user52464: i realise this is probably the most common error that is asked about on this forum, but it is a major issue for me. i have an arduino lilypad main board (with the ATMega328P, boot loader already burned), and a generic FTDI serial to usb adapter plugged into my windows 10 laptop. When i try to upload the Blink program from the Arduino IDE, it fails with the error:
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe
i am using a windows 10 laptop, the Arduino IDE from the windows store. this is a new lilypad, and i have never been able to upload to it. take note that when i reset the board, the pin13 light does flash (but  not the way the Blink program specifies, obviously.
i have already tried:

Rebooting my computer
Restarting the IDE
Turning the COM port on and off
Taking out the RX/TX wires from the FTDI converter
Pressing the reset button right before uploading (or during uploading)
Changing which board it is set as in the IDE
Unplugging and re-plugging the USB-Serial converter


if you have any other possible solutions they would be appreciated, thanks

user42539: Last time I bought one of the Lilypads, it did not have a bootloader. I had to buy a SMD programmer adapter that presses down over the 328P chip to bootload it as the board did not break out the ICSP pins to any pads.  
I think I got mine here https://hobbyking.com/en_us/atmel-atmega-socket-firmware-flashing-tool.html but I haven't seen them in stock for a while.  Very handy tool tho. Another option is to tack wires to the appropriate uC pins and, connected to a 2x3 header that your Programmer can connect to. Remove the wires when done.

52464: <p>i realise this is probably the most common error that is asked about on this forum, but it is a major issue for me. i have an arduino lilypad main board (with the ATMega328P, boot loader already burned), and a generic FTDI serial to usb adapter plugged into my windows 10 laptop. When i try to upload the Blink program from the Arduino IDE, it fails with the error:</p>

<p><code>avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe</code></p>

<p>i am using a windows 10 laptop, the Arduino IDE from the windows store. this is a new lilypad, and i have never been able to upload to it. take note that when i reset the board, the pin13 light does flash (but  not the way the Blink program specifies, obviously.</p>

<p>i have already tried:</p>

<ul>
<li>Rebooting my computer</li>
<li>Restarting the IDE</li>
<li>Turning the COM port on and off</li>
<li>Taking out the RX/TX wires from the FTDI converter</li>
<li>Pressing the reset button right before uploading (or during uploading)</li>
<li>Changing which board it is set as in the IDE</li>
<li>Unplugging and re-plugging the USB-Serial converter</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1fZpq.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1fZpq.jpg" alt="my wiring, the USB end goes in to the laptop of course"></a></p>

<p>if you have any other possible solutions they would be appreciated, thanks</p>
 42539: <p>Last time I bought one of the Lilypads, it did not have a bootloader. I had to buy a SMD programmer adapter that presses down over the 328P chip to bootload it as the board did not break out the ICSP pins to any pads.  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RZsRA.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RZsRA.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>I think I got mine here <a href="https://hobbyking.com/en_us/atmel-atmega-socket-firmware-flashing-tool.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hobbyking.com/en_us/atmel-atmega-socket-firmware-flashing-tool.html</a> but I haven't seen them in stock for a while.  Very handy tool tho. Another option is to tack wires to the appropriate uC pins and, connected to a 2x3 header that your Programmer can connect to. Remove the wires when done.</p>
