Is my arduino board broken?

Question

Last night I had my arduino connected to pc and mc connected to 9 volts in the same time then today I tried to connect my arduino to pc and i removed any connection i just wanted to display a string it i used this code

 void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600) ;
  }

   void loop() {  

    Serial.print("NO FORMAT");   
     }

its not showing anything in serial montor I tried to blink led no output still

And i have another arduino i used the same code it showing the message in serial monitor is my previous board broken ? thank you for help when i tried to click the reset button in arduino the orang led built in is not blinking

Answer 1

I assume that PWR LED is turned on? If on USB connection PWR LED is off and on 9V connection it turns on you should check fuse. It is on the right side of USB connector and is protection only from USB voltage source.

If it works you should check level of voltages or try connect usbasp and then using avrdude check if it is connecting normally.

Few ideas for voltage levels:

1. Voltage on "main" ATMega328 (You can check it through ISP header)
2. Voltage on Arduino's chip which is ATmega16, or CH340 if you have chinese one (or something like that). It should be the same as on main Arduino, but to be sure...
3. Voltage on reset

You need around 5 volts to be sure that it works properly because of construction of arduino's board.

If you still have no answers, no voltages you should check Arduino's schematic for more information: https://www.arduino.cc/en/uploads/Main/Arduino_Uno_Rev3-schematic.pdf

If there is electrically everything all right and you did not check with usbasp (or other AVR-compatible programmer) I believe that next step is to check bootloader on your board.