Automaton board version?

MDS
1

Looking into making my own Automaton, does it matter whether you use the ItsyBitsy 3v or 5v board?

Thanks!

2

Turns out that it does matter! Not so much for functionality but you can’t use our compiled firmware on non-5V versions. You can, however, compile it yourself:

tim

3

Thanks! I bought the ItsyBitsy 5v 16mhz 32u4 and can’t get it programmed to save my life. In the MDS app if I choose create Mac Automaton it sees the device, says programming, then entering programming mode, then programming, back to entering programming mode, programming, and cycles a few more times till eventually erroring out with “The programming timed out. Please unplug and plug in the automaton and try again.”

I hit “Show Log” in the MDS app but unfortunately it showed nothing. Any ideas?

4

I’m getting the exact same issue. Flashes between the installing messages and then just says Timed Out.

5

If this is catalina, the fix is in 10.15.2 beta 1 or later. should be coming out soon.

tim