Hi,
I know this subject has been discussed before, but I've searched the web, for a while and can't seem to find the problem.
I am using a brand new "Nano v3.0 ATmega328"
My system is windows XP 32 bit.
After installing the drivers, I tried running the blink example.
I selected the board as ATmega328 , and com 11 (which disappears if disconnect the Arduino)
when trying to upload (holding the Shift button down) the sketch to the Arduino, I get the following message:
"avrdude: error: could not find USB device "USBasp" with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc"
I tried using another USB cable. this did not help, and I got the same error.
I really dont know the answer but I dealt with avrdude = not in sync resp 0 x 30; so i think either clean the pads or your USB drive is broken or that you have a error with your programming card
I tried several USB ports on the computer, also , looking with a bear eye the connection on the Nano seems OK.
is there a way to tell for sure ?
is there a way to check if the error is hardware or software ? this Nano is brand new, if it is a hardware problem I would like to return it. Though I need to make sure I didn't do something wrong first.
does any one else have an idea how to fix this error ?
It is not easy to provide some advice. I have no this type but I suppose that it is similar.
You have to select board type "Nano w/ ATmega328". Do you have this?
Does the port appear after reconnect? Check port in Computer Management if exist.
Is your driver installed correctly?
when trying to upload (holding the Shift button down) the sketch to the Arduino, I get the following message:
Why are you doing a SHIFT upload? That tells the IDE to use a hardware programmer to upload via ISCP. The Nano has a on board FTDI USB serial converter chip and using the bootloader uploads via serial interface. Just press upload without holding the shift key.
nshekel:
I pressed the shift button because it was what was recommended on the trouble shooting page for indiction of the problem.
when I just upload without pressing Shift, I get the following error:
"avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00"
Budvar10: I did all that already. and it does not seem to help
The troubleshooting guide is a long reference so you would have to show us the section where it tells you to use SHIFT upload. I suspect you are in the wrong section or misunderstanding something about the instructions. You should not be using a SHIFT upload for a Nano board. The error you are getting might be because the bootloader is missing on the board or maybe you loaded the wrong USB driver (Uno type maybe?) instead of the FTDI driver or maybe you selected the wrong board type in the IDE?
when I upload the sketch I did not hold down shift.
I only did so later to try and indicate the problem:
"If it still doesn't work, you can ask for help in the forum. Please include the following information: Your operating system. What kind of board you have. If it's a Mini, LilyPad or other board that requires extra wiring, include a photo of your circuit, if possible. Whether or not you were ever able to upload to the board. If so, what were you doing with the board before / when it stopped working, and what software have you recently added or removed from your computer? The messages displayed when you try to upload with verbose output enabled. To do this, hold down the shift key while clicking on the upload button in the toolbar."
I think I instaled the right driver because when the Arduino is plugged in there is "com 10" in the port menu and when it is not plugged in there is only "com 1"