I'm an old programmer, but new to the world of Arduino. I received a Vilros Ultimate Starter Kit with Uno board for Christmas.
I went to arduino.cc and downloaded the Windows Installer and installed it all including the drivers.
I started the IDE and plugged in the Uno - no circuitry attached. I Opened the Blink sketch that should make the LED on pin 13 blink.
I compiled it and have included the verbose output below. All looked good and it was fairly quick (10 seconds?).
I checked/set the board type and serial port in the IDE. I set the vebosity to max and All for both compile and upload.
The Tx led is blinking quickly and the led on pin 13 are on solid.
I then started the upload from the IDE. Its verbose output is included below. The upload went through all but the last line in about 5 seconds. The Tx led goes on solid so it is talking to the Uno.
Nothing happens for about 5 minutes and then the last line comes up saying the upload failed - no indication as to why.
The Uno remains with Tx and pin 13 leds on solid. Hitting the reset button on the Uno causes the pin 13 led to flash a few times and then come back solid. The Tx led remains solid through the reset process.
The only way to get the Uno back to its original state is removing the USB from the computer and replacing it after a few seconds.
I first loaded and ran the IDE on my laptop with the same results. I then moved to my desktop, giving the output included below - no difference from the laptop. I have also tried using different USB connections on both the laptop and desktop - to no avial.
I've gone through the Trobleshooting guide, but found nothing that helped.
I'm worried that I have a bad Uno board.
Any hints on what I should do?
Thanks
Environment
Windows 10 Home, version 1607, OS Build 14393.576
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7500@2.93GHz 2.94GHz
64-bit operation system, x64-based processor
Compiler Output
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries
... cut to save space ...
"C:\Users\daver\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_933426/Blink.ino.elf" "C:\Users\daver\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_933426/Blink.ino.hex"
Sketch uses 928 bytes (2%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
Upload Output
Arduino: 1.8.0 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Users\daver\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -vid-pid=0X2341_0X0043 -ide-version=10800 -build-path C:\Users\daver\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_933426 -warnings=all -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -verbose C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Blink\Blink.ino
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries
... cut to save space ...
Sketch uses 928 bytes (2%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM3 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\daver\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_933426/Blink.ino.hex:i
avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Dec 16 2016 at 13:33:19
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM3
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
An error occurred while uploading the sketch