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I have wired my Arduino as seen in the picture, with the RX of the cable plugged into the TX (D1) of the Leonardo and the TX of the cable plugged into the RX(D0) of the Leonardo. I then have the ground plugged into GND and the power into 5V. The driver is installed correctly and the IDE recognizes the port, however, whenever I try and upload any sketch, I get the error:

Programmer Type : butterfly Description : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader

Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding

avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding

I can upload sketches fine via usb, is it just unable to do so via a USB to TTL cable?

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Thanks in advance

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The bootloader on the Leonardo operates through the native USB port of the ATMega32U2 chip, not the UART.

You cannot treat it like an Uno because it isn't an Uno.

You can only program it through the USB port or through the ICSP connector.

If you want to use UART to upload you will need to replace the bootloader with a suitable UART based alternative. (Before you ask, no I don't know if one even exists or where to get it if it does).

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  • That would make sense. I am assuming that the Leonardo can still communicate with other serial devices via the UART correct? I am not very familiar with bootloaders, hence my ignorance...
    – Harry Stuart
    Aug 22, 2017 at 10:43
  • Yes, that is down to the sketch, not the bootloader.
    – Majenko ♦
    Aug 22, 2017 at 10:44

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