Can't update Spinner

Posted by: @niceguybill

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Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Hi.  The download link to the zip file that had the firmware update script was wrong.  It now been corrected so please download the latest zip file and unzip all the files to the avr folder and then try again.  this zip file shoudl have the script and the tools you need: https://www.icode.com/wp-content/uploads/progpico.zip

Also make sure you open file explorer on step 5 of https://www.icode.com/downloads/

When you follow step 5, do you see a new drive show up on your system?  if not, use a pin through the pin hole on the device to press the update firmware button.  once you see the new drive on file explore, you can then run the command to start the update.

Thanks for the reply. I'm getting a slightly different error now…

The spinner is mounted as a USB drive

Sorry about that. I updated the zip file once more as there was an item missing for the picotool needed. please try downloading once more.  if you unzipped correctly, there should be a folder called picotool-rp2040 with a bunch of files in it.

@ali Thanks. New problem. I got an error saying that I may need to install a driver. I downloaded Zadig and installed a driver. The spinner no longer shows up as a drive, but when I run the updater I get:

Step 1 of 2: Upload Assets:
No accessible RP2040/RP2350 devices in BOOTSEL mode were found.

but:

Device at bus 1, address 16 appears to be a RP2040 device in BOOTSEL mode, but picotool was unable to connect. You may
need to install a driver via Zadig. See "Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico" for more information
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Step 2 of 2: Upload Firmware:
No accessible RP2040/RP2350 devices in BOOTSEL mode were found.

but:

Device at bus 1, address 16 appears to be a RP2040 device in BOOTSEL mode, but picotool was unable to connect. You may
need to install a driver via Zadig. See "Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico" for more information
Upgrade done!

Maybe I installed the wrong driver. Which one should I use?

I changed the driver and the update went through. Thanks for the update!

@niceguybill

Please run Zadig and make sure to select picoprobe (interface2) from the drop down.  Then select Libusb-win32 for the destination driver.  Then Select libusb0 for the source driver (or what ever one exits if thats not there)

something like picture attached.

Then reboot and try again.

Let me know what you see if you are not successful from above.

if it still does not work, then please try these two commands from the folder you unzipped the files to and let me know what you see.   

picotool-rp2040\picotool load --verify littlefs.bin --offset 0x1017f000

picotool-rp2040\picotool load --verify --execute  SpinnerUltimateV109H2.uf2 --force

Posted by: @niceguybill

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I changed the driver and the update went through. Thanks for the update!

Perfect. then ignore my last post 🙂