Need help flashing the multicopter board.

Below is what is displayed when I attempted to flash the HobbyKing Multi-Rotor Control Board V2.1 (Atmega168PA) with Tricopter V2.5XXcontrol KR by Minsoo Kim:


Flash the firmware from repository.

C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.exe -C C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.conf -p m168p -P usb -c usbasp -B 8 -e -U lfuse:w:0xe2:m -U hfuse:w:0xdd:m

avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 93750 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude.exe: Device signature = 0x1e940b
avrdude.exe: erasing chip
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 93750 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: reading input file "0xe2"
avrdude.exe: writing lfuse (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s

avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying lfuse memory against 0xe2:
avrdude.exe: load data lfuse data from input file 0xe2:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xe2 contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip lfuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s

avrdude.exe: verifying ...
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse verified
avrdude.exe: reading input file "0xdd"
avrdude.exe: writing hfuse (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s

avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying hfuse memory against 0xdd:
avrdude.exe: load data hfuse data from input file 0xdd:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xdd contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip hfuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s

avrdude.exe: verifying ...
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse verified

avrdude.exe done. Thank you.

Flashing firmware from file.: C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\tmp\XXcontrol_KR_T riCopter_v2_9.hex

C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.exe -C C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.conf -p m168p -P usb -c usbasp -B 8 -e -U flash:w:C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\tmp\XXcont rol_KR_TriCopter_v2_9.hex:i
avrdude.exe: error: could not find USB device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vendor='www.fischl.de' product='USBasp'

avrdude.exe done. Thank you.

Error during writing flash.

Just retry seem that the USBasp shut down after writing fuses. Haven't seen this before.

Christian

Originally Posted by LazyZero

Just retry seem that the USBasp shut down after writing fuses. Haven't seen this before.

Christian

I did it again, and got this with error message (Error during writing flash.) at the end. See below.

Flash the firmware file.

C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.exe -C C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.conf -p m168p -P usb -c usbasp -B 8 -e -U lfuse:w:0xe2:m -U hfuse:w:0xdd:m

avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 93750 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude.exe: Device signature = 0x1e940b
avrdude.exe: erasing chip
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 93750 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: reading input file "0xe2"
avrdude.exe: writing lfuse (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying lfuse memory against 0xe2:
avrdude.exe: load data lfuse data from input file 0xe2:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xe2 contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip lfuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude.exe: verifying ...
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse verified
avrdude.exe: reading input file "0xdd"
avrdude.exe: writing hfuse (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying hfuse memory against 0xdd:
avrdude.exe: load data hfuse data from input file 0xdd:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xdd contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip hfuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude.exe: verifying ...
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse verified

avrdude.exe done. Thank you.

Flashing firmware from file.: C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\tmp\XXcontrol_KR_T riCopter_v2_9.hex

C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.exe -C C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.conf -p m168p -P usb -c usbasp -B 8 -e -U flash:w:C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\tmp\XXcont rol_KR_TriCopter_v2_9.hex:i
avrdude.exe: error: could not find USB device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vendor='www.fischl.de' product='USBasp'

avrdude.exe done. Thank you.

Error during writing flash.

Do you think I have a bad USBasp device? I have installed the required drivers for it.

I tried it again and got this:

Flash the firmware file.

C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.exe -C C:\Users\iM\Desktop\kkflashtool\lib\avrdude\window s\avrdude.conf -p m168p -P usb -c usbasp -B 8 -e -U lfuse:w:0xe2:m -U hfuse:w:0xdd:m

avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 93750 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: error: usbasp_transmit: usb_control_msg: sending control message failed, win error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.


avrdude.exe: error: programm enable: target doesn't answer. 0
avrdude.exe: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.


avrdude.exe done. Thank you.

Error during setting the fuses.
Flashing of firmware aborted.

Look like your usbasp is not working properly. You only have attached the board or a there any other components connected to the board?

Best Christian

I have a usbasp but it's at 3.3V, will it work when flashing?
I guess I could change it to 5v but I am not sure how to do that.

That could work, but I am not sure. Can you switch off the 3.3v totally? Then you could attach a bec with 5v during flashing

Christian

Originally Posted by LazyZero

That could work, but I am not sure. Can you switch off the 3.3v totally? Then you could attach a bec with 5v during flashing

Christian

Ahh I just made a little thing up on a perfboard as my isp programmer came with a 10 pin cable, I just won't attach vcc and then power it from a BEC.

That's the alternative.

Originally Posted by LazyZero

Look like your usbasp is not working properly. You only have attached the board or a there any other components connected to the board?

Best Christian

No other components were connected to the board...

Then you should try a new USBasp, had similar issues with mine USBasp the last days after I switched to a new one everything was like expected.

I am trying to flash some Turnigy Plush 25 escs. Using a USBTiny which seems to be working alright but when it gets to the point where it starts to write, the program hangs and nothing happens until I lose contact with the esc and get an error message. Using version .62 on Mac OS 10.6.8. I noticed that there was a patch for windows on your webpage but nothing for Mac. A copy and paste of the message where it freezes or stops doing anything:

Flash the firmware from repository.
Flashing firmware from file.: /Users/xxxx/Library/Preferences/kkMulticopterFlashTool/tgy.hex

/Applications/kkMulticopter Flash Tool.app/Contents/Resources/Java/lib/avrdude/mac/avrdude -C /Applications/kkMulticopter Flash Tool.app/Contents/Resources/Java/lib/avrdude/mac/avrdude.conf -p m8 -P usb -c usbtiny -B 8 -e -U flash:w:/Users/xxxxx/Library/Preferences/kkMulticopterFlashTool/tgy.hex:i

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9307
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "/Users/xxxxx/Library/Preferences/kkMulticopterFlashTool/tgy.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (8192 bytes):

Writing |

You have any thoughts here?

Edit: I have tried .33, .53.2, .62 and .63 beta 8.
.33 works to flash an Atmel 328P chip that I have but all the other versions freeze at the "Writing" point. Sadly .33 does not seem to allow ESC flashing so I am currently stuck.

Edit #2 Also tried it on another Mac using 10.7.4 and issue is the same. Is there a patch or file I need to get the USBTIny to work with the later versions?

Hi Lazy

I'm having some issues running your flashtool

When i try to run the serial command to launch the program i get this message.

"java is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

Even though i have Java installed?

What am i doing wrong?

Many thanks

Ben

So I'm trying to flash my ESCs using my 'USBtiny/Sparkfun programmer. But as you know it does not work with version 0.62, only 0.33.

Unfortunately, 0.33 has no option for flashing ESCs so I am stuck. What can I do?