I purchased the playfuy puppy kit for my daughter to build as school project. It is the smaller one which I believe is the newer kit. We got it assembled and it appeared the code uploaded ok. It wasn't functioning as anticipated and I planned to investigate further this past weekend. I did that and now I get the following error message whenever I try to upload the code "avrdude:verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000 0x00 !=0x3b.
I googled this error and it appears this might be a corrupted bootloader issue but I am not 100% sure. Also, I overlooked the fact that the kit required AAA NiMH batteries and initially used AAA alkaline. I have since replaced the alkaline with NiMH but I think the alkaline batteries may have caused the error.
Also, I noticed that the D13 LED is blue and remains that way unless I am attempting to upload code at which time it blinks. There is a LED the shines red constantly near the USB port. It stays on while connected to my pc or when the power button is switched on.
Any help is appreciated.