I cannot update the program on my ATMega328p-AU (with the old version of the Arduino nano bootloader burnt to it). Oddly enough I can still talk to the program running on the uC (query and read out some values, switch stuff on and off) via serial. I am using the Arduino IDE for programming and serial communication.
I first tried using two different USB-TTL programmers. The 0.1 uF cap between DTR and Reset is on the board hosting the uC.
The error was stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
(whole error below).
Then I used an Arduino Nano (328p, old bootloader) with the ArduinoISP sketch flashed to it. I can neither reprogram the sketch nor reburn the boot loader. The error given is (whole error below):
avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes! Invalid device signature.
Double-check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
I am afraid of using the -F option as I fear the uC will stop working altogether.
Is my uC bricked and just working by chance? I have checked and rewired the connections many times, and I am confident that they are correct.
Error using USB-TTL programmer:
Sketch uses 12774 bytes (41%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 611 bytes (29%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1437 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -P/dev/ttyUSB0 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/tmp/arduino_build_408838/nixie.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 "/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/user/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/ttyUSB0
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe0
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe0
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe0
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe0
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe0
avrdude done. Thank you.
An error occurred while uploading the sketch
Error using Arduino Nano as ISP or using it to burn the bootloader:
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 "/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/user/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/ttyUSB0
Using Programmer : stk500v1
Overriding Baud Rate : 19200
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 : STK500
Description : Atmel STK500 Version 1.x firmware
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% 0.02s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)
An error occurred while uploading the sketch
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s
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.
/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/opt/arduino-1.8.10/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -P/dev/ttyUSB0 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/tmp/arduino_build_408838/nixie.ino.hex:i
... you can also compile a simple LED blink sketch and do the same thing in case the nixie sketch has a problem \$\endgroup\$