So, I'm 13, and I just got my first Arduino-compatible board. I've been tinkering for a while with various forms of electronics and have already built my own gaming PC. I have had previous experience with Raspberry Pi, and I already have a pretty good grasp on electronics and programming. I recently ordered an Osoyoo NodeMCU kit off the internet, and it just arrived yesterday. I unboxed it and plugged the NodeMCU 1.0 board into my Windows 10 laptop, and it was detected by the laptop. I downloaded the Arduino IDE and followed the instructions from Osoyoo to get the NodeMCU up and running with the Arduino IDE, but when I tried uploading code from the Arduino IDE to the NodeMCU 1.0, I got the following errors:
warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
I've tried refollowing the setup instructions, resetting the NodeMCU, and nothing works. I'm stumped, please help. I'm connecting the board's micro usb port to the usb port on the laptop using the micro usb cable that came in the kit.