Hi, I just received my arduino duemilanove last night, downloaded and installed the IDE -0015, installed the drivers that came with it.
I loaded the blink sketch, compiled, selected the newly added COMM port, and uploaded the sketch. What happens is the following
The onboard LED light flashes a bit, then the TX light starts flashing,
(Looks like its uploading I thought)
Unfortunately the TX light never stops flashing, the arduino software is frozen (computer works) I can leave it an hour, never finishes. (I know I have right com port since if I use any others the board doesn't react and I get an error on the software)
I looked at other folks with problems but nobody seemed to have the continualy blinking TX light ( maybe 3 or 4 times a second) that I see (I see RX flicker like 3 times at beginning then never again) :-/
I can free up the arduino IDE if I disconnect the USB cable, or if I hit the RESET button like 3 times.
I have tried playing with timing that I've seen from other posts. I have done what book said, just upload and it should work, doesnt.
I have tried resetting board, waiting 3 -5 seconds, starting upload, failed similarly
I have tried starting upload, waiting 3-5 seconds, resetting board, same failure etc.
I don't know what to do from here, is it my system, or is the board broken?
System:
Arduino Duemilanove
Windows XP sp2 (both computers I've tried this on)
Arduino-0015 software / drivers (2.4.16.0)(new drivers)
Board and COM port are selected
Solved it!
My problem WAS a bad board was selected as the board received.
As a new user to this whole thing, I ordered a Duemilanove board, when I ran the software, I checked the board, and it had already selected the "arduino Diecimila or Duemilanove w/ATmega168". I thought Great it got my duemilanove board already. And didn't check it beyond that. I HAVE the ATmega328, and that is a seperate selection in the list. Only not knowing there were 2 types of that board, I saw Duemilanove already selected, and thought I was done. Amazingly, when the right board was selected, it worked like a charm.
Why write this part, maybe someone else with the same problem will not spend three days before realizing there are 2 types of the Duemilanove boards.
ID-10-T error, error between keyboard and chair
But at least it now is running!! ;D
Hello. Has there been any new information on this, or is my board defective, too? I ask because my class in school is making BlimpDuinos for a project, and I have the same problem, and my teacher wants clarification from this main forum before he agrees that they gave us a defective board that needs replacing. I know my computer works with other BlimpDuino boards, but not mine.
In that, case I could use some help because I have no idea what is wrong here. The same selection in the Board dropdown menu that works for the other 3 boards in the school project does not work for mine, and mine is supposed to be the same kind.
You could try to see if you can make out the imprinting on the chip to determine which chip your kit contains, and whether or not it is different on the other kits.
You could also experiment by selecting other choices in the Tools > Board list, to see if the "other" selection solves your problem.
I would give low probability that the chip differs between the four boards, but you never can tell.
The board may also actually be defective, but I'm at a loss on how to conclude that logically in this forum.
Thanks for solving it!