I recently purchased an Arduino Due.
It is connected to an usb port at the programming port.
In the Arduino IDE under Tools -> Serial Port no usb ports show up (only bluetooth ports).
I installed the latest version of FTDI VCP drivers following advice found on the internet but that didn't help.
What could the problem be? Anything except maybe a malfunctioning micro b usb cable?
(This is on a Mac running Mountain Lion and I do get a green on-led and an orange blinking l-led)
Well, Due doesn't use an FTDI chip, so that won't help any. The driver for the 16u2 chip used instead SHOULD be built into the Mac. (it would show as /dev/usbmodem* instead of /dev/usbserial*, but that shouldn't fool the Arduino menu.) When you say "programming port", you mean the one closest to the power jack, right?
@westfw
Okay thanks for clearing that up about the FTDI drivers. I was looking for /dev/usbmodem but unfortunately I couldn't find anything. And I think I have the right port (It says programming underneath it?). I thought the one next to the reset button was native USB.
@James C4S
While I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking for, I don't find anything that resembles Arduino and no additional entries show up after plugging in the Arduino.
The fact that 'nothing happens' on the computer side when i plug in the Arduino led me to believe the issue might be the cable, as I got this cable separately from the Arduino. But how likely could the cable 'not work' but still provide electricity to the Arduino?
If it's not the cable however I really don't know what the issue could be.
@James C4S
I did hit cmd-r. And interesting! I always thought those cables were uniformly designed - but if micro b usb cable ? micro b usb cable that is probably the issue. Thanks for your reply and I will try to obtain a new cable before trying anything else.
I received my Due today and it too isn't showing up in the serial port menu. Whether it is plugged in to the native usb port or the programming usb port, it doesn't appear. I checked System Information and it doesn't get listed in the device tree. Running ioreg in terminal didn't show the device either.
I thought it might have been not enough power over the usb cable so I plugged in 5v in the DC jack and still no luck.
Is there a way to reset the Due?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
I should add that the L led is solid along with the On led, if that means anything.
EDIT 2:
I downloaded the IOUSBFamily Log Release from developer.apple.com to see if the OS X usb subsystem could shed any light on the situation. The only console message that might be related is this.
1/26/13 7:04:58.758 PM MDCrashReportd[326]: 326:2042986880|MDCrashReportd.m:deviceAttached| ERROR: Could not get a USBMux endpoint for the device with uid b7010c79b5bb8aa7f15161ad8d5af162f5ac38af. Ignoring.
It is had to ascertain whether this message is related to the Arduino Due at all as it does show any usb id's in the message.
It looks like the Due is bricked. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to unbrick it?
I tried the cable on another device and it worked fine. I bought another cable and the Due still refuses to show itself.
I guess it's time I bought the black magic probe and see if I can recover it that way. Does anyone have a link to the steps needed to reburn the boot loader?
I plugged it into the windows box i have and when connected to the programming port it doesn't do anything and when I plug in the native one, windows complains about the USB device having an issue.
I've just ordered the black magic probe to see if i can recover the device, if not I will send it back for replacement.
Hello,
i have the same Problems: ATmega 168 with a MacOX 10.6.8
PWR light is green 13 red is blinking...tried 4 different USB Cables , on Systemprofiler no Arduino device shows up .