Arduino Is Not Working Anymore

[Anonymous]

Hello Dan,

Our last conversation was about how my Arduino board might not be working properly, so I took the motorshield off of the arduino and tried connecting a Membrane Switch Module to the arduino. In case you did not know, I purchased an Elegoo starters kit for the arduino, so it is not an arduino uno, it is a mega 2560 with Elegoo printed on it. Anyways, I started to run the Membrane Switch Module with the code, and it took a bit of time. I was worried that my arduino is really “broken” in a way. I’m not really sure. So at the end, I unfortunately got an error code that says this:

avrdude: ser_open(): can’t set com-state for “\\.\COM9”
avrdude: ser_drain(): read error: The handle is invalid.

avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: ser_send(): write error: sorry no info avail
avrdude: stk500_send(): failed to send command to serial port
avrdude: ser_recv(): read error: The parameter is incorrect.

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
the selected serial port avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
does not exist or your board is not connected

My arudino is connected to COM 9 at this error.

I changed ports and connected my arduino to COM 3 and this is the error I get:

Sketch uses 3684 bytes (1%) of program storage space. Maximum is 253952 bytes.
Global variables use 333 bytes (4%) of dynamic memory, leaving 7859 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 8192 bytes.

avrdude: stk500v2_setparm(): failed to set parameter 0x9e
avrdude: stk500v2_command(): unknown status 0xc8
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.

avrdude: stk500v2_command(): unknown status 0x01
avrdude: stk500v2_disable(): failed to leave programming mode
An error occurred while uploading the sketch

I used COM 5 and this is the error I got:

Sketch uses 3684 bytes (1%) of program storage space. Maximum is 253952 bytes.
Global variables use 333 bytes (4%) of dynamic memory, leaving 7859 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 8192 bytes.
An error occurred while uploading the sketch

Lastly, this is the error I got for COM 7:

Sketch uses 3684 bytes (1%) of program storage space. Maximum is 253952 bytes.
Global variables use 333 bytes (4%) of dynamic memory, leaving 7859 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 8192 bytes.
An error occurred while uploading the sketch

So can you please tell me what is wrong with my board? Thanks A Lot!

Adam Youssef

[Dan]

Actually, the first thing I would suspect is your USB cable. it says your PC can’t talk to your Arduino.

From the sound of things you’ve made a number of changes, including parts with which we are unfamiliar. Try uploading to just a regular Arduino. if that works, then add one part back on, and so on until you find the one that causes the problem.

[Anonymous]

So today, I took your advice and connected a bare Arduino Mega 2560 to the USB cable to my PC. Then I opened the RUMBA firmware arduino page. Then I ran the upload. I got an error, and this is what it said:

C:\Users\Hanan\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp3_MarginallyClever-Makelangelo-firmware-7.11.0-0-g83d73a2.zip\MarginallyClever-Makelangelo-firmware-83d73a2\makelangeloFirmwareRumba\makelangeloFirmwareRumba.ino:17:21: fatal error: Vector3.h: No such file or directory

#include “Vector3.h”

^

compilation terminated.

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560.

Actually, at first, it said fatal error : configure. h. But then, an update showed up at the bottom of the arduino page screen and it said that there were updates for my board and for my libraries. I clicked on boards and I updated the library, i think it was a library. Then when I uploaded it again, it said fatal error: vector h. Thanks so much!

Adam Youssef

[Dan]

I had this problem recently. Vector3.h was in the same folder as the main .ino file, but it still wouldn’t compile. I had to reinstall arduino and then it was fine. 😛

[Anonymous]

I uninstalled then installed Arduino 1.8.4. And I also deleted and then downloaded the makelangelo firmware again. I try to run the arduino firmware RUMBA and I made sure all the tool settings are correct but I still get the same error except this time it was for configure h and not for vector 3. I don’t know what to do anymore and I’m losing a lot of hope that I can complete this project that I really wanted to do. Please help! Thanks!

Adam Youssef

[Dan]

Well… it doesn’t look like a hardware problem. I’d try asking the Arduino software people if they know what’s going on. https://forum.arduino.cc/

After you solve this challenge, there will be another, and another. That’s how building things goes. If it was easy it wouldn’t be any fun 🙂

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