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  • nutcrackerN Offline
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    nutcracker
    wrote on last edited by nutcracker
    #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

      hekH Offline
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      hek
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      wrote on last edited by
      #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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        • hekH Offline
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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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          • nutcrackerN Offline
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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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              • nutcrackerN Offline
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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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                • hekH Offline
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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
                    Hero Member
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                    #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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                        #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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                                #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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                                  #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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                                      #166

                                      @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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                                        #167

                                        Hello,

                                        I have one more question. Is it possible to power the micro from the ftdi pins? I would like to use jumper wires.

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                                          @gloob

                                          Yes it's possible to power it from the FTDI pins, if you want to..

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