No installing the IC backwards will not damage anything. The sticker installed backwards is an issue I will bring to Basic Micros attention. Funny, I never knew the pin 1 thing was even on there. 
We will get it working for you. So don’t be concerned about that.
Are you sure the chip is seated well into the socket. You have to press it in rather firmly when it is lined up correctly.
Are you sure the sticker is backwards?
It could be that the interpreter chip (SO28) has a different orientation than the dip assembly (28 pin DIP).
Atom28 doesn’t work with AtomPRO IDE.
You should use the Atom IDE.
You can find this here:
basicmicro.com/ViewPage.aspx … _basicatom
Still no success to connect!
I made sure that the micro is sitting deep in the socket.It actually finds the Basic Atom 28 Module But can not connect to it. I tested a basic stamp, it can see and connect with no problem!
What should I do?!
At this point I’d say you best off giving us a call(BasicMicro 800-535-9161).
Nathan
Are you sure you didn’t renakme the program to anything other than *.BAS. If you named it *.TXT the IDE will not program the Atom…
Hi Nathan,
I purchased this module from lynxmotion. Do you still want me to call BasicMicro? Whom should I talk to and what should I tell?
Thanks
Nathan is the developer of the Atom microcontroller line, and the IDE’s to program them. He is asking you to call them to provide you with more detailed help.
I have the same problem with connecting to Atom Pro, but it seems it is because of low power, when the battery is less then 4-5volts.
This is not an atom pro module.
I checked power, I have enough power.
I got connected to a basic stamp module with bot board with no problem.
Can I send this module back to lynxmotion and you test it for me if it works or not? I did everything to make it work and no luck.
If there’s a problem with this module I want you to replace it for me
and if it works I pay for shipping back.
Thanks
Alireza
By the way the only thing that I haven’t tried is connecting through an usb port with a serial to usb adaptor. Do you think that this might help (Again my problem is the software recognize basicatom module on com port but can not connect to it to upload data into it.)
I don’t think the USB to serial is going to make a difference. I have asked you if the filename was changed from *.BAS. Can you please answer that? I would be happy to test you Bot Board and Atom 28 module for you. Sorry you are having trouble. We will fix it as quickly as possible.
Any Luck?
I am also having some difficulty reprogramming the Atom on my new Hex (H3-R) as well. At first I thought it was not getting enough voltage as when I disconnected everything and plugged in a 9 volt battery I was able to reprogram it a couple of times. However today I am not having any luck.
Whenever I try to try to compile or program the chip. It pauses for several seconds, then it pops up a message box:
Atom must be connected to Compile/Program/Debug.
it then appears to reset the microcontoller. Which right now beeps like mad as I have the PS2 controller removed.
I am pretty sure the chip is in correctly as I have a version of the Hex controll program downloaded and it responds to the PS2 controller. The controller is a Sector 7 PS1/2 Wireless 2.4 GHz controller imported by Orbyx Electronics. (That was the only one I could find locally after I mistakenly 
bought a Logitech controller. Luckily this one appears to work
Suggestions? I am running Windows NT on a portable with a USB to serial converter (Startech I think). This converter has worked on many other programs including the SSC-32 terminal. I am running version 2.2.1.1 of the BasicMicro IDE. I have the Atom not the pro.
Suggestions?
Update: I am now back home and I have now tried programming the chip from my desktop machine Dell Pentium 4 1.9ghz NT and a builtin serial port. Still no luck 
Over the weekend I placed another order for another mini AAB board as well as a Basic Pro chip. Hopefully this should make it to me on Wed…
Can you think of anything that changed since the last time it worked for you? Any software installs? Any hardware changes to the bot? etc…
Not really any changes I can think of. When I first tried to install the Atom chip, I beant some of the leads. But I carefully realigned all of the leads and inserted into the socket. I am pretty sure all of them are making good contact as I have checked for low resistence to the bottom of the board. I have tried using the 6v battery, a fresh 9v battery, with and without the PS2 cable installed, but still no luck.
I have also tried using a logic probe to make sure that there is some signal changes. When I push the Program button in the software, I do notice that the ATN line alternates high and Low several times. There is also shorter pulses in the SIN pin, but not much activity on the SOUT pin. I may try later to breadboard the chip directly to a serial cable to see if I have any luck that way.
I’m not sure where to go from here. I’m willing to look at it for you if you send it to me. I’ll ask Nathan to chime in if he has any ideas.
First, I’d like both of you having problems to double check your Advanced comport settings. Hit the Defaults button and sete Reset Hold time to 25. Try reprogramming your modules. If that doesn’t work try changing the reset hodl time to 10 and 50 testing at each change. USB to Serial adapters can be the cause of problems. Some just can’t handle the quick changes in direction(send/receive) programming the Atom/AtomPro modules require. I know for a fact that some don’t work. Keyspan adapters are hit or miss. Some models work and some don’t so I’d stay away from them. Anything based on a Prolific chipset should work(assuming they use prolifics drivers and didn’t do something custom). Anything based on a SiLabs CP210X should also work. I’m not sure about FTDI based stuff but I haven’t heard of any problems either.
The last thing to try is simply uninstall all the softwaare(make sure it’s all gone). Also go into the registry and delete the BasicMicro keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software. Then reinstall the software and start the reset hold test all over again. Check that your modules are getting overly hot(they will be warm at most ussually).
Nathan
Thanks for the suggestions.
The USB to serial drivers on my Portable are FTDI based. They have worked well for me on several other things such as AVR programming, JTAG, SSC-32… I am currently trying to run the BasiMicro IDE on my Home machine which has a hardware serial port. Still no luck on all of the different Reset hold times.
If I get a chance I will try setting up a cable to program the chip directly without the AAB board to make sure I have all of the signals.
I will probably take Jim up on his offer and ship him my Card and ship and see if he has better luck.
I did take Jim up on his offer and I shipped him the AAB with the Atom chip. Yesterday I also received my additional AAB and Atom Pro chip that I ordered and last night I soldered in the appropriate pull-up resistor, replaced the 1" stand offs with 3/4" stand offs, such that my battery can now fit under the SSC-32 card and hooked it up the new AAB+Pro with a PS2 on I/O pins P12-15, moved the TTL serial interface from P15 to P11…
I compiled my updated code with the appropriate signal and timing changes and then I downloaded 
it to the new board! The board appears to be responding to my PS/2. The legs are not moving properly yet. Maybe I screwed up on my offsets, or maybe timing of Serial communications, … But that is where the fun begins!
Yes, it’s looking like you will have it going very soon. When you press the “O” button the legs should go to all = 1500. Does it look just as it did after you did the servo offset procedure? If so you still may have installed the servos in the wrong pins on the SSC-32. This will definetely cause it not to walk correctly. We just added some new programs to the tutorial for this bot yesterday. Lots of additional functionality. Funny thing… I was doing the offsets for my test bot with the new (stylish) legs installed. I did the math wrong. I subtracted the adjusted value from 1500 instead of subtracting 1500 from the adjusted value. Doing this will cause the pulse offset to double the error instead of correct for it. LOL So after I figured out my mistake it walked perfectly. 
It IS fun!
Oh one other thing, the PO command must only be done one time. It was implemented with a relative value, not an absolute one. So long story short, power cycle the SSC-32 if you reprogram the atom with new pulse offsets. 
I believe that the pins are correct as it was walking when I had it connected to the ATOM. My guess is that the math functions are not working the same on the Pro as it did on the Atom. Maybe my updates to the acos are not working properly.
I tried running it under the debug mode, but when I try this the code never gets out of the PS2 init code. Most probably timing…
I have now converted the program to output to the debug terminal instead of the SSC32 to see if I can figure out which values are wrong. I wish I had a working atom to compare the outputs…
#00po0 #01po0 #02po0 #04po0 #05po0 #06po0 #08po0 #09po0 #10po0 #16po0 #17po0 #18po0 #20po0 #21po0 #22po0 #24po0 #25po0 #26po0
#01P2100#02P1800#05P2100#06P1800#09P2100#10P1800#17P900#18P1200#21P900#22P1200#25P900#26P1200T1152
#00P1500#04P1500#08P1500#16P1500#20P1500#24P1500T576
#00P1500#01P1500#02P1500#04P1500#05P1500#06P1500#08P1500#09P1500#10P1500#16P1500#17P1500#18P1500#20P1500#21P1500#22P1500#24P1500#25P1500#26P1500T1152
#00P1500#01P1458#02P1603#08P1500#09P1458#10P1603#20P1500#21P1542#22P1397#04P1500#05P1707#06P1838#16P1500#17P1293#18P1162#24P1500#25P1293#26P1162T165
#00P1500#01P2040#02P1561#08P1500#09P2040#10P1561#20P1500#21P960#22P1439#04P1500#05P1735#06P1797#16P1500#17P1265#18P1203#24P1500#25P1265#26P1203T165
#00P1500#01P2040#02P1506#08P1500#09P2040#10P1506#20P1500#21P960#22P1494#04P1500#05P2040#06P1561#16P1500#17P960#18P1439#24P1500#25P960#26P1439T165
#00P1500#01P1763#02P1741#08P1500#09P1763#10P1741#20P1500#21P1237#22P1259#04P1500#05P2040#06P1547#16P1500#17P960#18P1453#24P1500#25P960#26P1453T165
#00P1500#01P1763#02P1741#08P1500#09P1763#10P1741#20P1500#21P1237#22P1259#04P1500#05P2040#06P1547#16P1500#17P960#18P1453#24P1500#25P960#26P1453T165
#00P1500#01P1763#02P1741#08P1500#09P1763#10P1741#20P1500#21P1237#22P1259#04P1500#05P2040#06P1520#16P1500#17P960#18P1480#24P1500#25P960#26P1480T165
#00P1500#01P2040#02P1506#08P1500#09P2040#10P1506#20P1500#21P960#22P1494#04P1500#05P2040#06P1506#16P1500#17P960#18P1494#24P1500#25P960#26P1494T165When the code is run and we are at the initial stance it loos like the vertical hips are all off. The three on the left hand side are all lifted up at about 45 degrees and the hips on the right hand side are all down at about 45 degrees.
I may not be able to work on this for the next week, so I included the outputs from a reset, until is in it’s static mode incase some one sees something obvious.
Thanks