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Offline extreme.alyTopic starter

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atmega8 not detecting
« on: July 31, 2008, 04:30:14 PM »
i'm using atmega8 with serial port using ponyprog2000. when i read all, it says "Device missing or unknown device"
I have chcked the wires connected properly.
I have a single LED connected to atmega8 at PC5. When I connect the serial port to my computer, that LED turns on even I switched of all other power supply... Is this what happens?

Please help me, its my first experience of working with MCUs!
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2008, 04:42:45 PM »
and I havent yet programmed it yet but still when I supply pwer to MCU, the LED starts up!
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2008, 04:59:19 PM »
are you refering to the led that is built into the $50 robot board?
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2008, 09:11:13 PM »
Show us a schematic or picture of how everything is wired.
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2008, 03:14:40 AM »
Here is the image without connecting to serial port
« Last Edit: August 01, 2008, 06:08:53 AM by extreme.aly »
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2008, 04:25:10 PM »
This is a common forum question.

Just read up on how others solved it ;D
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Re: atmega8 not detecting
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2008, 10:56:44 PM »
OK i have gone through many posts but just tell me, i'm using windows vista... does that making any problem? i have tried opening ponyprog2000 as administrator...
if vista is a problem, i'll install XP right now!
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