My Bittle is almost working but got stuck in two ways

Hi, I hope someone has some help for me.

My thumbs are sore from the springs but I'm ready to calibrate and put my legs on!

Here is my current situation: I was able to use my Win 10 computer to connect to the Bittle via USB. I tried loading WriteInstinct first ... and it kind of worked. It uploaded but maybe only partway. Here's the printout (115200/No line ending)

Initializing I2C devices...
Testing device connections...
MPU6050 connection successful
Initializing DMP...
Checking hardware revision...
Revision @ user[16][6] = A5
Resetting memory bank selection to 0...
>......>......
//           X Accel  Y Accel  Z Accel   X Gyro   Y Gyro   Z Gyro
//OFFSETS    -1014,    -709,    1230,      78,      15,      27
728
Batt voltage = 7.11
Battery OK!
IMU test start!
FIFO overflow!
Average: ypr	0.52	-0.05	0.09
IMU TEST PASSED!
EEPROM Testing...

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	
240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247	248	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	
GPIO Testing...
D6: 0
D7: 0
D8: 0
D9: 0
ADC testing...
A2 to DC-DC: 2.65
A3 to 5V MCU: 2.60

Then it just sits there. It won't take any inputs. Sometimes it will run this sequence this over and over on its own.

The other problem is that now, I cannot load any other project -- I get the avrdude errors other people have seen:

        System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : COM78
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x37
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x32
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x38
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x0d
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x0a
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x42
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x61
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x74
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x74
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20

avrdude done.  Thank you.

An error occurred while uploading the sketch

At one point, I was able to compile and upload the testInfraredRemote sketch successfully (including the head turning!), but then I tried WriteInstinct again and now I can't upload anything else. I've tried OpenCat, testBuzzer, testSerialComm and nothing new happens except the battery gets lower and every time I open the Serial terminal, it re-runs the original output.

Are the LEDs diagnostic of anything? From 0-6, they are:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

grn grn grn red red off off

I've tried (multiple times and combinations):

• Restarting Bittle

• Unplugging/plugging battery

• Unplugging/plugging USB cable

• Changing USB ports

• Reinstalling Arduino

• Reinstalling the libraries

• Reinstalling the USB driver

• Rebooting computer

• Reading this forum

• Reading other forums about Arduino

• Going to bed for the night

  • Charging the battery fully as I sleep

Thanks for any thoughts!

-Alex