Arduino Micro -- windows 10 driver?

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I've just received my Micro board and plugged it in.

As far as I can see there is no entry in device manager. The guide suggests the drivers should install automatically. There don't seem to be any direct links for drivers.

On the plus side, the lights come on, so it's definitely connected.

Is it necessary for me to download the IDE? I really just want the Micro to be seen initially as an input device, eventually as a MIDI device ( I think I read somewhere there's a simple way to do this?)... from there I plan to program with Python.

Any advice? (sorry I'm a total newbie to arduino!)

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So.. I DLd the IDE and the drivers seemed to install OK. IDE sees the device (still nothing in device manager)

I have MIDI_USB library installed -- I guess I'm looking for some code to upload to the device so it can be seen as a MIDI device by other programs?

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On some versions of windows you may need to enable "Show Hidden Devices" in device manager.

Quite often the IDE can spot the board if it is an original Arduino as the IDE will install the required drivers.

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Good idea! Unfortunately, still doesn't reveal anything.

IDE definitely sees it, but I just tried uploading the default empty sketch to the Micro, and got the following (in red):
Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "CATERIN"; type = S
Software Version = 1.0; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=128 bytes.

Programmer supports the following devices:
Device code: 0x44

No idea if that's normal?

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Chinese clone or a true Arduino ?
Pics would also help (both sides of the board) as some sellers don't know the difference between a micro and a mini which are two different items.

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That is normal in IDE 2.x. Upload is OK.

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Sorry, should have said -- genuine Arduino Micro, says Micro on it.

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It seems all is good so far then...

Just went to github and got MIDIUSB_write.ino from the examples folder -- copied and pasted the code into IDE, then uploaded to device.

Now I can see it as a MIDI device in my DAW, so that's a big step forward!

Time to attach something to it (a potentiometer is my first experiment) and see where I go from there!

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