Can't flash Nano

Anima

I cannot flash my Nano anymore. I always get the error FLASH ROM FAILED or Firmware Upload Error 1/1 with the T2 Laser. I cannot clear the EEPRON.

Errorcode:
avrdude.exe: Version 5.11-Patch#7610, compiled on Aug 31 2011 at 08:02:19
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\xDDra\Desktop\Programme\EleksCAM v3.1\EleksCAM\avrdude\avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : \\.\COM3
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
         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

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8c

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8e

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0d
Hardware Version: 2
Firmware Version: 7707076.4550624

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x95

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xd5

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x46

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48
Vtarget : 195453187.2 V
Varef : 668462.0 V
Oscillator : 0.552 Hz
SCK period : 51.0 us

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0e

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xbc
avrdude.exe: stk500_initialize(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xcd
avrdude.exe: initialization failed, rc=-1
avrdude.exe: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
avrdude.exe: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude.exe: Yikes! Invalid device signature.
avrdude.exe: Expected signature for ATMEGA328P is 1E 95 0F
a

OR

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\xDDra\Desktop\Programme\EleksCAM v3.1\EleksCAM\avrdude\avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : \\.\COM4
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
         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

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8c

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8e

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0d
Hardware Version: 2
Firmware Version: 15243716.4550624

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x95

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xd5

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x46

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48
Vtarget : 195453187.2 V
Varef : 668462.0 V
Oscillator : 0.552 Hz
SCK period : 52.1 us

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0e

avrdude.exe: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xbc
avrdude.exe: stk500_initialize(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xcd
avrdude.exe: initialization failed, rc=-1
avrdude.exe: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
avrdude.exe: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude.exe: Yikes! Invalid device signature.
avrdude.exe: Expected signature for ATMEGA328P is 1E 95 0F
a

Do you have any idea @Zax ?

Zax

@Anima You may be able to recover it by reloading the boot loader, but if it's one of the cheap Eleks Nano's that doesn't use a real ATmega chip I would just toss it and get a quality replacement.

Anima

It has a Mega 328P and it is GBRL ready I just cannot flash it anymore.

Zax

@Anima It sounds like the Nano is out of sync, reflashing the boot loader usually fixes it. You can also load a small program like the blink test and then flash Grbl again.

Anima

I am not into the arduino stuff so far.. How do I reflash the boot loader?
I do not have a second Nano and no programmer..

Zax

@Anima You can use another Arduino as a programmer, and using Arduino IDE you can load the boot loader. I suggest to use OptiBoot as it's smaller, although technically for the Uno it works well with the Nano as well since they share the same ATmega328p chip.

There are many good resources explaining the process, so I won't try to repeat that here. Here's some good information to get started:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP

Anima

@Zax Getting this error code over and over and over again. What do I have to change in the avrdude.conf file? I do not get it

Arduino: 1.8.6 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Nano, ATmega328P (Old Bootloader)"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Users\xDDra\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:nano:cpu=atmega328old -ide-version=10806 -build-path E:\arduino_build_868266 -warnings=none -build-cache E:\arduino_cache_385941 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -verbose C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\libraries\SoftwareSerial\examples\SoftwareSerialExample\SoftwareSerialExample.ino
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Users\xDDra\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:nano:cpu=atmega328old -ide-version=10806 -build-path E:\arduino_build_868266 -warnings=none -build-cache E:\arduino_cache_385941 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -verbose C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\libraries\SoftwareSerial\examples\SoftwareSerialExample\SoftwareSerialExample.ino
Using board 'nano' from platform in folder: C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21
Detecting libraries used...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp" -o nul
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src" "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp" -o nul
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src" "C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src\SoftwareSerial.cpp" -o nul
Generating function prototypes...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src" "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp" -o "E:\arduino_build_868266\preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder\ctags\5.8-arduino11/ctags" -u --language-force=c++ -f - --c++-kinds=svpf --fields=KSTtzns --line-directives "E:\arduino_build_868266\preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp"
Compiling sketch...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src" "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp" -o "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp.o"
Compiling libraries...
Compiling library "SoftwareSerial"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -MMD -flto -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10806 -DARDUINO_AVR_NANO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\variants\eightanaloginputs" "-IC:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src" "C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial\src\SoftwareSerial.cpp" -o "E:\arduino_build_868266\libraries\SoftwareSerial\SoftwareSerial.cpp.o"
Compiling core...
Using precompiled core: E:\arduino_cache_385941\core\core_arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328old_1bd14a4bcb1fec807e10582af256f0e9.a
Linking everything together...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-gcc" -w -Os -g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--gc-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -o "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.elf" "E:\arduino_build_868266\sketch\SoftwareSerialExample.ino.cpp.o" "E:\arduino_build_868266\libraries\SoftwareSerial\SoftwareSerial.cpp.o" "E:\arduino_build_868266/..\arduino_cache_385941\core\core_arduino_avr_nano_cpu_atmega328old_1bd14a4bcb1fec807e10582af256f0e9.a" "-LE:\arduino_build_868266" -lm
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -j .eeprom --set-section-flags=.eeprom=alloc,load --no-change-warnings --change-section-lma .eeprom=0 "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.elf" "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.eep"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-objcopy" -O ihex -R .eeprom "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.elf" "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.hex"
Multiple libraries were found for "SoftwareSerial.h"
Used: C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial
Not used: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\espsoftwareserial-master
Not used: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Arduino_SoftwareSerial
Using library SoftwareSerial at version 1.0 in folder: C:\Users\xDDra\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.6.21\libraries\SoftwareSerial
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-size" -A "E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.elf"
Sketch uses 3290 bytes (10%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 335 bytes (16%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1713 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM3 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:E:\arduino_build_868266/SoftwareSerialExample.ino.hex:i

     System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

     Using Port                    : COM3
     Using Programmer              : arduino
     Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
     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

An error occurred while uploading the sketch
----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
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

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8c

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x8e

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0d
Hardware Version: 2
Firmware Version: 0.4611299

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x95

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xd5

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x46

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x48
Vtarget : 420030.5 V
Varef : 199290220.8 V
Oscillator : 0.531 Hz
SCK period : 18168350.7 us

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x0e

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xbc
avrdude: stk500_initialize(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xcd
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.

avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xcc

avrdude done. Thank you.

Zax

@Anima I'm not sure what you are trying to do, if you are attempting to install the boot loader you do that with Arduino IDE.

Anima

@Zax That is the code from the IDE.

Zax

@Anima You are trying to burn the boot loader, correct?

Do you have an AVR programmer or are you using Arduino as ISP?

You wouldn't be editing avrdude.conf or even using it directly, you connect the boards via ISP and use the Burn Bootloader command in the IDE.

Note: Due to memory constraints it's best to use the Uno OptiBoot loader.

Anima

Used the UNO SCSP Pins and connected them like https://www.arduino.cc/en/uploads/Tutorial/Arduino_ISP_wires.jpg that. Loaded the ArduinoISP Sketch on the UNO before. Then opened the programmer arduino as ISP and chose the Nano board with the old bootloader because the new one wouldn't get accepted. @Zax