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I have ATMEGA328P-AU chip, to burn the bootloader I used ARDUINO Uno Board as "ARDUINO as ISP" with setup Board: Nanno. I'm getting the following error. While looking for the solution I got suggestions of

  1. rechecking the connection - Yes I did
  2. Lower the Buad Rate - Tried observed the same result as below
  3. Tried varying the external oscillator 8MHz/ 16Mhz The command to upload the bootloader is as follow:

D:\WorkSpace\Arduino\arduino-1.8.7\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CD:\WorkSpace\Arduino\arduino-1.8.7\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM9 -b19200 -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0xFD:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDA:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m

I want to know the does this signature 0xffffff indicates I have blown out the IC similar ???

     Using Port                    : COM9
     Using Programmer              : arduino
     Overriding Baud Rate          : 19200 avrdude: stk50

0_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x8e 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: 2
     Firmware Version: 1.18
     Topcard         : Unknown
     Vtarget         : 0.0 V
     Varef           : 0.0 V
     Oscillator      : Off
     SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

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

avrdude: Device signature = 0xffffff (probably .avr8x_mega) (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0xffffff (probably .avr8x_mega) (retrying)

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

avrdude: Device signature = 0xffffff (probably .avr8x_mega) avrdude: Yikes! Invalid device signature. Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override this check. avrdude done. Thank you.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ You need to use the exact baud rate for the bootloader you flashed, the correct clock source, the correct command, the correct serial connection, to trigger reset at the correct time... Essentially none of the critically key information is in your question. \$\endgroup\$
    – Chris Stratton
    Mar 16 '19 at 18:48
  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for the suggestion..added the command \$\endgroup\$
    – dss2309
    Mar 16 '19 at 18:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ Still too much missing. Maybe try writing a sketch that does endless unprompted serial output ideally with brief pauses, upload that with the ISP and make sure you can read the output before you add all the additional complications of the bootloader communication. Once that works you can try uploading a bootloader again, informed by everything you learned about the situation. \$\endgroup\$
    – Chris Stratton
    Mar 16 '19 at 19:02
  • \$\begingroup\$ sorry, I'm not getting you specifically "Maybe try writing a sketch that does endless unprompted serial output ideally with brief pauses", I used this link for the above procedure arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoToBreadboard \$\endgroup\$
    – dss2309
    Mar 16 '19 at 19:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ A bootloader is not required to load a sketch, and a boot loader requires more to work right than a sketch that merely does output does. So start with such a sketch, use "upload via programmer" (or whatever they are calling that menu option now) and get that producing serial output you can capture, first. In doing that, you can help yourself vs. saying that you followed the instructions but the result does not work does not make a question answerable here. \$\endgroup\$
    – Chris Stratton
    Mar 16 '19 at 19:18
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After trying a lot of time on the bootload uploading using Arduino as an ISP, I switched to USBASP. And successfully uploaded the code on those suspicious IC, which I kept aside considering dead. Though I could not figure out the fault in Arduino while uploading, I would suggest doing the same if someone stumbled at a similar question.

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    \$\begingroup\$ This is a fairly random solution, but please accept your self-answer so that the question shows as resolved and does not continually get churned back up. \$\endgroup\$
    – Chris Stratton
    Jul 25 '19 at 15:25

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