USB AVR Arduino

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Hi, I just got my Pololu USB AVR 2.1 and I installed the drivers and utility in my windows 10.

The Config utility can see it just fine and I can change settings. I’ve enabled the VCC to 5v.

COM9 is the programming port according to device manager and the config utility

I used board manager to get the A-star 328PB board as a choice. The version is 5V 16Mhz.

Programmer is set to Atmel STK500

I used Sketch/Upload using programmer.

When I go into Arduino IDE to program my A-Star 328PB, I get the following and not sure why the device signature is wrong:

    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 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

     Using Port                    : COM9
     Using Programmer              : stk500

An error occurred while uploading the sketch
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 : STK500V2
     Description     : Atmel STK500
     Programmer Model: STK500
     Hardware Version: 15
     Firmware Version Master : 2.10
     Topcard         : Unknown
     Vtarget         : 4.7 V
     SCK period      : 8.7 us
     Varef           : 0.0 V
     Oscillator      : Off

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

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.

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I tried to flash the bootloader and got this:

     Programmer Type : STK500V2
     Description     : Atmel STK500
     Programmer Model: STK500
     Hardware Version: 15
     Firmware Version Master : 2.10
     Topcard         : Unknown
     Vtarget         : 4.8 V
     SCK period      : 0.5 us
     Varef           : 0.0 V
     Oscillator      : Off

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

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

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9516 (probably m328pb)
avrdude: NOTE: “flash” memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file “C:\Users\DaMaDo\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\pololu-a-star\hardware\avr\4.0.2/bootloaders/optiboot/optiboot_atmega328pb_16mhz.hex”
avrdude: writing flash (32768 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s

avrdude: 32768 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against C:\Users\DaMaDo\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\pololu-a-star\hardware\avr\4.0.2/bootloaders/optiboot/optiboot_atmega328pb_16mhz.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file C:\Users\DaMaDo\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\pololu-a-star\hardware\avr\4.0.2/bootloaders/optiboot/optiboot_atmega328pb_16mhz.hex:
avrdude: input file C:\Users\DaMaDo\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\pololu-a-star\hardware\avr\4.0.2/bootloaders/optiboot/optiboot_atmega328pb_16mhz.hex contains 32768 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

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

avrdude: verifying …
avrdude: 32768 bytes of flash verified
avrdude: reading input file “0xCF”
avrdude: writing lock (1 bytes):

Writing | ***failed;
################################################## | 100% 0.03s

avrdude: 1 bytes of lock written
avrdude: verifying lock memory against 0xCF:
avrdude: load data lock data from input file 0xCF:
avrdude: input file 0xCF contains 1 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip lock data:

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

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

avrdude done. Thank you.

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I got it working, not sure how. I just uninstalled and reinstalled everything and deleted the a-start library and re-installed also.