SparkFun RedBoard PTH Kit wrongly configured hardware

Question

I have a SparkFun RedBoard PTH Kit. It's not made by SparkFun, but by https://inmotion.pt (that doesn't exist anymore). I soldered it, and bought a FTDI adapter, but when I try to upload the blink example the Arduino IDE I get this error:

Sketch uses 1030 bytes (3%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa6
Problem uploading to board. See https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/sections/360003198300 for suggestions.

Or if I try to reset while uploading:

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x63
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xff
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xff
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xff
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xff
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xff
Problem uploading to board. See https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/sections/360003198300 for suggestions.

And the link here at the end suggests the problem is wrongly configured hardware: https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/4401874331410--Error-avrdude-when-uploading

So think the problem is that when I connect the ports from the Arduino to the FTDI, two ports don't match:

Schematic

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

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Here's a picture of the soldering, though I don't think that is the problem: https://i.sstatic.net/aa2j5.jpg

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I am using these drivers: https://github.com/MCUdude/MiniCore for the Arduino. With these settings:

Driver settings

The options only have these variants:

• 328P / 328PA
• 328 / 328A
• 328PB

But my processor says 328P-PU. I tried every one of them and they all give me the same error above.

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Can I even use this FTDI adapter? If yes what would the setup be?

• Juraj: RX goes to TX, transmit to receive. one Gnd is enough and you don't need CTS
• Ayo Reis: Thanks, but still having the same errors
• Juraj: try to manually reset the board while the IDE attempts to upload
• Ayo Reis: With the reset button on board?
• Juraj: select variant 328P/328PA

Answer 1

I got it to work!

The problem was that I had connected the Arduino to the FTDI and not both the FTDI and the Power Brick. The SparkFun product page said that you can use like that, and the version from https://inmotion.pt that I have is identical so I though it should have worked.

Thank's a lot @jurah for you help!