the IDE sees it, the DFU-programmer also, but the mac doesn't list it in the USB's, I get the avr error. It happens systematically after a disconnect, and never comes back, unless I erase/flash/reset.

I ordered a new Arduino Uno rev3, a new USB cable from Arduino and a new USB C converter from Apple that has only one port. I will update here with the results. If the new converter + the new cable fail, while the new Arduino board works, I will attempt burning the old Arduino to see if it is a bootloader issue.

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I solved it!

I was the USB-C hub. Apparently there's some magic happening in there that breaks the link/port/connection with the Arduino / Arduino IDE / avr.

I bought an official Apple USB to USB-C with only one port (Adaptateur USB-C vers USB - Apple (BE)) and it works perfectly.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Kind regards,

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