The Micro USB connector ripped clean off my Arduino Micro so I need to find a new way of uploading sketches to it. I have been researching how to do this and it looks like I can use another board (my UNO) as the programmer and upload the sketches to the Arduino Micro through its ICSP pins. I am still unclear how to configure everything to pull this off. Any help would be appreciated.
That seems to be pretty common. I've never done it but I have a friend that did it with two different Pro Micros. I actually managed to solder a USB cable to the pads with magnet wire to save one just for fun but the other one he had ripped off some pads and I didn't want to try scraping off the solder mask and soldering to the traces.
You should be able to get the information you need here:
After spending some time on that if you still have some specific questions come back and well try to help you out.
After many many attempts, I continue to get the error: "Error while burning bootloader," which includes "invalid device signature." What is shown in Arduino.cc tutorial on using an Arduino as an AVR ISP is an UNO to UNO programming interaction. I don't really know if trying to program a Pro Micro would make a difference.
What do you have selected in the Tools > Board menu?
It's much more helpful if you post the full output rather than a small fragment. Please do this:
I select Uno as the board when I upload the ArduinoISP sketch to the Uno, and then when it comes time to burn the bootloader to the Micro, I select the board as an Arduino Micro. Here is the full error message.
Arduino: 1.6.8 Hourly Build 2016/01/12 04:13 (Mac OS X), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Micro"
/Applications/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega32u4 -cstk500v1 -P/dev/cu.usbmodemFA131 -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0xcb:m -Uhfuse:w:0xd8:m -Ulfuse:w:0xff:m
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Apr 14 2015 at 16:30:25
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/Users/skylercornell/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/cu.usbmodemFA131
Using Programmer : stk500v1
Overriding Baud Rate : 19200
AVR Part : ATmega32U4
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
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 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 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% 0.02s
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.
That's the correct procedure. The signature 0x000000 indicates there's probably an error in your wiring. Please explain exactly which pins on the Uno are connected to which pins on the Micro.
The arduino.cc tutorial says to connect connect Arduino Uno to the ICSP 2x3 pins if the board trying to be programmed is a 32u4 board, which the Micro is. The article also mentions that if using an Uno as a programmer, a 10uF capacitor should be attached between Ground and Reset. Does this mean Ground and Reset solely on the Uno, or between the Uno and the Micro? Here are the exact connections I have made between the uno and the ICSP pins of the Micro.
Uno-----Micro
5v ----- VTG
GND ----- GND
D13 ----- SCK
D12 ----- MISO
D11 ----- MOSI
D10 ----- RST
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