Arduino Stack Exchange
Arduino Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [windows]

Windows is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

61 questions
10
votes
1 answer

CH340 Nano avrdude: stk500_getsync() not in sync resp=0xa4

I'm trying to upload some code to an non-arduino nano with the CH340G chip, and the avrdude refuses to let me upload. The error I'm getting is: Using Port : COM4 Using Programmer : arduino Overriding Baud Rate …
Jacob
  • 219
  • 1
  • 2
  • 6
4
votes
3 answers

How compile an Arduino program for a desktop PC

I have an arduino program that only does serial communications with a little bit of math, and I am writing another one to communicate with it on a second arduino. For testing purposes I was hoping I could run the serial only program on my desktop. …
bob mcgrath
  • 55
  • 2
  • 4
3
votes
2 answers

CH340K - Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request failed)

I have a Arduino Nano clone working fine with the CH340 drivers. It has a CH340C on it. I made a custom PCB. CH340 chips are hard to come by these days, so I opted for the CH340K, From the datasheet, seems like it should work similar to the CH340C…
EdHayes3
  • 160
  • 1
  • 10
3
votes
1 answer

Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) - Win 10

I am posting a possible solution here for any online searches happening upon this exact issue. So I have a third party board (Mega 2560) and I was plagued with my board intermittently working, on some rare occasions it worked but in most cases it…
Rigknot
  • 61
  • 1
  • 4
3
votes
1 answer

Project structure to build for PC and Arduino

Recently I have started developing for Arduino Uno. I have 10 years experience in software development (C#, Delphi), but not much with C/C++. Compiling the Arduino sketches seems a little slow, and debugging isn't as convenient as it could be on a…
morcibacsi
  • 33
  • 2
3
votes
1 answer

Identify connected PC per Arduino

Question: Is there a way to collect any data (e.g. MAC addresses, installed devices, driver versions, etc.) from a PC by simply connecting an Arduino via USB to it, so that this PC can be clearly identified? Background: Basically, I`m using an…
AstronAUT
  • 139
  • 1
2
votes
0 answers

Problem using CH340 driver for Nano

I am at my wits end and hope somebody here can provide some much-needed guidance. My platform is an Asus ROG AMD laptop running Windows 11. I recently decided to try working with Arduinos and purchased a Nano Every direct from Arduino. I installed…
user21935770
  • 29
  • 3
2
votes
0 answers

Arduino Nano not recognized on Windows 10

For some weeks my latest dozen of Nano's isn't recognized any more by Win 10 computer: After two days of experiments I have suspicions: Is there any change in Win10 since all Arduinos now are only shown in "Hidden devices" in the device manager?…
Dieter
  • 21
  • 1
2
votes
1 answer

Unable to find arduino on device manager

I have just got a new Arduino robot for Christmas and I have plugged my robot into my computer and I have read the instructions from the manual that the robot was provided with and told me to go to the device manager in the control panel and look…
The_Indestructible_Cat
  • 75
  • 10
2
votes
0 answers

Prevent Arduino IDE from rebuilding the core library after every restart

I have an Arduino IDE 1.8.5 setup (installed from the ZIP file) which I use to work exclusively with a single board. Every time the IDE is restarted, the first compilation takes much longer than subsequent ones. Apparently, the reason is that…
Dmitry Grigoryev
  • 1,288
  • 11
  • 31
2
votes
1 answer

Can I run arduino on Windows Embedded Compact 2013?

I'm actually working on a robotic project for which I'm planning to use arduino to drive the wheels.For this, I want to send signals from my Onboard embedded computer (which has Windows Embedded Compact 2013 OS) to arduino. Is this possible? If not…
Andrew Flemming
  • 121
  • 1
2
votes
1 answer

Windows stops recognizing Arduinos

I've just got my first Arduino Pro Mini and a USB to TTL chip. When I try to upload the program I get the message The uploader process failed followed by avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM6": Access is denied. and a bunch of lines…
Vladivarius
  • 141
  • 1
  • 5
2
votes
0 answers

Cannot connect device with nRF8001 Bluetooth LE to Windows 10 PC

I've built a device using an IMUduino board, which is supposed to be similar to Arduino Leonardo board with a nRF8001 bluetooth. I was able to connect my device to an Android phone using the nRF UART v2.0 app, I tested some examples and it worked…
Finfa811
  • 121
  • 4
2
votes
0 answers

"Update driver software" not showing. :(

I've followed tutorials installing arduino drivers for a while, but this is getting in my way: The all-important "Update driver software" button isn't showing? Can anyone explain this and how I can fix it? Many thanks!
user15851
1
vote
1 answer

Arduino Readings Update Correctly on Windows but not Linux

I have written a simple script to get angle measurements from a magnetic sensor. The script works very well on Windows. However, when compiling the script on a Linux VirtualBox (Ubuntu 20.04), the sensor repeats the first angle reading and does not…
Vuro H
  • 11
  • 3
1
2 3 4 5