Nano Every Not Showing in IDE

[decentro]

I have not used my Arduino Nano Every in about a year and I was able to upload to it just fine but now when I use the same cable I go to upload a code for a project the port section is blanked out in the IDE and cannot upload. Is there any fix for this? Thank you in advance!

[cattledog]

Are you certain that you are using a usb data cable, and not just a power cable? Do you have another Arduino to verify the cable?

What OS are you using? What version of the IDE? What are the led's on the board doing?

[sonofcy]

Have your additional boards url's changed? If you look at attached pic you will see that board may not be where you think

[decentro]

@cattledog

Are you certain that you are using a usb data cable, and not just a power cable? Do you have another Arduino to verify the cable?

What OS are you using? What version of the IDE? What are the led's on the board doing?

I am using the latest 2.3.3 version the on led is constantly on with a moderate blinking of the tx led. I am using Windows 11 and I am sure it is a data cable because my wired mouse with a detachable cable is the cable I am using to connect to the Nano Every.

@sonofcy

Have your additional boards url's changed? If you look at attached pic you will see that board may not be where you think

I was selecting the Nano Every from the megaAVR boards in the IDE.

[sterretje]

@decentro

the port section is blanked out in the IDE and cannot upload

The IDE relies on what the operating system tells it. So the first check would be what the operating system thinks of your board. Check Windows device manager.

[cattledog]

@decentro

I am sure it is a data cable because my wired mouse with a detachable cable is the cable I am using to connect to the Nano Every.

1)Try another cable. It may have become defective.

2)What do you see in Device Manager under Ports(COM&LPT)? Does it go away and return when you unplug the cable? Do you hear the USB connection tones?

3)Do you see anything different if you use 1.8.19 instead of 2.3.3?

If the SAMD11 chip in the Nano Every is not seen by Windows it is a significant problem, and may require reprogramming that chip.

[decentro]

@cattledog

1)Try another cable. It may have become defective.

I am sure it is not defective since I use it everyday.

@sterretje

The IDE relies on what the operating system tells it. So the first check would be what the operating system thinks of your board. Check Windows device manager.

@cattledog

2)What do you see in Device Manager under Ports(COM&LPT)? Does it go away and return when you unplug the cable? Do you hear the USB connection tones?

I dont here a sound for pluging or unpluging the USB and it is not showing in the device manager only my 2 mega boards.

@cattledog

3)Do you see anything different if you use 1.8.19 instead of 2.3.3?

If the SAMD11 chip in the Nano Every is not seen by Windows it is a significant problem, and may require reprogramming that chip.

Still not showing up.

[cattledog]

I don't know what to advise you from here.

I have never done it, but you can get into the deep water of reprogramming the SamD11 chip with MUXTO firmware. With the windows usb not recognizing the chip, it's not clear to me if it will be recognized as a SAMD11 when you try to reprogram it.

https://forum.arduino.cc/t/reset-nano-every-via-1200-baud-touch/939949/9

This process did not work for this fellow
https://forum.arduino.cc/t/firmware-for-samd11d14a-in-arduino-nano-every-compilation/941057/7

I like the Nano Every, and have used it in several projects. If I had a dead one, like yours, I'd be buying more.
https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Nano-Every-Boards-Pack/dp/B07YQ56B6Q?th=1

Let's see if @sterretje has any other advice.

[decentro]

It is honestly very heartbreaking for me if I have to buy a new one because this was the first thing I have ever soldiered on. But, I will try to reprogram it.

[runaway_pancake]

@decentro

this was the first thing I have ever soldiered on.

So - what did you "soldier" on it, where and when ?

[decentro]

I soldiered the header pins about a year back.

[john_m0ers]

Windows by default has the "allow windows to switch off power to this device" enabled for usb ports. At least it has on all seven of my windows 10 machines. I find this can cause all sorts of problems with all sorts of usb powered microcontrollers. I always change these settings to disabled. Windows 11 does the same, I have been informed. If windows doesn't think theres anything attached to a usb port it shuts off voltage to that port to save power.