Fix avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

***Get the code, transcript, challenges, etc for this lesson on our website*** We designed this circuit board for beginners! SHOP OUR FAVORITE STUFF! (affiliate links) --------------------------------------------------- Get your Free Trial of Altium PCB design Software We use Rev Captions for our subtitles Arduino UNO R3: Budget Arduino Kits: Multimeter Options: Helping Hands: Soldering Stations: AFFILIATES & REFERRALS --------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- FIX AVRDUDE: STK500_RECV(): PROGRAMMER IS NOT RESPONDING | SOLVED avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00 avrdude: stk500_recv(): error message from Arduino IDE Is this some kind of joke? Who is AVR Dude, and what does he have against me trying to upload a sketch to my Arduino? If you’re getting this error when trying to upload code to your Arduino board – it can be REALLY frustrating! I wish I could say this happens because of 1 single problem – but this error pops up for many reasons… In this lesson we are going to go through a “laundry list” of possible solutions. We’ll start at the most common and easiest, and move on to more detailed troubleshooting tasks if those don’t work. By the end of this lesson, AVR Dude should be hitting the road, and your code will be loading on your Arduino board. SO WHO IS THIS AVR DUDE AND WHAT IS AVRDUDE...