unable to burn bootloader in arduino uno

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hi everyone

I am trying to burn boot loader on my target-arduino uno board(Atmega328p-pu) via programmer-other arduino uno board(Atmega328p-pu) ,but I have got following error:-

avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jan 17 2017 at 12:00:53
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\sudready\Desktop\arduino-1.8.5\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM32
         Using Programmer              : stk500v1
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200
         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 : STK500
         Description     : Atmel STK500 Version 1.x firmware
         Hardware Version: 2
         Firmware Version: 1.18
         Topcard         : Unknown
         Vtarget         : 0.0 V
         Varef           : 0.0 V
         Oscillator      : Off
         SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Error while burning bootloader.
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.03s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

In the error the "avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000"shown and sometimes is"avrdude: Device signature = 0x00ff00" and it changes every time.

I made the following connections between
programmer board & target board:-

  1. pin 13 pin 13
  2. pin 12 pin 12
  3. pin 11 pin 11
  4. pin 10 RESET
  5. 5V 5V
  6. GND GND

I checked the connections 2-3 times and they are connected as mentioned above.

For burning the boot loader I follow the process as described on site of arduino -
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP(tried many times to burn boot loader on board) .

I even tried disabling the auto reset by connecting the 10uf capacitor between RESET and GND pins on programmer board (after uploading ArduinoISP sketch) but this time also I have received the same error .

Please help me with this I am trying to resolve this problem from many days but not succeeded.

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Double check you have good leads.
Try the reset button on the target Uno by holding down until the upload starts.
Better yet, get a real programmer. A cheap USBasp or ATtinyISP would work so much better than an Arduino as ISP.

I have had more trouble getting an Arduino as ISP to work than it is worth. One time will work like a champ and the next time I will have to spend 20 minutes getting it to work again.

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Thank u Kprims, I have the usbasp but its firmware is not updated which is why it can not detected by averdude.

4

Is there any chance of error due fuse bits?

5

Is this the error you get when using the USBasp?

avrdude: auto set sck period (because given equals null)
avrdude: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.

This is just a warning and you should still be able to use the USBasp for burning the bootloader.

When you burn the bootloader it will also set the fuses for the board/chip you select.

If you are having trouble getting the USBasp to work on Windows, this thread may help.

https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=415210.0

"I was using libusb-win32 v1.2.4.0. Using libusb-win32 turns out to be the problem. Once I updated the driver to libusbK v3.0.7.0 the problem was solved, thanks DrAzzy! Here's how I did it:

Plug in USBasp
Download Zadig from http://zadig.akeo.ie
Start zadig
Options > List all devices
Select USBasp from the drop down menu
Select libusbK(v3.0.7.0) driver
Click Install"