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I am sorry, but the problems trying to get these boards to accept a program are just too much of a hassle. I come from PIC Chip background and they have no issues with the storing of software onto the chips and getting it to run.

I have bought two boards to try out, Intel Galileo and Arduino Diecimila. The Intel board appear to accept the program but obviously has not as it does nothing once loaded. The other board doesn't even allow the program to be transferred to the board:

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

Looked on the forums and see that people do lots of ridiculous things like pushing buttons, removing and putting back in cables, etc... Total nonsense for a device that is meant for industry.

Think I will put this wasted day down to experience and go back to my PIC Chips.

Chewy

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Bye.

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Send the boards to me. I will give them a good home.

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You expect sympathy?

You have not told us just what the problems are or how you have attempted to overcome them.

"It is a poor workman that blames his tools."

Weedpharma

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Looked on the forums and see that people do lots of ridiculous things like pushing buttons, removing and putting back in cables, etc...

Certainly a silly thing to to - push buttons and insert cables, when you are using a microcontroller!

If this is the sum total of the debugging you are prepared to do - and bearing in mind most people here use Arduinos every day without problems - then the problem might just be PBCAK.

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Chewbakker:
I am sorry, but the problems trying to get these boards to accept a program are just too much of a hassle.

Yes, while there are some exceptions, the attractive nature of the Arduino is that programming them is quick and easy. Something is up.

Chewbakker:
I have bought two boards to try out, Intel Galileo and Arduino Diecimila.

Well, those might have been two bad options.

The Galileo is a Intel board with some Arduino functions. Not really an Arduino.

Chewbakker:
The other board doesn't even allow the program to be transferred to the board:
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

The Diecimila is a very old board. Where did you find one of those?

Chewbakker:
Looked on the forums and see that people do lots of ridiculous things like pushing buttons, removing and putting back in cables, etc... Total nonsense for a device that is meant for industry.

What do you mean by "industry"? The arduino is meant for prototyping, art projects, hobbyist, and professional work. The focus was never and has never been to replace professional microcontroller / embedded tools.

Chewbakker:
Think I will put this wasted day down to experience and go back to my PIC Chips.

Okay, well, Arduino != AVR. If you want the professional toolset associated with AVR chips, then you need to get boards and tools from Atmel.

And with your current attitude, the Arduino community would probably prefer if you went back to PIC.