Initial startup: blink application doesn't appear to run

Using ArduIMU+ V2 (Flat) with arduino-0019 IDE on Win Vista SP2...

First step went fine -- I connected the ArduIMU board, and Win Vista found and installed the FTDI USB driver.

Then I launched the arduino-0019 application, chose port COM4 (FTDI USB), opened the BlinkWithoutDelay sketch, and uploaded it. The arduino IDE appeared to upload it just fine, but the blink application didn't appear to run on the ArduIMU.

At some point, I don't remember when, maybe before uploading or maybe after, the red and blue LEDs flashed for about 1 second. It repeated this flashing about 5 times on about 5 second intervals. Not sure if this is important.

In the IDE there are many "board" choices. I left the choice as the default: Arduino Duemilanova or Nano w/ ATmega328. Is this correct?

I tried several startup sequences: connect the cable to the PC then launch the IDE, launch the IDS then connect the cable, connect the cable but not the board, then the board, then launch the IDE, etc.

Any other troubleshooting suggestions?

Thanks very much for your reply, Chris. I was following the usual Arduino startup routine. Just assumed that Blink would work, trying to take very small steps. I guess too small in this case. Thanks to your guidance ArduIMUTest.exe is now working.

A couple of additional notes for other newbies about ArduIMUTest.exe user interface:

If you have it open, close the Arduino IDE serial monitor before running ArduIMUTest.

Set the COM port appropriately, and set the baud to 38400, even though the "settings" in device manager -> USB Serial Port may say 9600. If you still get nothing, you may have to click on the "disconnect" button even though you think you need to connect, not disconnect.

On my PC, the displayed cube in ArduIMUTest.exe is so large I can only see a couple of cube edges. I switched to the airplane view, which appears normally.

Well, it appeared normally until I started writing this reply. Just now I brought the ArduIMUTest window to the top, and I no longer have an airplane. I switched back to the oversize cube, then back again to airplane, and it's now OK again.

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Jack Schmidt September 6, 2010 at 11:41am

Thanks very much for your reply, Chris. I was following the usual Arduino startup routine. Just assumed that Blink would work, trying to take very small steps. I guess too small in this case. Thanks to your guidance ArduIMUTest.exe is now working.

A couple of additional notes for other newbies about ArduIMUTest.exe user interface:

If you have it open, close the Arduino IDE serial monitor before running ArduIMUTest.

Set the COM port appropriately, and set the baud to 38400, even though the "settings" in device manager -> USB Serial Port may say 9600. If you still get nothing, you may have to click on the "disconnect" button even though you think you need to connect, not disconnect.

On my PC, the displayed cube in ArduIMUTest.exe is so large I can only see a couple of cube edges. I switched to the airplane view, which appears normally.

Well, it appeared normally until I started writing this reply. Just now I brought the ArduIMUTest window to the top, and I no longer have an airplane. I switched back to the oversize cube, then back again to airplane, and it's now OK again.
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Chris Anderson September 6, 2010 at 10:32am

I'm not sure why you're loading the BlinkWithoutDelay sketch. ArduIMU doesn't have the same LEDs as a standard Arduino dev board. Are you following the instructions in the manual?

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