Error Programming A-Star 328PB Micro

RossW · August 7, 2019, 8:39pm

I’m using Sparkfun’s AVR Programmer to program my new A-Star 328PB Micro using the Arduino IDE. I got the board into the IDE by following the instructions, but after selecting the right board and setting the Programmer to “USBtinyISP” and going Sketch>Upload using Programmer I get an error saying “the selected serial port does not exist or your board is not connected”. I know it’s hooked up right as the onboard LED is blinking with the standard 'Blink; program each chip ships with. I don’t see anything under “Port” in the IDE, but I’m given to understand that isn’t needed. I’m on a Macbook Pro (15", 2018) Max OS Mojave (v10.14.5).

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_601182 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_806/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_601182 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_806/Blink.ino
Using board 'a-star328PB' from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_601182/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together...
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/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1180 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cusbtiny -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_29774/Blink.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : usbtiny
avrdude: Error: Could not find USBtiny device (0x1781/0xc9f)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

the selected serial port 
 does not exist or your board is not connected

AmandaS · August 8, 2019, 12:32am

Hello.

The error message you are getting indicates that the Arduino IDE cannot connect to your AVR programmer. We are not really familiar with Sparkfun’s Pocket AVR Programmer, so you might try contacting Sparkfun directly for further assistance.

It sounds like you might be using your AVR programmer to supply power to the A-Star 328PB board while programming it. If that is the case, can you try powering the A-Star 328PB separately and see if that changes anything?

- Amanda

RossW · August 10, 2019, 5:17pm

I’m able to program it successfully directly through the Arduino IDE if I use the TTL serial programming header (selecting the appropriate port, board + AVRISP mkII in the IDE).

If I leave the TTL serial programming header connected (so the board has power) and then try Sparkfun’s AVR Programmer (appropriate board + USBtinyISP + Sketch > Upload using Programmer) I now get this error:

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Mac OS X), Board: “Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz”

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=0403_6001 -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_40763 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_355480/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=0403_6001 -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_40763 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_355480/Blink.ino
Using board ‘a-star328PB’ from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core ‘arduino’ from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c+±kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch…
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Compiling libraries…
Compiling core…
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_40763/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-gcc -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,–gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/…/arduino_cache_40763/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a -L/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521 -lm
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1158 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cusbtiny -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_749521/Blink.ino.hex:i

avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright © 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright © 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
     System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
     User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
     User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

     Using Port                    : usb
     Using Programmer              : usbtiny
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found USBtinyISP, bus:device: 020:014
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 : USBtiny
     Description     : USBtiny simple USB programmer, https://learn.adafruit.com/usbtinyisp
avrdude: programmer operation not supported

avrdude: Using SCK period of 10 usec
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

An error occurred while uploading the sketch
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9516 (probably m328pb)
avrdude: Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F
Double check chip, or use -F to override this check.

avrdude done. Thank you.

Same thing If I disconnect the TTL serial programming header and switch on power to the A-Star via the AVR Programmer.

AmandaS · August 13, 2019, 1:46am

I just noticed the AVRDUDE command in your build output is configured for programming an ATmega328P, not an ATmega328PB. If you do not already know, you cannot use any of the default programmers listed under the Tools > Programmer menu of the Arduino IDE to program the A-Star 328PB, since the software toolchain used with these programmers do not recognize the ATmega328PB. This is stated under the “Upload Using Programmer” part of the “ATmega328PB support in the Arduino IDE” section of the A-Star 328PB User’s Guide.

Someone on the forum had a similar issue with trying to program the A-Star 328PB using an AVRISP mkII programmer; you can follow our instructions here. For you, the correct programmers.txt file to edit would be in /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/, and you should add the following lines to that file:

usbtinyispfor328PB.name=USBtinyIsp for 328PB
usbtinyispfor328PB.communication=usb
usbtinyispfor328PB.protocol=usbtiny
usbtinyispfor328PB.program.protocol=usbtiny
usbtinyispfor328PB.program.tool=avrdudecustom
usbtinyispfor328PB.program.extra_params=

- Amanda

RossW · August 13, 2019, 12:23pm

I followed your instructions (and restarted the Arduino IDE) but still get an error:

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Mac OS X), Board: “Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz”

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_773163 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_704903/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_773163 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_704903/Blink.ino
Using board ‘a-star328PB’ from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core ‘arduino’ from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c+±kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o
Compiling libraries…
Compiling core…
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_773163/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together…
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-gcc -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,–gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/…/arduino_cache_773163/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a -L/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139 -lm
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1180 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cusbtiny -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_530139/Blink.ino.hex:i

avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright © 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright © 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
     System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
     User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
     User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

     Using Port                    : usb
     Using Programmer              : usbtiny
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found USBtinyISP, bus:device: 020:004
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 : USBtiny
     Description     : USBtiny simple USB programmer, https://learn.adafruit.com/usbtinyisp
avrdude: programmer operation not supported

avrdude: Using SCK period of 10 usec
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

An error occurred while uploading the sketch
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

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.

Do I need to add “-P{serial.port}” to the last line of your text?

AmandaS · August 13, 2019, 7:04pm

No; you do not need to add -P{serial.port} to usbtinyispfor328PB.program.extra_params= since your programmer does not require a serial port to be specified.

It looks like your AVRDUDE command is still configured to program the ATmega328P. You should double-check that you added and saved the changes to the correct programmers.txt file, close all IDE windows to restart the Arduino IDE, and select the new “USBtinyIsp for 328PB” entry in the Programmers menu before attempting to upload a sketch.

- Amanda

RossW · August 13, 2019, 8:46pm

Genius! I missed seeing the part where I needed to choose the newly listed programmer, but now it works!

Of course, programming the chip this way overwrites the bootloader, which means until you re-load it you can’t re-program the board. Unfortunately, I can’t burn the bootloader as I get this error:

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Mac OS X), Board: “Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz”

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -cusbtiny -B 5 -e -Ulock:w:0xFF:m -Uefuse:w:0xF4:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m

avrdude: Version 6.3-20171130
Copyright © 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright © 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
     System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
     User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
     User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
     Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.
     Using Port                    : usb
     Using Programmer              : usbtiny
     Setting bit clk period        : 5.0
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found USBtinyISP, bus:device: 020:005
AVR Part : ATmega328PB
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 : USBtiny
     Description     : USBtiny simple USB programmer, https://learn.adafruit.com/usbtinyisp
avrdude: programmer operation not supported

avrdude: Setting SCK period to 5 usec
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Error while burning bootloader.
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

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.

RossW · August 13, 2019, 9:40pm

If I use the reset button on the board then I am able to upload new code as needed (Sketch > Upload using Programmer, reset, Sketch > Upload using Programmer, repeat).

Also, using the reset button I can burn the bootloader although I see this message:

avrdude: verifying …
avrdude: WARNING: invalid value for unused bits in fuse “lock”, should be set to 1 according to datasheet
This behaviour is deprecated and will result in an error in future version
You probably want to use 0x0f instead of 0xcf (double check with your datasheet first).
avrdude: 1 bytes of lock verified

So, I think I’m unblocked. Everything works as long as I remember the reset button.

Thanks for all your help, Amanda!

RossW · October 30, 2019, 5:36pm

Re-opening this thread as I am now completely unable to program the A-Star 328PB Micro via any TTL means.

I bought the Pololu Programmer (v2.1) thinking that would make my life easier, but I cannot get it to upload a sketch (even with the FTDI breakout board which previously worked) or burn the bootloader.

Here’s my Arduino IDE settings on my MacBook Pro 2018 (MacOS Mojave 10.14.6):

Here’s my setup:

(note the blinking red light on the programmer, and that the 328PB is getting power via 9V battery)

Here’s the error info (“Problem uploading to board”):

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_717490 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/examples/01.Basics/Blink/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_717490 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/examples/01.Basics/Blink/Blink.ino
Using board 'a-star328PB' from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_717490/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-gcc -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/../arduino_cache_717490/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a -L/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138 -lm
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1152 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -carduino -P/dev/cu.usbmodem002795022 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_171138/Blink.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbmodem002795022
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

What am I doing wrong?

AmandaS · October 31, 2019, 12:02am

Thank you for providing a video showing the behavior you’re seeing. Judging from the LED behavior of the AVR programmer, I suspect that you did not configure the programmer properly to run at 5V. When no power is detected from the target device and the AVR programmer’s regulator mode is set to auto, the programmer defaults to operate at 3.3 V. With the programmer operating at 3.3 V and the target device at 5 V, the programmer is unable to automatically reset the microcontroller into bootloader mode before programming it. You can find that information under the “Connecting to the serial interface” section in the Pololu A-Star 328PB User’s Guide. Please configure the AVR programmer’s regulator mode to 5 V using the programmer’s configuration utility before trying to program the A-Star 328PB Micro again and let us know the result.

- Amanda

RossW · October 31, 2019, 2:20am

I changed the programmer utility settings as follows:

Now the red LED is off but the yellow ones are going nuts:

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_286668 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/examples/01.Basics/Blink/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_286668 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/examples/01.Basics/Blink/Blink.ino
Using board 'a-star328PB' from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_286668/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-gcc -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/../arduino_cache_286668/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a -L/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939 -lm
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1152 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -carduino -P/dev/cu.usbmodem002795022 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_357939/Blink.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbmodem002795022
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

AmandaS · October 31, 2019, 9:59pm

You have the wrong port selected for programming the A-Star 328PB via its TTL serial interface; you should be using the AVR Programmer v2.1’s TTL port, not the Programming port, to program the A-Star 328PB. You can find that information under the “Programming using the Arduino IDE” section in the A-Star 328PB’s user’s guide.

- Amanda

RossW · October 31, 2019, 10:55pm

Thank you so much, Amanda! That worked. I have read the guides for both the 328PB & the AVER Programmer but missed out on that.

BTW, the yellow LEDs are still flashing very quickly.

AmandaS · November 1, 2019, 8:00pm

Great; I’m glad you’re able to program the A-Star 32U4 with the AVR Programmer v2.1!

As for the yellow LEDs blinking rapidly, that is the expected behavior; when VCC is configured to be a 5 V output, both yellow LEDs will blink eight times per second. You can also find that information in the “LED feedback” section of the AVR programmer’s user’s guide.

- Amanda

RossW · November 1, 2019, 9:54pm

Thanks again, Amanda. But I am not able to program another 328PB board (your last post says “32u4” but it’s the 328PB that’s been giving me problems) with the same code and same configuration. Thinking it’s because the bootloader was erased when last programmed via ISP, I tried to burn the bootloader but I get this error:

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -cstk500v2 -Pusb -B 5 -e -Ulock:w:0xFF:m -Uefuse:w:0xF4:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : stk500v2
         Setting bit clk period        : 5.0
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Error while burning bootloader.

AmandaS · November 2, 2019, 12:10am

Sorry, that was a typo; I meant to type “A-Star 328PB”, not “A-Star 32U4”.

You should make sure you’re selecting the correct port for burning the bootloader. Did you follow the instructions in the “Burning the bootloader” section of the A-Star 328PB user’s guide?

- Amanda

RossW · November 2, 2019, 1:51am

I think I can confirm the bootloader is missing on this board, as the yellow LED on the 328PB does NOT blink 3 times:

After connecting power, it is good to press the board’s reset button to make sure the serial bootloader is working. When you press the reset button, the A-Star 328PB serial bootloader will blink the user LED very quickly three times, wait for one second, and then exit. If you see this triple blink after pressing the reset button, it means the bootloader is present on the device and it can run. If there is no triple blink after you push the reset button, then there might be a problem with your power supply or the bootloader might have been erased.

I connected the Pololu AVR Programmer v2.1 to the 328PB via the ISP (and since I configured to provide power, the blue LED is on and the yellow LED is blinking with the original Blink sketch), changed the port to the programming one and tried to upload the bootloader but got the same error as before:

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -cstk500v2 -Pusb -B 5 -e -Ulock:w:0xFF:m -Uefuse:w:0xF4:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : stk500v2
         Setting bit clk period        : 5.0
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Error while burning bootloader.

DavidEGrayson · November 4, 2019, 11:42pm

Hello.

Your problem is that the Arduino IDE is passing -Pusb to AVRDUDE, when in instead it should be using the -P argument to tell AVRDUDE what serial port to use for the programmer. What port did you select in the “Port” menu? What programmer is selected in the “Programmer” menu? Could you select “STK500 for Pololu A-Star 328PB” and see if that works?

–David

RossW · November 5, 2019, 12:30am

I’m using the TTL port (ending in “24”) as seen in the Pololu config utility screenshot above - this corresponds to the TTL port.
I’ve been using the “AVRISP MkII” board to program via TTL and the Pololu AVR Programmer", but I tried just now with the “STK500 for Pololu A-Star 328PB” with the exact same results:

Arduino: 1.8.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Pololu A-Star 328PB, 5V, 16MHz"

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_679867 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_358121/Blink.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/rwaddell/Dropbox/Arduino Projects/libraries -fqbn=pololu-a-star:avr:a-star328PB:version=16mhz -vid-pid=1FFB_00BB -ide-version=10810 -build-path /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_679867 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_modified_sketch_358121/Blink.ino
Using board 'a-star328PB' from platform in folder: /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /dev/null
Generating function prototypes...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/preproc/ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp
Compiling sketch...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10810 -DARDUINO_AVR_A_STAR_328PB -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -include /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb/io_328pb.h -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/variants/a-star328pb /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o
Compiling libraries...
Compiling core...
Using previously compiled file: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o
Using precompiled core: /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_cache_679867/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a
Linking everything together...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-gcc -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/sketch/Blink.ino.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/core/new_vectors_328pb.cpp.o /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/../arduino_cache_679867/core/core_pololu-a-star_avr_a-star328PB_version_16mhz_51f02b7210b938436b779d1c032618e1.a -L/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649 -lm
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.eep
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-objcopy -O ihex -R .eeprom /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.elf /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.hex
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.elf
Sketch uses 1160 bytes (3%) 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.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -carduino -P/dev/cu.usbmodem002795024 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:/var/folders/nb/2356s9gj6y714v9fzf4hck080000gn/T/arduino_build_426649/Blink.ino.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbmodem002795024
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

If I try to burn the bootloader with the same config as above I get this (with or without external power applied to BAT+):

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -C+/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf -v -patmega328pb -cstk500 -P/dev/cu.usbmodem002795024 -B 5 -e -Ulock:w:0xFF:m -Uefuse:w:0xF4:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m 

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
         Additional configuration file is "/Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf"
avrdude: warning at /Users/rwaddell/Library/Arduino15/packages/pololu-a-star/hardware/avr/4.0.2/extra_avrdude.conf:1: part m328pb overwrites previous definition /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:8597.

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbmodem002795024
         Using Programmer              : stk500
         Setting bit clk period        : 5.0
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout

DavidEGrayson · November 5, 2019, 9:44pm

In the first error message you posted, it looks like you used the “Upload” button. Since you are attempting to flash the A-Star 328PB bootloader onto a board that does not have one, you should use the “Burn Bootloader” menu item instead.

For the second error message, it looks like you were using the wrong serial port. Since you are trying to use the programmer’s ISP interface, you need to select its Programming Port, not its TTL Port. For you, the programming port is /dev/cu.usbmodem002795022.

–David