avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding: lilypad arduino i realise this is probably the most common error that is asked about on this forum, but it is a major issue for me. i have an arduino lilypad main board (with the ATMega328P, boot loader already burned), and a generic FTDI serial to usb adapter plugged into my windows 10 laptop. When i try to upload the Blink program from the Arduino IDE, it fails with the error:

avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xfe

i am using a windows 10 laptop, the Arduino IDE from the windows store. this is a new lilypad, and i have never been able to upload to it. take note that when i reset the board, the pin13 light does flash (but  not the way the Blink program specifies, obviously.

i have already tried:


Rebooting my computer
Restarting the IDE
Turning the COM port on and off
Taking out the RX/TX wires from the FTDI converter
Pressing the reset button right before uploading (or during uploading)
Changing which board it is set as in the IDE
Unplugging and re-plugging the USB-Serial converter




if you have any other possible solutions they would be appreciated, thanks
Last time I bought one of the Lilypads, it did not have a bootloader. I had to buy a SMD programmer adapter that presses down over the 328P chip to bootload it as the board did not break out the ICSP pins to any pads.  

I think I got mine here https://hobbyking.com/en_us/atmel-atmega-socket-firmware-flashing-tool.html but I haven't seen them in stock for a while.  Very handy tool tho. Another option is to tack wires to the appropriate uC pins and, connected to a 2x3 header that your Programmer can connect to. Remove the wires when done.