Hi
I just installed my new Mega2560, and had to follow the directions as per the Uno, as the Mega2560 not referred to explicitly on arduino.cc. Seems to have installed ok by manually pointing Vista to the Mega2560 driver (not FTDI). Blink program uploaded and running ok too. Is there no need to do the FTDI driver install too?
PS No-one actually ever told me this explicitly, but is it ok to unplug Arduino boards while they're running a program? And if so, how/why?
Brendan
The FTDI was only needed in the old arduinos that have the FTDI chip, the new one doesnt have any FTDI chip, so you dont need any driver, in fact if you install the ftdi driver it will not work and you will be unable to upload sketches to you arduino.
Yes you can just turn it of whatever you want.
thanks, that's much clearer now - got my touchscreen running perfectly now thanks to this excellent forum
in fact if you install the ftdi driver it will not work and you will be unable to upload sketches to you arduino.
Yes you can just turn it of whatever you want.
Well to be a little more clear, one may need to have both Uno or mega2650 drivers AND ftdi driver if they own both older and newer types of boards and plan on using both of them either at the same time for individually at different times.
Some of us just could not handle owning just one type of Arduino board. ;D
Lefty