Hi Everyone,
QUESTION: Is there a way to recover a 3pi that has an unrecognizable mcu?
BACKGROUND: I teach a robotics course to middle school kids. Despite the warning on the box, my presentation slide warning them and my constant reminding, I think a student shut the power off on their 3pi while it was being programmed. When I try to program it now, I get this message:
avrdude: Expected signature for ATMEGA328P is 1E 95 0F
Double check chip, or use -F to override this check.
The robot is a 3pi, using a Pololu USB programmer (PGM03A) and using the Arduino IDE. There are no software configuration problems, the student was able to program a replacement 3pi with their program.
I am guessing it’s zapped for good, but I thought it would just make sense to ask all you smart people before I send it to the bone pile. Apologies if this was addressed elsewhere - I looked and didn’t find anything.