avrdude: Can't find programmer id "gpio" about grovepi

[CleoQc]

I was able to get it to work on a fresh Jessie.
You need to run the following two scripts:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CleoQc/Raspbian_For_Robots/master/upd_script/update_GrovePi.sh
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DexterInd/Raspbian_For_Robots/master/upd_script/update_GrovePi_Firmware.sh

The first one is in my personal repo, because there was a typo in the original script. The PR is already sent and will likely be pulled in within the next day (it's just a typo)

[karan259]

@fbrier : Looks like you are using a fresh Jessie image. Did you use our install scripts to set everything up on the Pi. If so can you send a link to the install scripts that you had used. Also, can you upload the log form the troubleshooting script

[fbrier]

Yes, I am using the latest Raspian image (2016-03-18-raspbian-jessie.zip). The installation script was just cloned from this git repo. Attached is the GrovePiTroubleshootingLog.txt. I followed these directions. As initially mentioned, connecting the LED to D4 and running the test program did not cause the LED to blink.

I do have some other comments on the script and instructions, but they are not currently causing me a problem. One is the blinking test utilizes the D4 port. It might be better to use a different port as the GrovePi case support post blocks that port. I needed to remove it to run the test. Second, the troubleshooting script checks the blacklisted mods for the two lines being commented out. It looks like the new Jessie is removing the lines entirely, so the troubleshooting script displays an error message (line 41-51) when the modules are not actually blacklisted.

[karan259]

Hey @fbrier : can you try running this script https://github.com/DexterInd/ArduBerry/blob/master/script/install.sh and check if it works for you.

[nzmarkc]

I'm having a similar problem to @fbrier with my GrovePi. It is the grove_button.py that isn't working for me, the blinking LED program did work though. I'm running on a Pi3, my OS details are:

• Linux raspberrypi-mtc 4.4.9-v7+ #884 SMP Fri May 6 17:28:59 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
• Linux version 4.4.9-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #884 SMP Fri May 6 17:28:59 BST 2016
• Distributor ID: Raspbian
• Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
• Release: 8.0
• Codename: jessie

I tried checking my firmware version via the firmware_version_check.py in the Troublshooting directory and it gives me:

• GrovePi has firmware version: 255.255.255

Which in http://www.dexterindustries.com/topic/grovepi-firmware-update-v1-2-2/ karan mentions: "If it returns something like 255.255.255, then you are probably running a very old firmware. Try running the script a couple of times." which I did and I get the same message every time. I have attached my troubleshooting log fyi.

grovepi-trouble-log-1.txt

It would be great to sort this out as soon as possible. Thanks for the help!

[nzmarkc]

Thank you Cleo. The update_GrovePi.sh runs fine. But the the update_GrovePi_Firmware.sh gives me the following error:

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avrdude: AVR device not responding
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.

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Not sure what to do at this stage. I think I might have a faulty GrovePi. :-(

[fbrier]

Hi karan259! Your recommendation worked. I pulled down the ArduBerry repo and ran its install.sh. The install.sh log only shows one odd message:

Error: Could not open file `/dev/i2c-0' or `/dev/i2c/0': No such file or directory

However, the output for checking the I2C bus 0 seems to be correct. The GrovePi then reported the firmware version as 255.255.255. The grove_led_blink.py program now causes the LED to blink properly. So then I went to the GrovePi repo and ran the firmware_update.sh and it seemed to run perfect. The firmware_version_test.sh reports the firmware version as 1.2.2. So other than that odd message about not being able to open /dev/i2c-0, everything seems to be functioning and now I can play with all my different sensors. Thank you very much.

Sorry for not getting back sooner. I had another Raspberry Pi with an Adafruit breakout hooked up to my KVM and was trying to get an IR remote using LIRC working for a user group meeting. Didn't make it, but I tried. Again, thank you.

[matbeerkens]

Hi all, I also encountered this error. As it turned out avr was not correctly installed, so i did the following: upon login i changed to root user with sudo su. Next i went ito direct Scripts like cd Desktop/GrovePi/Script then i ran install.sh like bash install.sh. That took some time to get processed after which avr gave me the correct response. This can be tested like avrdude -P gpio -c gpio -p atmega328p The response should contain

avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK

.

[nzmarkc]

Thank you Mat - but no go I'm afraid. I followed your instructions and the 'bash install.sh' ran fine. What I get from the test instruction is:

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avrdude: AVR device not responding
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.

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I have thread going on Dexter Industries (http://www.dexterindustries.com/topic/grovepi-firmware-update-v1-2-2/page/2/#post-91442) but haven't heard back yet. Wondering if I have a faulty GrovePi.

Thanks again for the help.

[karan259]

Hey @nzmarkc: that error means that avrdude is working fine but some problem with the board. Can you reach out on the forums. Would be easier to help you out there

[nimish]

Does this programmer work for the RPi3 then? It's all that seems to matter in the install.sh, which installs an ancient version of avrdude that's patched to use this

programmer
  id    = "gpio";
  desc  = "Use sysfs interface to bitbang GPIO lines";
  type  = gpio;
  reset = 8;
  sck   = 11;
  mosi  = 10;
  miso  = 9;  
;

[karan259]

Hey @nimish : this still does work with the Pi3. We have tested this and it works pretty well with all our products. Are you having a specific problem with this

[nimish]

No, I just want to confirm that all I need is the programmer description: i'd like to move to a later version of avrdude

[dothebart]

Hm, a year later, and this change still wasn't pushed upstream. Only https://github.com/DexterInd/AVRDUDE will contain the proper settings.