I am getting an error while trying to upload programs to the Attiny85 through a USBTinyISP programmer, found here. Unfortunately, it isn't working. Following this tutorial for connecting the board and this tutorial for programming it with the Arduino IDE. My code is:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}
A picture of my setup, which I checked at least 10 times:
However, I get this error message:
avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jun 22 2016 at 16:05:21
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : usb
Using Programmer : usbtiny
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found USBtinyISP, bus:device: bus-0:\\.\libusb0-0001--0x1781-0x0c9f
AVR Part : ATtiny85
Chip Erase delay : 400000 us
PAGEL : P00
BS2 : P00
RESET disposition : possible i/o
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 12 4 0 no 512 4 0 4000 4500 0xff 0xff
flash 65 6 32 0 yes 8192 64 128 30000 30000 0xff 0xff
signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 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
calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
Programmer Type : USBtiny
Description : USBtiny simple USB programmer, http://www.ladyada.net/make/usbtinyisp/
avrdude: programmer operation not supported
avrdude: Using SCK period of 10 usec
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
An error occurred while uploading the sketch
avrdude done. Thank you.
Can someone please help me to fix this problem? Thank you.
P.S.: On a website that talked about this error message and a similar programmer said to take out a jumper. I took out the only jumper on the programmer and it did not affect the error message.
UPDATE: I changed the support from "attiny" by David 0 Mellis to "ATTinyCore" by SpenceKonde. Here is a screenshot of my tools menu:
Now I get a different error:
avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jun 22 2016 at 16:05:21
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\loydn\Documents\Arduino\hardware\ATTinyCore-master\avr/avrdude.conf"
Using Port : COM3
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 2400
Setting bit clk period : 5.0
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM3": The system cannot find the file specified.
avrdude done. Thank you.
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
FIX!!!: It turns out that it was a problem with the programmer. By connecting the Attiny85 to the 10-pin header instead of the 6-pin one, it was able to upload successfully.
Double check connections and try again, also it would be preferable to not connect anything to certain pins on your board. Please add your code used.