I have two sunfounder mega2560s. I am using one as an ISP programmer and the other is my target. The programmer has the original bootloader on it. I have placed the ArduinoISP sketch on my programmer and connected LEDs and stuff as here: https://www.arduino.cc/en/pmwiki.php?n=Tutorial/ArduinoISP
I have connected all six pins on my programmer to all six pins on the target. I'm using the ICSP towards the middle of the board on both boards as opposed to the one near the USB cable.
I am trying to place megacore on the target. I have followed the directions here: https://github.com/MCUdude/MegaCore#how-to-install.
I am running Arduino IDE on Windows 10. I am selecting Tools->Board->megacore->Mega2560 and then Tools->Programmer->Arduino as ISP.
I believe all of this setup is correct, so I Click Burn Bootloader. I get the following results:
Arduino: 1.8.15 (Windows Store 1.8.49.0) (Windows 10), Board: "ATmega2560, Yes (UART0), EEPROM retained, Arduino MEGA pinout, BOD 2.7V, LTO disabled, External 16 MHz"
avrdude: Version 6.3-20201216
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\ThomH\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\MegaCore\hardware\avr\2.1.3/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM19
Using Programmer : stk500v1
Overriding Baud Rate : 19200
AVR Part : ATmega2560
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
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 10 8 0 no 4096 8 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
flash 65 10 256 0 yes 262144 256 1024 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 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)
Error while burning bootloader.
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.
I have double checked all of my connections and am powering the target 2560 from a power block on a USB cable.
All research on the web turned up only issues with connections or separate power. Also, I don't know how to use the avrdude from the command prompt to add the -F as suggested.
Having tried everything, I'm looking for help here. Thanks.
I have connected all six pins on my programmer to all six pins on the target. I'm using the ICSP towards the middle of the board on both boards as opposed to the one near the USB cable.-- That sounds very wrong. I suggest finding a reliable tutorial to follow.