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AmonthortwoagoIorderedsomeofAtmelsATmega32u4microcontrollerstoplayaroundwith.
Iwasexcitedtogetthem,butatthetimeIwasreallybusyatwork,soIquicklyforgotabout
them.LastFridayIreceivedsomeTQFP44breakoutboardsanddecidedtospendsometimethis
pastweekendgettingtheArduinobootloaderandsomeexamplesketchesupandrunningonthe

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MondayExperiment:Bootloadingan
ATmega32u4withArduino

ATmega32u4.Turnsout,itwasprettyeasy.

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OneofthebigfeaturesoftheATmega32u4isthatishasabuiltinUSBinterface.Thismeansthat
itssupersimpletoprogram(justconnectaUSBcableandyouregoodtogo).Nowinorderto
uploadArduinosketchestoit,IfirsthadtoburntheArduinobootloadertoit.SinceIdonthave
aprogrammer,IusedanArduinoUno.

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ThebreakoutboardsfortheATmega32u4IgotfromoneofmyfavouriteonlineshopsDipmicro.
Isolderedthemicrocontrollerusingmyhotairstation.Icouldhaveusedmysolderingiron,but
thatslessfun.

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Oncethatwasdone,IuploadedtheArduinoISPsketchtomyUno.ThenIputthe10uFcapacitor
betweenRESETandGND.Iaddedthe32u4tomybreadboardandputa1uFdecoupling
capacitorbetweenpin6andGND.ThenIaddedthe16MHzcrystaland22pFceramiccaps,wired
theappropriateSPIpins,andwiredalloftheGNDandVCCpins.Heresadiagramofthewiring:

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IbelievethatsomeoftheVCCandGNDconnectionsarealsomadeinternallyonthe32u4butit
doesnthurt.
Onceitwasallwiredup,IpluggedmyUnobackintomylaptop,openedtheArduinoIDE,chose
ArduinoLeonardofromthelistofboards,andhitBurnBootloader.Afterabout20seconds,it
wasfinished.
Now,inordertotestit,IremovedmyArduinoUno.WhatIhadnowwasaverybasicArduino
Leonardoclone.IaddedanLEDonpin25(digitalpin4),andaswitchfromtheRESETpin(13)
toGND.IfyouhaventusedanArduinoLeonardobefore,theyarealittletrickyforloading
sketchesyouhavetoholdtheresetbutton,hitUploadintheArduinoIDE,andthenreleasethe
button.Ifyougetanerror,justtryagain.
Lastly,IaddedtheUSBconnections.IusedastrippedUSBcable,whichhadfourwires:
BlackGND
Red5V
GreenD+
WhiteD
TheGNDand5V,Iconnectedtothepowerrails,andthedatalinesIconnectedtopins3and4
througha22ohmresistor.Pin3isD(white)andpin4isD+(green):

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Withthewiringdone,IpluggedtheUSBcableintomylaptopandswitchedbackovertothe
ArduinoIDE.IopenedtheBlinkexample,changedtheLEDpintopin4,helddownthereset
button,hitUpload,andletgooftheresetbutton.
Afewsecondslater,myLEDstartedblinking.Success.

Categories:Arduino,Tutorials.Tags:arduinoleonardo,ArduinoISP,atmega32u4.

13ResponsestoMondayExperiment:BootloadinganATmega32u4withArduino
vinod

January14,2014at3:52am

hello,
hereinuhaveshownprogrammingviaUSB.Say,iwldliketodoviaaserialport.
CaniconnectaFT232anddothejob.
Vinod.
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JeffMurchison

January20,2014at3:44pm

Itshouldwork,yeah.
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Harsh

May10,2014at11:27pm

noudonotneedtodothatcuz.theATMega32u4
isnotamegaAVRbutaAtmel8bitAVRRISCbasedmicrocontroller.
itcanprogramitselfoverausbasithasNativeUSBCapabilities(afterburningthe
bootloader.
youwillsurelyseearduinoleonardoonyourcomportafteryouconnectitusingasimple
usbcable.
thereisnowayyoucanprogramitusingthetxandrxpinsoftheftdichip..ifyouneedto
programitexternallyyouneedanISP(ORAVRISP)ORUSBASPPROGRAMMER.
YOUAREACTULLYUSINGTHEUNOASISPasthenamesuggestsArduinoasISP.
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vinod

January16,2014at9:30am

uhaveconnectedpin2toGND.ItsUVCC.
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JeffMurchison

January20,2014at3:45pm

ThanksIllfixthat.
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Luccki

January31,2014at6:07pm

thankyou!
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GaryN

March2,2014at10:16pm

idontknowthelittletrickfromLeonardo.Bigthanks!
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vinod

March27,2014at1:53pm

Hello,
Iamgettingthemessageyikesinvaliddevicesignature+arduino
Anytipspls.
Vinod.
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Harsh

May10,2014at11:30pm

thiserrormaybeduetonoproperselectionofbootloaderornotproperburningof
bootloader.
alsomakesurethatyouhaveconnecteda16MHzcrystal
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vinod

April1,2014at1:45pm

Hello,
Iamabletouploadthebootloader.
But,IwantedtoprogramtheAtmega32u4viaUART(Tx/Rx)pins.Canwedothat.
Vinod.
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seb

July22,2014at1:08pm

Thanks!Icouldntgetitrunning,turnedoutIforgotthecapacitoratpin6
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Liudr

September16,2014at1:24am

Thanksforthetutorial.Iwastedmytimetryingotherthingsthatdidntwork.
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Anonymous

September24,2014at7:36pm

Anawfullotofpeoplearehavingproblemswithtryingtoprogramthese32u8chipviaUSB.
TheLeonardobootloaderONLYallowsprogrammingviaUSB.Theyneedtochangethe
bootloadertoallowtheFTDIoption.
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