Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude: stk500_getsync error message

[E. Weddington]

On 3 Jun 2004 at 11:53, Peter Warlich wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using avrdude 4.3.0 and an STK500 (v1.46) to program my target board
> with an ATmega16 on it.
> If I attempt to program the flash or the fuses I get the following message
> (have not tried the EEPROM):
> 
> avrdude: stk500_getsync (): not in sync: resp=0x15
> 
> If I retry the programming or power cycle the stk500 board before the
> programming it works fine.
> This occurs if I run avrdude from a command line or from WinAVR (040404).
> 
> Example of fuse programming command I use:
> avrdude -p m16 -c stk500 -U hfuse:w:0xC0:m -U lfuse:w:0c7F:m
> 
> Can somebody help me to get around this problem?
> 

Does the problem happen every time? Or only every once in awhile?

For other reader's information: the avrdude in WinAVR 20040404 is the 
experimental win32 version from Martin Thomas (who I've CC'd). 

Eric