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  • tbowmoT Offline
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    tbowmo
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    wrote on last edited by
    #147

    @blacey

    Thanks.. It's actually kind of fun, when I see that things I have created, actually brings value to other people.. Always been a driving force for me (no matter what I have had my hands in, whether it's software of various types,VHF radios for ships, mobile phones, bluetooth headsets, or sensor modules :) )

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    • tbowmoT tbowmo

      @mvader

      It's using a standard ftdi header, as used in the arduino mini pro.

      About the testmode, you should hold A0 to GND, while applying power to the unit. Then it starts spewing data to the serial port.

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      #148

      @tbowmo said:

      @mvader

      It's using a standard ftdi header, as used in the arduino mini pro.

      About the testmode, you should hold A0 to GND, while applying power to the unit. Then it starts spewing data to the serial port.

      I had meant that i put it in test mode to try and program it.
      getting it in test mode worked. i could see the led blinking.

      however when i gave up and put the radio back on and turn it on, i guess it had actually taken my upload.
      it was reporting in F now.
      so i know the DTR does the auto reset, i guess upload works, but no reset and/or completed msg in the IDE.

      i ordered a new programmer anyway with DTR.

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      • nutcrackerN Offline
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        #149

        Hi,

        I've received some boards and all working good.

        I'd like to upload a new sketch to the Sensebender Micro board and I'm attempting to do this via the FTDI FT232RL USB to TTL serial converter adapter that I purchased here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221552218333).

        Could someone kindly confirm the pin to pin mapping between the FTDI board and the Senseboard Micro as when I attempt to upload I receive the message:

           Programmer Type : butterfly
                 Description     : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
        
        Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding
        
        Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
        

        I'm using Arduino 1.6.5 running on Windows 8.1 (inside parallels on a Mac).

        Any ideas?

        Thank you

        Nutz

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        • nutcrackerN nutcracker

          Hi,

          I've received some boards and all working good.

          I'd like to upload a new sketch to the Sensebender Micro board and I'm attempting to do this via the FTDI FT232RL USB to TTL serial converter adapter that I purchased here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221552218333).

          Could someone kindly confirm the pin to pin mapping between the FTDI board and the Senseboard Micro as when I attempt to upload I receive the message:

             Programmer Type : butterfly
                   Description     : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
          
          Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding
          
          Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
          

          I'm using Arduino 1.6.5 running on Windows 8.1 (inside parallels on a Mac).

          Any ideas?

          Thank you

          Nutz

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          #150

          @nutcracker

          I usually use the GND pin as a guide.
          What happens if you run Arduino IDE directly in your native OS?

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            nutcracker
            wrote on last edited by nutcracker
            #151

            Thanks @hek. I've had to run Arduino on Windows before because of compatibility issues with certain chip sets on Arduino boards and I didn't fancy running unsigned drivers on my Mac to resolve... I'm able to upload sketches to other boards with no issues.

            That said, I've updated Arduino to 1.6.5 on my Mac and have attempted to upload the default Sensebendermicro.ino sketch to the micro with a similar error:

            Arduino: 1.6.5 (Mac OS X), Board: "Arduino Micro"
            
            Build options changed, rebuilding all
            
            Sketch uses 26,414 bytes (92%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28,672 bytes.
            Global variables use 799 bytes (31%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1,761 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,560 bytes.
            Found programmer: Id = "�d��b�"; type = F
                Software Version = �.�; Hardware Version = �.�
            avrdude: error: buffered memory access not supported. Maybe it isn't
            a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?
            Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
            
              This report would have more information with
              "Show verbose output during compilation"
              enabled in File > Preferences.
            
            

            With verbose output enabled:

            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.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
                     User configuration file is "/Users/nutcracker/.avrduderc"
                     User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
            
                     Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbserial-A50285BI
                     Using Programmer              : avr109
                     Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
                     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 : butterfly
                     Description     : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
            
            Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding
            Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
            

            Nutz

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              hek
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              wrote on last edited by
              #152

              @nutcracker said:

              Maybe it isn't
              a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?

              Is your programmer setting in Arduino IDE set to "USBasp"?

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                wrote on last edited by
                #153

                Hi @hek, I've never had to change the programmer setting before... I've changed it to USBasp and re-uploaded but same error. I've always used the menu options Sketch=>Upload to upload a sketch to the board. Should I be using Sketch=>Upload via programmer for this micro board ? If so, that fails too but something to do with it not being able to find the USB device.

                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.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
                         User configuration file is "/Users/nutcracker/.avrduderc"
                         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
                
                         Using Port                    : usb
                         Using Programmer              : usbasp
                avrdude: error: could not find USB device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vendor='www.fischl.de' product='USBasp'
                
                avrdude done.  Thank you.
                

                Nutz

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                • hekH Offline
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                  hek
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #154

                  Hmm. I think I understand what the problem is now. You've selected the "Arduino Micro" board. Not our "MySensors/Sensebender Micro" .

                  Did you follow the instructions here?
                  http://www.mysensors.org/hardware/micro-ide-setup

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #155

                    Thanks @hek, I also realised my mistake once I retraced my steps...I hadn't scrolled down fully on that screenshot that shows the Sensebender Micro board... I think what through me is that screenshot also shows a "dot" against another board - the Arduino Micro board...and I was selecting that... duh! (may be worth changing the screenshot? ;))

                    Anyway, thanks for your help...sketch uploaded perfectly after that!

                    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.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
                             User configuration file is "/Users/nutcracker/.avrduderc"
                             User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
                    
                             Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbserial-A50285BI
                             Using Programmer              : arduino
                             Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
                             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 : Arduino
                             Description     : Arduino
                             Hardware Version: 3
                             Firmware Version: 5.0
                             Vtarget         : 0.3 V
                             Varef           : 0.3 V
                             Oscillator      : 28.800 kHz
                             SCK period      : 3.3 us
                    
                    avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
                    
                    Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
                    
                    avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f
                    avrdude: reading input file "/var/folders/r3/_6srq76n0mz4kmh86hsy4y2m0000gn/T/build4750928375396503439.tmp/SensebenderMicro.cpp.hex"
                    avrdude: writing flash (23678 bytes):
                    
                    Writing | ################################################## | 100% 8.84s
                    
                    avrdude: 23678 bytes of flash written
                    avrdude: verifying flash memory against /var/folders/r3/_6srq76n0mz4kmh86hsy4y2m0000gn/T/build4750928375396503439.tmp/SensebenderMicro.cpp.hex:
                    avrdude: load data flash data from input file /var/folders/r3/_6srq76n0mz4kmh86hsy4y2m0000gn/T/build4750928375396503439.tmp/SensebenderMicro.cpp.hex:
                    avrdude: input file /var/folders/r3/_6srq76n0mz4kmh86hsy4y2m0000gn/T/build4750928375396503439.tmp/SensebenderMicro.cpp.hex contains 23678 bytes
                    avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:
                    
                    Reading | ################################################## | 100% 9.94s
                    
                    avrdude: verifying ...
                    avrdude: 23678 bytes of flash verified
                    
                    avrdude done.  Thank you.
                    

                    Cheers!

                    Nutz

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                      hek
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #156

                      Ah... there is a dot in the menu-image. Will update it. Thanks.

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                        Ah... there is a dot in the menu-image. Will update it. Thanks.

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                        RJ_Make
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #157

                        @hek Interesting.. I didn't know this.. I used the standard Pro Mini 3v3 and it worked...????

                        RJ_Make

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                          gloob
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                          #158

                          Received my Micros today. Luckily there was no custom and a lot of pins to solder. Can't wait to solder them on wednesday on work and test them.

                          Is there any instruction how to solder everything? On which side the radio module needs to be soldered.

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                            Received my Micros today. Luckily there was no custom and a lot of pins to solder. Can't wait to solder them on wednesday on work and test them.

                            Is there any instruction how to solder everything? On which side the radio module needs to be soldered.

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                            wrote on last edited by tbowmo
                            #159

                            @gloob

                            This might help you out :)

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                              gbfromhb
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                              #160

                              I hope this question has not been answered already and I did not miss the answer. I was thinking about connecting a motion sensor to this and was hoping that one of the digital pins supports an interrupt. Is there an interrupt available?

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                                #161

                                @gbfromhb

                                D3 is available on the side-pins. D2 is routed to the radio but can be used with some hacking.

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                                • G gbfromhb

                                  I hope this question has not been answered already and I did not miss the answer. I was thinking about connecting a motion sensor to this and was hoping that one of the digital pins supports an interrupt. Is there an interrupt available?

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                                  #162

                                  @gbfromhb said:

                                  I hope this question has not been answered already and I did not miss the answer. I was thinking about connecting a motion sensor to this and was hoping that one of the digital pins supports an interrupt. Is there an interrupt available?

                                  I'm planning to do the same thing.
                                  i ordered my 5v step up regulators to support the PIR sensor.
                                  although I hope adding the motion isnt going to kill the batteries.

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                                    gbfromhb
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                                    #163

                                    @mvader
                                    I have so far had no problems running my PIR sensors at 3.3v with the following hack.

                                    http://techgurka.blogspot.com/2013/05/cheap-pyroelectric-infrared-pir-motion.html

                                    You can not do this with all PIR Sensors from what I understand, but one of the ones listed in the MySensors store is what I've been using. Go down to the bottom of the article.

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                                      gbfromhb
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                                      #164

                                      @Hek
                                      Thanks, I saw the D3, but I'm new enough to this adventure that I was not sure if I should have assumed that it also had an interrupt like all the other boards.

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                                        @gbfromhb

                                        I tried to keep the naming, and pins on the atmega, the same as an ordinary arduino :)

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                                          @mvader
                                          I have so far had no problems running my PIR sensors at 3.3v with the following hack.

                                          http://techgurka.blogspot.com/2013/05/cheap-pyroelectric-infrared-pir-motion.html

                                          You can not do this with all PIR Sensors from what I understand, but one of the ones listed in the MySensors store is what I've been using. Go down to the bottom of the article.

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                                          @gbfromhb said:

                                          @mvader
                                          I have so far had no problems running my PIR sensors at 3.3v with the following hack.

                                          http://techgurka.blogspot.com/2013/05/cheap-pyroelectric-infrared-pir-motion.html

                                          You can not do this with all PIR Sensors from what I understand, but one of the ones listed in the MySensors store is what I've been using. Go down to the bottom of the article.

                                          wow.. nice.. thanks for the info! I will give this a go asap.

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