ATmega328 is not recognized by software

Question

I installed the required drivers for the board. But I cannot still upload a program to the board. It says that

avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jan 17 2017 at 12:00:53 Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/ Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

 System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
 Using Port : usb
 Using Programmer : stk500v2

avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104)

avrdude done. Thank you.

An error occurred while uploading the sketch

• per1234: Please explain exactly what you're trying to accomplish. The error indicates you're doing either an Upload Using Programmer or Burn Bootloader rather than a standard upload over serial. Turn on File > Preferences > Show verbose output during: > upload, do an upload, when it fails you will see a button on the right side of the orange bar "Copy error messages". Click that button. Edit your question and paste in the full verbose upload output.

Answer 1

Can be many causes since you did not provide more info (like what circuit, what application). But in general:

• Wrong software installation
• Try another similar chip/device, maybe this one is broken
• Is it recognized by USB at all?
• Bad USB cable
• Did you select the right board in the IDE (Arduino IDE?)

Possible solution:

• Reinstall IDE
• Change chip
• Change Arduino
• Use different cable

• punsisi kiridana: It was not recognized at all. The error message is avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jan 17 2017 at 12:00:53 Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, bdmicro.com Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.10.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf" Using Port : usb Using Programmer : stk500v2 avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104) avrdude done. Thank you. An error occurred while uploading the sketch
• Michel Keijzers: In that case, try reinstalling the software, checking the USB (system) software, check if other avr's work, or check on another computer.