Hello,
I've found myself running into a problem when trying to use the IDE to upload my code to my UNO. My code is all sound, but no matter which port I have the board plugged into, it gives me an error message.
I've noticed that when I do have the board plugged in, while it does light up (indicating it's on), the computer doesn't register it.
I've also noticed that, while trying to troubleshoot this, clicking on "Get Board Info" gives me a message saying "Native serial port, can't obtain info".
In any case, I really don't know what the issue is, or whether there are multiple issues I'm having. I've read through several things, be it on google or this forum, but still have made no progress in finding out what's wrong.
Error message:
"avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\.\COM3": The semaphore timeout period has expired."
-I'm not exactly sure what this error message means, either. This is the second computer I've tried to use Arduino on, the first one not having any ports installed (I tried manually installing, but I still could not get it to work).