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Uploading Problem w/ Programming APM2.5 using Arduino IDE

Posted by George Piper on June 19, 2014 at 1:10pm

I am having problems programming an AMP2.5 using the ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-gcc-4.8.2-windows IDE that I downloaded from the DIY Drone web site:

http://firmware.diydrones.com/Tools/Arduino/

I have followed the instructions "How to Build ArduPilot with Arduino.pdf" that are posted on the page. I am able to compile the ArduPilot source code from GitHub with no errors but when I try to upload I keep getting the same error:

avrdude: error at C:\Program Files\ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows\hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf:332: programmer type must be written as "id_type"

I am kind of stumped at this point and I would appreciate any advice.

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- Kevin Teigen Williams > Randy February 26, 2015 at 7:15pm
  
  Does this file still exist? The file does not download when I click the link. Just takes me to a page that says the webpage is not available.
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    Randy > Kevin Teigen Williams February 26, 2015 at 10:06pm
    
    I've checked a few of the links listed above and they seem to still work.
- Joel B > Randy November 2, 2014 at 10:53am
  
  worked perfectly.
  
  Thanks.
- Manu B > Randy September 16, 2014 at 9:31am
  
  Hi Randy,
  
  I had the same exact problem and your file just resolved it. I also add a CRC mismatch after compilation with the MHV release 20121007, after installing 20131101 it was ok.
  
  Maybe you can add the avrdude.conf in the package and update the documentation.
  
  Thanks for this great job. 3.2 with hybrid mode and parachute is really a big improvement to me.
Evan July 22, 2014 at 7:15am

I am getting the same error when trying to upload. I have tried copying the avrdude.conf file over from MHV AVR Tools, but I still got the same error. I have also tried switching to 4.7.2 and then I get an error saying "

avr-g++: error: CreateProcess: No such file or directory" during compilation. I have tried a couple potential solutions to that, none of which have worked.

Any tips?

Thanks
- George Piper > Evan July 22, 2014 at 7:42am
  
  I downloaded ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows-gcc.4.7.2 and MHV_AVR_Tools_20131101 and followed the installation instructions on:
  
  http://firmware.diydrones.com/Tools/Arduino/How%20to%20Build%20Ardu...
  
  Everything is working fine.
  - Evan > George Piper July 22, 2014 at 11:09am
    
    Thanks for the quick reply! I finally have it working! I think the issue was that I had an older version of MHV AVR Tools.
    
    Anyway, thanks again!
    - Evan > Evan July 22, 2014 at 11:51am
      
      It is also worth noting that I was using 4.8.2 and it still uploaded.
Peter Wlodarczyk July 8, 2014 at 4:48pm

I had the same problem but wanted to use 4.8.2 to get the hex file size down.

Copy the file

C:\Program Files (x86)\MHV AVR Tools\bin\avrdude.conf

To

C:\arduino\ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows\hardware\tools\avr\etc

Hope this helps.
George Piper June 20, 2014 at 10:01am

After much trial and tribulation I found and used an older version of the ArduPilot/Arduino IDE and now all is well. The ArduPilot source code compiles, uploads, and runs as advertised.

Moral to the story, use the older version "ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows-gcc.4.7.2" (that is no longer available on the DIY Drone web site and I had to search for). The version currently on the DYI Drones web site, "ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows-gcc.4.8.2", consistently gave me an arvdude error no matter what I did and what machine I ran it on.

The older version can be found at:

http://uav.tridgell.net/Arduino472/

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