I received my mini ABB and atom 28 today. After 2 hours working I wasn’t able to
get it connected to my computer through serial port. I am not using any serial to usb adaptor I just connect it directly to the serial port.
I have enough power for logic and Leds (A B C) can be turned on.
I actually test this mini ABB with a basic stamp micro. It was able to make a connection with that. But I still have problem with this Atom 28 Micro.
Any suggestion?
Thank you
Things to check…
Richard
Hey,
The fact the A B C LEDs go on means you have power. It does not mean the Atom is working right.
Is this the Basic Atom 28? Or the Basic Atom 28 Pro? If it is the Pro then the answer is right here:
Can’t Connect The new Atom Pro chip isn’t recognized by the Pro IDE.
Fix: Try going to tools, preferences, advanced, and change the reset hold time to 25.
If its not, then i don’t know. The IDE program is supposed to connect to the atom automatically. Are you connecting to the same com as you have it plugged into?
-robodude666
I have no jumpers on my board.
Which Jumpers should I have on board?
I checked everythink else.
Do you think connecting a 9V Battery fries it?
Thank you
Hey,
The 9v battery can’t fry the board because theres a 5v regulator. Only possible way to kill the regulator is if you have a 9v battery that has a very high amp rating. The regulator can take 250mA I believe.
In order to download a program to te Basic Atom you don’t need any jumpers. All you need is a working battery supply (over 5v) going to VL and a working serial cable.
In IDE check to make sure your using the correct com. If the com is correct then find my atom is too large for bot board thread and read the last few posts. Nick says the different things we tested. You will need a multimeter to make sure the pins are in fully and there is no odd resistance.
-robodude666
Just in case you missed this in robodude’s above post:
You can probably save yourself a lot of time trying that first if it applies.
As for frying the 5V regulator…
They’re rather hard to fry.
An excessive applied voltage (>9V) while your micro and it’s components are drawing an excessive current (>250mA) for an excessive period of time (a minute?) would be necessary to do harm.
A 9V battery will keep ya safe.
You should only start worrying when you see the magic smoke or it isn’t outputting 5V (test with a multimeter).
It’s more than likely just a software issue.
Aside from above, check the usual suspects:
baud rate
parity
flow control
etc.
It frustrated the hell out of me! Look at the sticker and pin no 1.
http://hashemian.100webcustomers.com/Robotics/lynxatom.jpg
Now that I changed the orientation, When I click on ‘Find Devices’ Button it recognize Atmo 28 Module on com port 1.
But when I click on ‘Hardware test’ can’t connect to the Atom.
I have tried EVERYTHING, Baud rate , parity, flow control , Reset hold time to 25, Set the Fifo to zero, Checked the power, Connect to my laptop,
Connect to my work computer.
Do you think because of the bad orientation I destroyed this module?
I am tired!
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…
