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[Reply #15 on:]

p.s.  One observation I have made is that, upon reboot of my laptop, the BUB card is getting TX/RX signal.

The what?  Are you referring to this...
http://shop.moderndevice.com/products/usb-bub

It just doesn't seem to get past the BBB.

BBB?  Are you referring to this...
http://shop.moderndevice.com/products/bbb-kit

[Reply #16 on:]

yes, the BBB is the Bare Bones Board (USB/serial interface).  The latest drivers provided (certified signature) doesn't seem to work for me either.  I'm thinking that perhaps the USB standard could be the problem.  What I mean is that my laptop uses the new USB 3.0 standard. Perhaps the driver was written for only the USB 2.0 standard.  If that could be the problem, then this link shows the differences between the 2 standards:

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/usb3/sb/CS-033065.htm

But 2.0 and 3.0 are "supposed" to be backwards compatible.  But that wouldn't be the first time something that was supposed to be "backwards compatible" has bit me in the arse.

[Reply #17 on:]

If don't have an Uno, why are you trying to use the driver for an Uno?

You need to use the driver for the BUB you bought.  If you bought this, the driver is available at the bottom of that webpage.

[Reply #18 on:]

Here's what I have:  I have both the USB BUB II (with the FTDI FT232RL IC) and it plugs into the BBB (Bare Bones Board) Rev E.  And I have plugged the ATMEL ATMEGA328P-PU IC into it's socket.  I took a class Arduino I class at the Techshop in San Jose, and I built this kit.  Either way, none of the drivers supplied seem to work with my Windows 8 (USB 3.0) laptop. Here''s the exact laptop I have: Dell - Ultrabook 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - 8GB Memory - 500GB.  I must be doing something wrong, and I can't figure out what.... /sigh

Below is my two boards I'm trying to get working.  My understanding is that the boards work successfully on the instructor's comp, but not my latptop, so I'm fairly certain the boards are ok.  It's the drivers that I'm having an issue with (serial port option grayed out within Arduino s/w)

[Reply #19 on:]

If don't have an Uno, why are you trying to use the driver for an Uno?

You need to use the driver for the BUB you bought.  If you bought this, the driver is available at the bottom of that webpage.

Well, I saw Slaughter4622's problem and it was similar to mine.  My board may not be a UNO, but my problem is very similar to Slaughter4622's problem.  Which only helps me rule out linking the problem to my board.  It appears still to be a driver issue.  /sigh.

My actual board type is Arduino Pro (5v, 16 MHz with ATmega328)

The drivers you linked me to for the BUB II aren't for Windows 8.  I see for Windows 7 and all other legacy windows OS's, but not 8.  I wonder if it will still work on 8 though.  I'm trying it now.

UPDATE:  I copied the drivers you suggested for the BUB II and didn't seem to help.  I'm convinced I'm doing something wrong and I can't figure out what...ugh.  Thanks for all your support thus far, but I'm still where I started.  It's getting to be very frustrating =P

[Reply #20 on:]

Since you are using the FT232 for serial communication, that is the COM port you need to select in the IDE.

You indicated you downloaded and installed the VCP drivers from FTDI. After doing that, you should see a COM port in device manager associated with the FT232 board when it is plugged in.

To make sure you have the correct one, you can open Device Manager/Ports and see which one comes and goes when you plug/unplug the board.

One you know what COM port to select in the IDE, then you need to select the board type. It look like the Bare Board is loaded with the Duemilanove bootloader. So you need to select Duemilanove as the board type.

You should be able to upload a new sketch at this point, if everything is connected up properly.

[Reply #21 on:]

Since you are using the FT232 for serial communication, that is the COM port you need to select in the IDE.

I can't even change the serial/com port.  It's grayed out. I'm assuming because the drivers aren't loading properly for some reason.  I have tried numerous instruction sets thinking I was doing something wrong, but I do exactly what they say (at least I believe I have done that).

I've contacted the FTDI tech support and a guy, named Cameron, said that Windows 8 drivers won't be scheduled for release until next week. I guess I will have to wait until then.  Or I could just install the IDE and board drivers on my desktop (windows 7 platform), but I eventually need them on my laptop.

To make sure you have the correct one, you can open Device Manager/Ports and see which one comes and goes when you plug/unplug the board.

I have done that and am aware of what port is activated.  I try to update the drivers for that device in hardware manager and windows says it doesn't recognized either the WHQL certified one or the the ERW version drivers.   It's weird.  I guess it's just another reason to dislike windows 8  .  I got to familiarize myself with the differences and capabilities.  Anywho, thanks, but it looks like I'm dead in the water for my laptop to interface with the boards...unless I reformat Windows 8 with Windows 7....   Nah, I'll wait for FTDI's Win8 release.   Thanks for all your guys' help though.  When windows 8 drivers are released, hopefully that will fix my issue.  Thanks again.