#✅ - Flashing ALISHA Mini board on MacOS Sonoma - "programmer is not responding"

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dense violet
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Hi,

MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1
Arduino IDE 2.3.3

I'm trying to upload new code to the ALISHA Mini to set slightly different angles (my helmet is scaled) and when I press upload, I'm getting a repeated avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding message. It tries 10 times before giving up.

Arduino IDE does see the board; however the port is called /dev/cu.usbmodem1101, not usbserial

Do I need to install CH340 drivers on Mac? The tutorial page (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ch340-drivers/all) says normally it should install automatically. Additionally, the latest supported Mac OS seems to be 10.15. I tried installing what appears to be the latest Mac version and it doesn't help.

I have also tried swapping USB cables (that I have confirmed are data cables by plugging my phone into my laptop).

The command Arduino IDE is sending is ```"/Users/shashachu/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-C/Users/shashachu/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -V -patmega328p -carduino "-P/dev/cu.usbmodem1101" -b115200 -D "-Uflash:w:/private/var/folders/ln/grl0v4f54_520s73r9dq9y7h0000gn/T/arduino/sketches/8230966113912BE294CE6A36BE913631/Iron_Man_Servo.ino.hex:i"

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dense violet
noble vault
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The ALISHA mini MKE board is not an Arduino. The ALISHA mini MKE uses an ESP32 processor. The free code on GitHub is not compatible the MKE mini.

The code is not publicly available for the MKE mini.

@spiral cape

dense violet
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oh! ok that must have been a misunderstanding on my part. so I guess there is no way to adjust the servo angles for the mini?

dense violet
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@noble vault would you be able to confirm which of your boards can be flashed? it's not entirely clear to me, and if I do decide to order a replacement I want to be sure. thanks!

noble vault
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All of the current boards we sell, have the ESP32C3 Module:

  • MKE Mini
  • MKE
  • MKE J
  • MKE D

All of these boards can be flashed, using our secure Flashing website. @spiral cape would need to provide access. At this time the only updating/flashing is based on pre-set options, and does not allow users to "customize" the code.

Our previous generation of boards, used the Arduino Nano (ATmega328p), and can be flashed/updated directly using the Arduino IDE software and our "free" code on Github:

  • MKXI
  • MKXJ
  • MKXD

We do not currently sell any of the older generation boards, however we have recently opened a limited time sale of the original ALISHA MKXI (which uses the Arduino Nano) on eBay. The quantity is limited.

Keep in mind the newer boards which use the ESP32 module have a faster processor, are smaller in size, provide future expansion options, and more power efficient. Due to the time & development of the code for the ESP32 module, it is not made "free" to the public like the previous generation code for the ATmega328p (Arduino) modules. By switching to the ESP32 architecture, it is allowing us to start developing more features for this new generation of boards.

dense violet
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ah ok that makes sense; thanks for the clarification. I will check out the MKXI listing.

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✅ - Flashing ALISHA Mini board on MacOS Sonoma - "programmer is not responding"