hoary zealot
Hey all, I am trying to flash a program onto my Leonardo but I don't believe it is working correctly as the Git hub guide advised there should be a "bunch of logging" when I only have a few lines.
Please could anyone advise what I am doing incorrectly?
hoary zealot
Leonardo not flashing correctly
jovial bough
yeah this is not a successful flash, in many cases the wrong port is detected during flashing
spamming reset during a flash helps in that situation, can you try that first and if it doesn't work we'll move to further trouble shooting
hoary zealot
Thanks so much for confirming! I have swapped out the cable and tried a few times in a row but not spamming the reset button so I will try this soon
hoary zealot
Spamming is unfortunately not working. Can you advise on further troubleshooting please?
jovial bough
can you check if it has the right port as detected under device manager
hoary zealot
The L light is also constantly blinking
jovial bough
are you connecting a Leonardo? it should show up as so
unless it's already flashed but not in your case
sanity check - do you have the microcontroller or the UART connected to your computer
hoary zealot
Yes a Leonardo, thanks for showing what it should show as.
Yes I only have the Leonardo connected when trying to flash
So my computer is not recognising the Leonardo.
I did download the recommended drivers from Git hub
jovial bough
thank you for being detailed in your feedback this helps a lot, I wanted to check if it has the right chips any chance you could either take a picture or write what chips it came with?
hoary zealot
Yes of cours
jovial bough
specifically watch for if CH340 is used
hoary zealot
jovial bough
oh this is an official one, weird then how it's not recognized
hoary zealot
Thanks for confirming, I know I am pulling my hair out haha
jovial bough
lacking Arduino drivers is my next thought
can you try if it's recognized after installing the drivers
https://docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/generic/DriverInstallation
hoary zealot
Would the Silabs CP210X drivers I downloaded have replaced something?
jovial bough
that is a different component with different chips and functionality so you're good there
hoary zealot
Thanks for the link I am just trhing to find the files to download with the drivers
tawny wind
Hello. I'm very new to this community but I had the exact same problem as you. It turns out, in my excitement, I had downloaded the latest version of QMK_Toolbox where as the online user guide (https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/Microcontroller/blob/master/Wiki/Software/Beginner-Windows-ArduinoLeonardo.md) specifically states to download version 0.1.1.
After I downloaded the correct version it worked perfectly. I really hope this helps as it's a very simple solution. Apologies if this is no use to you.
