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Error burning bootloader
Jul 20th, 2018 at 9:39am
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I'm using vMicro 1807.8 with Visual Studio 2017. I'm also using MiniCore to give me greater options with fuses/bootloader.

I'm using a PICKit2 to program fuses and the bootloader, and I've added suitable lines to the programmers.txt file to support this. Under the Arduino IDE, this combination works correctly and results in the fuses and bootloader being programmed as expected. 

However, under vMicro, this fails, as follows:
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Burning bootloader to board 'ATmega328' using 'PICkit 2'
avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jan 17 2017 at 12:00:53
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Burn bootloader failed with an exception
	The uploader process failed

Error while burning bootloader.
Burn failed
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
         System wide configuration file is rdude.conf"
avrdude: AVR Part "{build.mcu}" not found.


The additional lines added to programmers.txt are:
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pickit2.name=PICkit 2
pickit2.communication=usb
pickit2.protocol=pickit2
pickit2.program.protocol=pickit2
pickit2.program.tool=avrdude
pickit2.program.extra_params=


While I can use the Arduino IDE to burn fuses/bootloader, I'd rather be able to do that in vMicro.
  
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Re: Error burning bootloader
Reply #1 - Jul 20th, 2018 at 10:00am
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Please try the latest release from here https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=VS_ARDUINO_EXT_RELEASES

If still an issue then let me know

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Reply #2 - Jul 20th, 2018 at 11:03am
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That'll serve me right - I'd assumed that checking for updates in VS meant I'd be on the most up to date version.

I've installed 1807.18.6, but I'm seeing the same error still.
  
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Reply #3 - Jul 20th, 2018 at 11:05am
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You checked the right place. The vs gallery is the main place the other location is for minor updates.

There have been a few fixes for programmers which is why I suggested to try it.

I will test over next few days

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Reply #4 - Jul 21st, 2018 at 10:34am
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Which programmers.txt did you update?

I created a programmers.txt alongside the minicore boards.txt and it seems to work.
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Reply #5 - Jul 22nd, 2018 at 7:06am
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Ah, interesting. I edited the programmers.txt in the core arduino files - %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\programmers.txt
  
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Reply #6 - Jul 22nd, 2018 at 7:58am
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Ok, now I'm even more confused. 
  • I removed the settings from the default Arduino programmers.txt.
  • I rescanned toolchain and libraries to ensure the change had taken effect - the PICKit2 entry disappeared, and I selected a different programmer.
  • I added them to a programmers.txt in the MiniCore directory.
  • I rescanned toolchain and libraries to ensure the change had taken effect. I reselected the PICKit2 programmer.


After all this, the Arduino IDE was still happy to burn the bootloader, but I run into the same issues with vMicro.

In case it is useful, this is how I currently have the options set for MiniCore:
  
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Reply #7 - Jul 26th, 2018 at 11:04pm
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Sorry I missed this post.

Is the error the same?

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 "{build.mcu}" not found.

  
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Reply #8 - Aug 1st, 2018 at 10:21am
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I managed to miss your post here. I've just attempted to burn the bootloader again for MiniCore and had a 100% success rate regardless of options. I wish I knew what caused it to fail previously, as I dislike not being able to reproduce problems.

Thank you for your assistance with this.
  
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