Can`t download program on Makerbuino (Inventors kit project)

Okay, @albertgajsak can I fix it somehow? And if I fix it then should it work?

@Jan_Belak, you need to fix your soldering joints, they mustnā€™t be connected with solder blobs.

Take your soldering iron, reheat the soldering points (turn off your MAKERbuino before soldering, this is VERY important), the excess solder will stick to your soldering ironā€™s tip and you can just wipe your soldering iron in a wet sponge.

You can also unbridge the soldering joints by pulling your soldering iron between two bridged pins.

Pay close attention to the tips given in build guideā€™s chapter #3:

Especially this photo:

Yes, it should work after you fix it, that is the definition of the word ā€œfixā€ I thinkā€¦ :slight_smile:

OK, now Iā€™m all ok I hope i fell in good, Iā€™m not hot longer when I connect them to my laptop but still the same problem:

  1. did you turn your MAKERbuinoā€™y power ON whilst uploading a program to it? (you have to do that in order for this to work)

  2. Use this guide to find the right serial COM port for your programmer:
    Select the serial device of the board from the Tools | Serial Port menu. This is likely to be COM3 or higher (COM1 and COM2 are usually reserved for hardware serial ports). To find out, you can disconnect your board and re-open the menu; the entry that disappears should be the Arduino or Genuino board. Reconnect the board and select that serial port.

I think I finally work, so thank you for your help @albertgajsak @Craig_Page . I have ideas for more projects but for my own, so if I will need to do a new ā€œtopicā€.

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Hey @Jan_Belak, great news, congratulations!
Yes, create a new topic for a new project and keep us updated!

Youā€™ve just earned a few snazzy badges :slight_smile: