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Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready
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Hey Rob, sorry I might have confused you. The controller should be powered with 12v while programming and your first attempt at programming was successful as you got the text I expected from the serial monitor.

The problem I was thinking, which I've experienced, is sometimes after programming the Arduino doesn't reset properly and the I2C doesn't work until you completely power down everything then power it back up again. So I was hoping you only had to do a power cycle, different from a reset.

I'm a little confused why v4.2 worked immediately after you uploaded it, but that's good as it proves the hardware is ok.

I assume when you have the controller programmed with v4.2 and you open the serial monitor in IDE for controller you will see similar lines of text like you posted, but do you see the EEPROM line say 50 at the end? You must otherwise it wouldn't startup.

That's a simple test of the eeprom at startup, when controller starts it writes 50 to an eeprom location and then reads that location and prints the results, if its 50 it works, if its 255 its not working. The eeprom uses I2C which sometimes doesn't reset properly after programming.

Could you trying loading v5 on the controller again, open the serial monitor and look for that 50. If it's 255, unplug from computer, close Arduino IDE serial monitor, unplug the power and then plug everything back in and open the serial monitor again to see if it now says 50. Once it says 50 after a few seconds another line will appear in the serial monitor saying controller is finished starting. At that point the display would then move on. If that doesn't happen the display will never change.

It should definitely work if you aren't having troubles with v4.2. It should take about 5 seconds for the display to splash a screen saying update is available and an OK button will appear.
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Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 03:37 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 03:39 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-05-2019, 12:18 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by rott - 02-05-2019, 12:45 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 01:16 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Dom59 - 02-05-2019, 02:04 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by fietsenrex - 02-05-2019, 02:06 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 02:39 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 02:41 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Aquadominus - 02-05-2019, 04:01 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 04:35 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-05-2019, 05:38 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by ChrisC - 02-05-2019, 05:54 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-05-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-06-2019, 10:35 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by ariew - 02-06-2019, 12:55 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Irass - 02-06-2019, 10:49 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-06-2019, 02:37 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-06-2019, 02:36 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-06-2019, 03:50 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-06-2019, 06:26 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-06-2019, 07:19 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-07-2019, 04:17 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-07-2019, 05:30 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-07-2019, 05:44 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-07-2019, 07:25 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-07-2019, 12:04 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-07-2019, 04:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-07-2019, 05:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-07-2019, 05:52 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-08-2019, 12:37 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-08-2019, 05:55 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-08-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-08-2019, 06:47 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-08-2019, 07:22 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-08-2019, 07:47 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-08-2019, 08:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-08-2019, 09:07 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-09-2019, 09:19 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-09-2019, 04:10 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by roland33 - 02-23-2019, 11:42 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by roland33 - 02-24-2019, 05:06 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-09-2019, 09:43 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by ariew - 02-10-2019, 04:40 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-09-2019, 11:43 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-10-2019, 01:05 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-10-2019, 01:17 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-10-2019, 01:50 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-10-2019, 02:58 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Dom59 - 02-10-2019, 03:07 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jasbeckett - 02-10-2019, 09:59 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-10-2019, 11:17 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-10-2019, 05:23 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jasbeckett - 02-10-2019, 06:15 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-10-2019, 06:25 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-10-2019, 08:01 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-11-2019, 01:36 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jasbeckett - 02-11-2019, 07:57 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-12-2019, 01:19 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-12-2019, 05:36 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-12-2019, 03:40 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-12-2019, 03:46 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-12-2019, 03:51 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-12-2019, 03:57 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-12-2019, 04:02 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by seb540 - 02-13-2019, 01:44 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-13-2019, 04:54 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by seb540 - 02-13-2019, 06:34 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-13-2019, 12:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-13-2019, 01:14 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 02-13-2019, 03:06 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-13-2019, 03:58 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-13-2019, 11:02 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-14-2019, 10:51 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by seb540 - 02-14-2019, 12:17 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-14-2019, 12:33 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by fietsenrex - 02-14-2019, 02:18 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-14-2019, 06:16 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by fietsenrex - 02-14-2019, 11:33 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-15-2019, 01:50 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-15-2019, 08:08 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob Wheatley - 02-15-2019, 11:12 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-15-2019, 01:20 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-15-2019, 03:23 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-15-2019, 04:18 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-15-2019, 04:56 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-15-2019, 06:22 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-16-2019, 12:39 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-16-2019, 02:08 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 02-17-2019, 05:27 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-17-2019, 06:41 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-19-2019, 06:49 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-19-2019, 06:59 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by fietsenrex - 02-20-2019, 12:58 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 01:18 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 02:30 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 07:32 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 07:47 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 08:31 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 04:28 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 04:42 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 05:14 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 05:23 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 05:31 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 05:43 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 05:47 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 06:02 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 06:08 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 06:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-20-2019, 07:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-20-2019, 10:01 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-21-2019, 04:11 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-21-2019, 05:19 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-22-2019, 04:58 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-22-2019, 08:52 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-22-2019, 05:57 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-22-2019, 09:35 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-23-2019, 04:18 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-23-2019, 09:21 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jlysaght3 - 02-23-2019, 02:58 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-23-2019, 04:54 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-24-2019, 02:41 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by elatos - 02-24-2019, 05:17 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-24-2019, 05:19 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-24-2019, 05:09 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jlysaght3 - 02-24-2019, 05:25 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-24-2019, 05:55 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-25-2019, 11:35 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-25-2019, 07:54 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Addi - 02-25-2019, 10:48 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-25-2019, 11:06 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-26-2019, 02:19 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-26-2019, 04:19 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-26-2019, 05:34 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-26-2019, 06:24 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-26-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-26-2019, 07:04 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-27-2019, 04:44 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-27-2019, 06:05 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-27-2019, 06:21 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-27-2019, 06:34 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-27-2019, 03:44 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-27-2019, 07:18 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-27-2019, 07:37 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-27-2019, 08:00 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by roland33 - 02-27-2019, 10:43 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-27-2019, 11:07 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 02-28-2019, 04:24 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 02-28-2019, 10:32 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-28-2019, 02:53 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 02-28-2019, 02:34 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-01-2019, 09:06 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-01-2019, 11:54 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-01-2019, 07:09 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 03-01-2019, 07:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-01-2019, 07:22 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 03-01-2019, 07:38 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-03-2019, 05:54 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-02-2019, 07:55 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 03-03-2019, 09:04 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-03-2019, 08:37 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 03-04-2019, 04:38 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-06-2019, 03:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by aquaalgae - 03-06-2019, 03:39 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-06-2019, 03:55 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-07-2019, 03:54 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-08-2019, 03:08 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-08-2019, 01:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by elatos - 03-08-2019, 05:49 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-08-2019, 08:50 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jlysaght3 - 03-08-2019, 09:29 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-09-2019, 12:12 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jlysaght3 - 03-09-2019, 08:42 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-09-2019, 01:54 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-09-2019, 04:07 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-09-2019, 06:20 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by jlysaght3 - 03-09-2019, 06:45 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-09-2019, 07:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-10-2019, 12:27 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by niksunen - 03-10-2019, 11:37 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-10-2019, 01:26 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by niksunen - 03-10-2019, 02:19 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-10-2019, 02:01 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-10-2019, 03:36 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-10-2019, 10:46 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-12-2019, 02:11 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-11-2019, 01:17 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-11-2019, 08:29 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-11-2019, 10:37 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-11-2019, 07:15 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-12-2019, 12:42 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-12-2019, 12:50 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-12-2019, 01:04 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-12-2019, 01:13 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-12-2019, 09:36 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-18-2019, 03:16 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-18-2019, 04:37 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by johnrc - 03-19-2019, 03:13 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 03-19-2019, 11:28 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 04-01-2019, 02:25 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-01-2019, 08:10 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 04-02-2019, 06:36 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-02-2019, 09:02 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-02-2019, 09:39 PM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 04-03-2019, 07:33 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Mike F - 04-03-2019, 09:10 AM
RE: Robo-Tank v5.0 is Ready - by Rob F - 04-03-2019, 09:18 AM

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