i bought a clone board and the computer writes on the device manager that it is a usb serial convertor and the arduino ide doesnt show it on the port i tried installing the ch340 driver but it doesnt work i switched cables but the led just keeps blinking and the on led is on
please dont use compticated words im new
Hello and welcome to the forum
Are we are supposed to guess what it is??
Do yourself a favour and please read How to get the best out of this forum and post accordingly (including code with code tags and necessary documentation for your ask like your exact circuit and power supply, links to components etc).
oh sorry i didnt know i was using the example codes from the ide and none of them finish downloading beacause the clone doesnt show up on the port list i am using a clone from ali express so i dont know what is its name and the chip name ist on it to so i dont know what driver to install the boards picturethis is the boards picture
That sounds about right if it is a clone. Which COM port does device manager says has been assigned to it? Did you select that port in the IDE in the Tools->Port menu option?
If device manager identifies it as a USB-Serial converter, then I think it's safe to assume that you are using a proper USB rather than a charge only cable that has the data wires missing.
I think most boards come with the blink sketch pre-installed, which is what you re seeing.
The image you linked to is for a clone of an Arduino UNO - probably using one of the CH340 USB-serial chips.
EDIT: Are you saying that the COM port that device manager assigns isn't appearing in the list of ports in the IDE?
im trying to select a port on the ide but the port option is gray i watched like 50 tuturials about this problem and nothing works
could you send me the exact page of the website yo bought it from, i may be able to help with that info
That's normal behaviour for a new board till you upload something else.
Where does it say that? Under ports (com and lpt)? Or elsewhere?
Next time, please post the picture here (just drag it into the composer textbox while composing a message on the forum).
I've moved your topic to a more suitable location on the forum that is more tailored to board detection (and upload problems)
its under universalserial bus controller
Any yellow exclamation marks?
I'm currently not using Windows so can't be of too much help.
for some reason, it dosen't load on on chrome, i cant access it
@roishoval I have an UNO clone that looks exactly like the one in the link in your post #3.
When I plug it in to my Win10 PC, device manager shows it up as COM3 like this:
Do you see something similar?
yes
no it doesnt recognize mine
Ok, so what did you mean when you said in post #1:
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