Driver Usb Arduino

[Shane Rouse]

Iwant to provide some pre-flashed arduinos to some tech-nots and I want their experience to be as easy/smooth as possible. They don't need to modify the sketch but the nature of the application requires a PC to communicate back and forth with the arduino.

Well installing the IDE does not install any USB drivers automatically as the IDE does not know at installation time what kind of arduino board you may have or how many different types of arduino boards you may add in the future. Installing the IDE does result in all the various drivers being placed in a folder, but the actual installation of the drivers is a manual process that one has to go through when they first plug a arduino board into their PC.

So for non-tech types I would think having then install the whole arduino IDE just to have access to the usb driver files would be complex for them. Assuming you know ahead of time what flavor arduino board they will be using, you could just send them the correct USB driver file in a cheap memory stick or just email it to them?

I will know exactly what boards I give them (probably an Uno). If I wanted to give them the uno driver, what do I need to give them and tell them to do? Unfortunately they'll be running on anything from Win8 to WindowsXP...

Installing drivers for the Arduino Uno or Arduino Mega 2560 with Windows7, Vista, or XP:

Plug in your board and wait for Windows to begin it's driver installation process. After a few moments, the process will fail, despite its best efforts

Click on the Start Menu, and open up the Control Panel.

While in the Control Panel, navigate to System and Security. Next, click on System. Once the System window is up, open the Device Manager.

Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see an open port named "Arduino UNO (COMxx)"

Right click on the "Arduino UNO (COmxx)" port and choose the "Update Driver Software" option.

Next, choose the "Browse my computer for Driver software" option.

Finally, navigate to and select the driver file named "arduino.inf", located in the "Drivers" folder of the Arduino Software download (not the "FTDI USB Drivers" sub-directory). If you are using an old version of the IDE (1.0.3 or older), choose the Uno's driver file named "Arduino UNO.inf"

Windows will finish up the driver installation from there.

See also: step-by-step screenshots for installing the Uno under Windows XP.

Installing drivers for the Arduino Duemilanove, Nano, or Diecimila with Windows7, Vista, or XP:

When you connect the board, Windows should initiate the driver installation process (if you haven't used the computer with an Arduino board before).

On Windows Vista, the driver should be automatically downloaded and installed. (Really, it works!)

On Windows XP, the Add New Hardware wizard will open:

When asked Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software? select No, not this time. Click next.

Select Install from a list or specified location (Advanced) and click next.

Make sure that Search for the best driver in these locations is checked; uncheck Search removable media; check Include this location in the search and browse to the drivers/FTDI USB Drivers directory of the Arduino distribution. (The latest version of the drivers can be found on the FTDI website.) Click next.

The wizard will search for the driver and then tell you that a "USB Serial Converter" was found. Click finish.

The new hardware wizard will appear again. Go through the same steps and select the same options and location to search. This time, a "USB Serial Port" will be found.

You can check that the drivers have been installed by opening the Windows Device Mananger (in the Hardware tab of System control panel). Look for a "USB Serial Port" in the Ports section; that's the Arduino board.

Yeah I've seen the getting started page. It's too much for the people I want to give this to. I was hoping either to find or write something that would do it automagically for them. So the guide would look like this:

My tech-nots can handle that... I guess what I'm curious about is that on my Win7 machine I plugged the board in and installed the IDE. That's it. Did I get away with that because my win7 install didn't need a driver install?

daufderh:

Yeah I've seen the getting started page. It's too much for the people I want to give this to. I was hoping either to find or write something that would do it automagically for them. So the guide would look like this:

I can't really answer that not being a Windows software guru type. I started with arduino back in the version 7 or 8 IDE days I think, and once your PC already has the needed USB drivers installed, upgrading the IDE does not require reinstalling USB drivers if you already have them installed into your machine. I did recently get a new computer with windows 8.1 and spend a lot of time on the web finding the work around of installing 'unsigned' drivers for FTDI, USBasp programmer, USBtiny USB driver, etc. but in the end it got done, abet with a lot of time and frustration on my part.

I do appreciate your problem/objective and a simple standalone .exe installation of arduino USB drivers would be a nice thing to have in ones 'tool box' if it is indeed possible. But keep in mind that the arduino platform supports multiple OSs and they have to publish installation instruction to support so many different PC, OS versions, and board types that it's hard to see how to simplify the process for just a subset of user's needs. But again there are gurus around here so maybe someone can help you with your desired objective.

The installation did not automatically start. I followed the steps; however, cannot find the exact drivers folder after clicking browse in Device Manager. It says to navigate to drivers in lieu of default FTDI USB Drivers. I have checked where I installed Arduino: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Arduino IDE and C:\Users\USERNAME\OneDrive\Documents\Arduino and Program Files (x86) as is shown here: Install Arduino driver on Windows 10 - YouTube. Also tried going to the search bar and typing Folders: drivers to no avail. These paths don't contain drivers.

I found a drivers folder :C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6\drivers which contains the FTDI USB Drivers folders. Is this the correct place to install? It doesn't quite match what the booklet states.

Hi @pomme_frites22. Unlike Arduino IDE 1.x, the Arduino IDE 2.x installation does not include drivers. I see the outdated information in my Arduino Starter Kit book (but on the other hand I got it before Arduino IDE 2.x existed so that is to be expected).

I have bought the keyestudio Robot CAR V2.0 Kit

Following the first simple project (led blinking), I had to install Arduino IDE + drivers using the same approach as you mentionned here above to pommes_frites22.

However when indicating the driver folder locaiton, I could not install it. I checked Arduino IDE and I could not see that a port was open in the Tools tab. I mean the port tab is "grayed" as if it is unable. How could I solve this ? Thanks a lot for your help.

Moreover when clicking on Tool tab on Arduino IDE, I see that the Port option is greyed i.e I cannot select any Port option or click on the port arrow/button. Unfortunately it is difficult to take a printscreen if this explantion

The CP210x USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers are required for device operation as a Virtual COM Port to facilitate host communication with CP210x products. These devices can also interface to a host using the direct access driver.

I cant seem to find drivers for my new Nano every, i tried fresh installs of IDE 1.8.9 and Beta 1.9.0, but i cant seem to get it to install the drivers for Nano every (it just doesn't have it) and i also cant find any drivers for it through google.

the Arduino nano every is recognized by my PC, it shows up as such in my device manager. but it has a yellow exclamation mark and windows says it cannot find drivers for it. i have attempted to remove the drivers and automatically install them again, and it did not work.

pert:

OK, I was hoping that might magically make it work. Arduino megaAVR Boards comes with its own drivers:

ArduinoCore-megaavr/drivers at master arduino/ArduinoCore-megaavr GitHub

but I also noticed that the .inf file doesn't have anything for the Nano Every and I couldn't find anything for it anywhere else.

I am now having issues using the MCUFRIEND_kbv library for my LCD, but i'm guessing this issue belongs in a different section of the forum? or could it be tied to the nano v3--> nano every transition because the pins are not identical?

1dot8TWM:

I am now having issues using the MCUFRIEND_kbv library for my LCD, but i'm guessing this issue belongs in a different section of the forum? or could it be tied to the nano v3--> nano every transition because the pins are not identical?

I think you should start a new thread for the new problem, since it's unrelated to the "Nano every missing drivers" title of this thread. That will ensure that you get the help of the people knowledgeable on the subject. I'll be sure to take a look at it.

pert:

That's great! I'm very glad to hear you got the drivers situation resolved.

I think you should start a new thread for the new problem, since it's unrelated to the "Nano every missing drivers" title of this thread. That will ensure that you get the help of the people knowledgeable on the subject. I'll be sure to take a look at it.

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