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Arduino IDE is throwing this error when uploading sketches - avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

The problem arose just after I uploaded a blink sketch to my Arduino Mini, which worked absolutely fine. After the successful upload I tried to upload a different sketch and got the error.

I thought I had destroyed the boot loader somehow and was about to get out the Bus Pirate for ICSP but I decided to try another Arduino Mini I had lying around (albeit from another manufacturer) and got the same error.

So I'm convinced it's a driver issue as I successfully uploaded a sketch (it still runs as we speak!) then just magically without changing ANYTHING I can no longer upload.

In a futile attempt to get back to work I've done the following: Switched the RX-TX lines (clearly not the issue as the first upload worked) Used a different FTDI cable used a different programmer (FTDI 5V/3.3V USB to TTL Basic FT232 FIO Programmer) (USB to TTL Serial UART RS232 Adaptor (PL2303HX) I'm fairly certain these use different drivers - FTDI and Prolific

Please help me I'm about to murder something :'(

Screencaps of error and device manager - Imgur

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  • The error appears when you overwrite the bootloader. Only the bootloader makes the standard Upload button work.
    – Avamander
    Mar 26, 2016 at 23:34
  • i am having same problem in uno, I checked all of possible situation(board/COM), what to do? and aslo please tell me which programmer I need to choose?
    – Gaurav Kesharwani
    Feb 25, 2017 at 13:58
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    Answer is below. You need to press the button on the arduino board as you are uploading the sketch. arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoMini
    – totalconfusion
    Feb 27, 2017 at 1:39
  • Did you check the pin alignment of your FTDI connector with the 6-pin connector on your Arduino board? Although the FTDI adapters look the same, the 6-pin connector may actually have been swapped. BTW, my FTDI adapter resolves the need to reset the Arduino before uploading by bringing out the DTR signal on pin 6. However, it was made backwards from other ones.
    – Konrad Roeder
    Nov 10, 2018 at 16:02
  • Please post this as "Comment" because it ISNT an answer!
    – MatsK
    Nov 10, 2018 at 17:31

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Is it this?

"To upload a new sketch to the Arduino Mini, you need to press the reset button on the board immediately before pressing the upload button in the Arduino environment."

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoMini

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Is it this?

"To upload a new sketch to the Arduino Mini, you need to press the reset button >on the board immediately before pressing the upload button in the Arduino >environment."

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoMini

You sir, are a hero.

I don't even know how I accidentally did this sequence to upload the first sketch... Perhaps I plugged the USB to Serial UART in to the USB port and quickly pressed upload? Having got the first sketch on there really mixed me up :/

Solution:

  1. Click upload sketch - It will show 'Compiling Sketch'
  2. Immediately after clicking upload, hold the reset button down on the Arduino mini
  3. Release the reset button when 'Compiling Sketch' turns in to 'Uploading'
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avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

I have the same problem (Arduino uno) I reset the Arduino several times, but finally i fixed the problem. so you must change the pic of the arduino and make sure it was instilled correctly on the arduino board.

hope it work...

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