Mac Arduino Usb Driver

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It's pretty straightforward. Click the driver link below and download the appropriate driver, which will probably be the 64 bit for Mac. The 32 bit would likely work too. FTDI Driver Link Click the link and download the file for Macs. Find the file (it's a.dmg file as shown in the screenshot above), click on it, and it should then install. Click Install, once the driver installed it says “Driver Install Success”. Arduino CH340G Driver Installation. Restart your computer after installation (Important). NOTE: Some users notified that Arduino clones which use CH340G chip are not working properly on USB 3.0. Please comment if you face similar issue. Improve USB audio - optional Mac workaround Libraries updated: Audio, OctoWS2811, ADC, i2ct3, IRremote, SPI, FastLED Optimize analogRead Version 1.29 Add support for Arduino 1.6.9 Add support for running on Raspberry Pi (Linux ARM) Drop support for Arduino 1.6.3 and 1.6.6 USB Keyboard improved media keys, now Windows compatible. Probably, you have Chinese Uno analog which works on CH340 USB-to-serial chip, so you need to install driver for it. Steps to fix: Install the CH340 driver. Run the command in Terminal: sudo nvram boot-args='kext-dev-mode=1' (disable kext signing introduced in Mac OS X 10.9 Yosemite) Reboot.

How to Fix FTDI Driver Issue on Mac and macOS

Ongoing macOS FTDI driver issues plague many users connecting the Arduino IDE to boards that use an FTDI chip. Since our boards use an FTDI chip for USB-to-serial communication, we have witnessed some of these issues when working with our boards using Mac and macOS.

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The symptoms we have observed generally include the spontaneous loss of the USB serial port connection to the board or loss of the port after disconnecting and then reconnecting the board from the USB programming cable.

Rebooting the system can temporarily restore the port, but the problem eventually comes back. Since we’ve seen this issue pop up internally and with many customers, we decided to share what solution has been working for us so far.

The exact cause of this problem is not certain, but it seems to be related to Apple’s support, or lack thereof, for FTDI drivers in the operating system. Earlier versions of Mac OS X did not support FTDI drivers, so users would have to install third-party FTDI drivers. Somewhere around the release of macOS 10.12 Sierra (and maybe earlier), native support for FTDI drivers was included.

So, if you have followed an upgrade path from an older version of the OS without native FTDI support to a new version that has it, there can be contention between the native and third-party drivers. This potentially leads to the mysterious port disappearance issue.

We have found uninstalling the third-party drivers to be a solution. The instructions below have seemed to work for anyone here at Alorium Technology that was observing the FTDI issues.

Instructions

  1. To uninstall FTDI drivers you must be logged on to your computer as a root user. Follow Apple’s directions if this needs to be enabled on your computer.
    • Be careful! By enabling root, you have privileges to change and delete files that are required by your computer.
  2. Follow steps 4.1 and 4.2 in FTDI Chip’s “FTDI Driver Installation Guide” to uninstall all third-party drivers on your computer.
  3. Disable root on your computer. Follow Apple’s directions below.
  4. Reboot your system

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Install the driver¶

Installing drivers for the Seeeduino with window7¶

*Plug in your board and wait for Windows to begin its driver installation process. After a few moments, the process will fail.* Open the Device Manager by right clicking “My computer” and selecting control panel.* Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see an open port named 'USB Serial Port' Right click on the 'USB Serial Port' and choose the 'Update Driver Software' option.
* Next, choose the 'Browse my computer for Driver software' option.
* Finally, select the driver file named 'FTDI USB Drivers', located in the 'Drivers' folder of the Arduino Software download.

Note: the FTDI USB Drivers are from Arduino. But when you install drivers for other Controllers, such as Xadow Main Board, Seeeduino Clio, Seeeduino Lite,

you need to download corresponding driver file and save it. And select the driver file you have downloaded.

* The below dialog boxes automatically appears if you have installed driver successfully.
* You can check that the drivers have been installed by opening the Windows Device Manager. Look for a 'USB Serial Port' in the Ports section.
* You can also see the serial port in Arduino environment.

Installing drivers for the Seeeduino with window8¶

You should save these files which you are editing before installing driver with window8，because there will several power off during operating.

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* Press “Windows Key” +”R”* Enter shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00* Click the 'OK' button.* System will restart to a 'Choose an option' screen* Select 'Troubleshoot' from 'Choose an option' screen* Select 'Advanced options' from 'Troubleshoot' screen* Select 'Windows Startup Settings' from 'Advanced options' screen* Click 'Restart' button* System will restart to 'Advanced Boot Options' screen* Select 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement'* Once the system starts, you can install the Arduino drivers as same as Windows

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Installing drivers for the Seeeduino with Mac OS¶

* Enter page: [https://www.ftdichip.com](https://www.ftdichip.com).
* Download Driver for the Mac OS X version, named 2.2.18 (32bit)
* Open the driver file which you just download, and double click FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6_10_7.mpkg
* After double click, you will see an installer window.
* Click “Continue”.
* You can see the below dialog boxes if you have installed driver successfully.
* Test it with Seeeduino

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Tech Support¶

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