I had asked for advice earlier in this forum, and was suggested to get an AVR-ISP programmer.
I got one, and then following the parts near the ending of the guide here : http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Standalone
I tried burning the bootloader, but it ends up giving me this error : avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x80
My AVR-ISP programmer is attached on a USB port, using a serial to USB converter, and is shown as being attached to COM8.
I tried changing the direction of the uC, but that didn't help either, and I got the same error again.
The shop I bought the programmer from blacked out the address of the website on the board, so I do not know anything at all about it. Thats pretty bad of them.
I am including a few photos below of the programmer attached to the board below, hopefully that'd help.
I got one, and then following the parts near the ending of the guide here : http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Standalone
I tried burning the bootloader, but it ends up giving me this error : avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x80
My AVR-ISP programmer is attached on a USB port, using a serial to USB converter, and is shown as being attached to COM8.
I tried changing the direction of the uC, but that didn't help either, and I got the same error again.
The shop I bought the programmer from blacked out the address of the website on the board, so I do not know anything at all about it. Thats pretty bad of them.
I am including a few photos below of the programmer attached to the board below, hopefully that'd help.