Bare Conductive Touch Board unrecognizable

[vgama]

Hi every one,

I have a new Bare Conductive Touch Board and tried to install it with the Arduino IDE, but from the onset it just showed as Board: ''Arduino Uno'' and Port: no port assigned. I'm using a MacBook Pro M1 with OS Monterey version 12.5.1

I used the Arduino version 1.9.18 and had the Touch_Board_Manual_Install folders and files transferred to users/ibook/Documents/Arduino/, then reset the application, reset my laptop but nothing changed. Board was still showing ''Arduino Uno'', no Bare Conductive Touch Board on the list.

I downloaded the .zip file from Github and substituted the avr folder on my Documents tree

but it still showed Board: ''Arduino Uno'' and no port to assign to.

My USB port was showing that Touch Board was connected.

After lots of trials revising the Sketchbook path for misspellings, checking the USB cable, resetting the board, I decided to go back to the Arduino download page and chose to download the version for Apple Silicon since I'm running on an Apple M1 chip.

I launched the new version of Arduino and still didn't see a Bare Conductive Touch Board in Board:
I then looked at the data sheet that shows Arduino compatible (recognized as an Arduino Leonardo in IDE) and selected Arduino Leonardo from the list. It asked me if I wanted to upload the software. I paused for a while, but pressed ok anyway. Now the board appears as an Arduino Leonardo on Board: and Port: but it doens't run any of the Touch Board examples such as Midi Interface, which was the one I needed to be able to connect with Ableton Live, showing the following error message. I realize I might have burned the bootloader, however I did not press Burn Bootloader in Tools.

#ifndef COMPILER_ERRORS_H
#define COMPILER_ERRORS_H

	// we only support Arduino 1.6.6 or greater
	#if ARDUINO < 10606
	  #error Please upgrade your Arduino IDE to 1.6.6 or greater
	#else 
		// check that Bare Conductive Touch Board (USB MIDI, iPad compatible) is selected in Tools -> Board
		#if !defined(ARDUINO_AVR_BARETOUCH) || !defined(IPAD_COMPAT)
		 	#error Please select "Bare Conductive Touch Board (USB MIDI, iPad compatible)" in the Tools -> Board menu.
		#endif
 	#endif

#endif // COMPILER_ERRORS_H`Use code tags to format code for the forum`

I would appreciate if someone could give me a hand on this one, thanks so much!

[ptillisch]

Hi @vgama.

@vgama

I downloaded the .zip file from Github and substituted the avr folder on my Documents tree

Please double check that you correctly followed the installation instructions:

https://github.com/bareconductive/bare-conductive-arduino#install

Note that it is not correct to copy the avr folder to the Documents folder, so either you have not precisely described what you did, or else you did not correctly follow the instructions.

After following those instructions, you should be able to select Tools > Board > Bare Conductive Boards (in sketchbook) > Bare Conductive Touch Board from the Arduino IDE menus. If you don't see a "Bare Conductive Boards (in sketchbook)" option under the Tools > Board menu, let us know and we'll provide further support in the installation of the "Bare Conductive Boards" platform.

After selecting Tools > Board > Bare Conductive Boards (in sketchbook) > Bare Conductive Touch Board from the Arduino IDE menus, upload the sketch to the board again. Hopefully it will work as expected.

@vgama

I realize I might have burned the bootloader, however I did not press Burn Bootloader in Tools.

Then you didn't burn the bootloader. Even if you did select Tools > Burn Bootloader, this requires having a special ISP programmer connected between your computer and the Bare Conductive Touch Board, so it would only fail without any harmful consequences if you did accidentally perform a "Burn Bootloader" operation.

[vgama]

Thanks so much for the quick reply,

I downloaded once more the .zip file, unzipped it and transferred the folder bare-conductive-arduino-public to ibook/Documents/Arduino/Hardware folder as I had done before following the instructions, so now what I have within the Arduino folder is:

Resetting the application and the board I still find in Board: ''Arduino Leopard'' and no Bare Conductive Board in the list. The Port shows:

The USB port on my laptop now shows:

Thanks.

[ptillisch]

You misspelled the hardware folder. It must be spelled exactly hardware, not Harware. So rename the folder so that it starts with a lowercase h, and has the missing d, then restart Arduino IDE and check the Tools > Board menu once again.

[vgama]

Gosh, sorry about this, missing such simple detail, now I could select Bare Conductive Touch Board and Port as well. I was able to run the sketch. Thanks so much for your support

[ptillisch]

You are welcome. I'm glad it is working now.

Regards, Per

[magohart]

Hello!

I´m currently running into a port issue also - but I suspect it´s a problem with my touchboard, as I connect other touchboards and the correct bareconductive serial port appears... I just have problems with the one - does anyone how i can go about this issue so as to continue to upload codes onto it?

Thanks!

[ptillisch]

Hi @magohart. Please try this experiment and then report the results:

1. Connect the Arduino board to your computer with the USB cable.
2. Press and release the reset button on the board quickly twice.

Now please reply here on this forum topic with the answer to the following question:

• Do you see the LED marked "L" on the board pulse after performing the above instructions?