[chbot] ATSAMD21 programmer
Mark Atherton
markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
Sat Jan 18 23:28:35 GMT 2020
Just compiled an Arduino LoRaWAN demo sketch, and programmed it into a
SparkFun SAMD21 Pro RF.
Post programming, the blue LED appears to be on (or flashing fast), and
the Arduino IDE is no longer able to find/program the unit.
Win7 Device Manager reports the USB device under 'Other devices'
"Sparkfun SAMD21 Pro RF" with a VID of 1B4F, and PID 214F there is also
a yellow exclamation point indicating that the associated USB drivers
have not been installed.
A search of the web indicates that the bootloader has been corrupted,
but I am surprised that the hardware can still enumerate a USB device -
mind you, I know nothing about this processor.
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So the short-and-sweet question: anyone seen/fixed this issue before, it
seems like a popular way of bricking these (expensive) boards.
I have found the bootloader hex/binary, and fetched a copy of Atmel
Studio (870MB), just need to find a cheap, readily available, and
compatible programmer.
Comments please.
Regards, Mark
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