Hi all,
I need to communicate with my Ardunio Uno over USB without driver installation.
History and the problem;
I've developed the necessary software for the Arduino Uno. It works fine on my computer since I've installed development environment and of course the required drivers.
1-But now, the board should be connected to any windows system and should work there. But no driver installation should be needed.. It should be automatically recognized by the windows as Virtual Com Port or something else possible. Then the software pre-installed on the windows system (X Software or terminal software) should communicate with the board via this serial port.
2-And the board should be seen on the list of devices on the device manager just as "Virtual Com Port" not as "Arduino Uno" string.
Does any body know any solution for these?
Thanks
Kalahan.
I assume your talking about windows here as mac/linux don't need drivers.
AFAIK you cannot connect to Arduino via USB without installing drivers of some sort. You don't need to install the Arduino IDE to install the drivers though as they are stored in a sub-folder of the IDE. There is also old drivers .zip file in there but if your installing on newer windows PC's 8 & 10 then I think you need the newer signed drivers for x64 systems.
If you don't want the Arduino name in the driver details then maybe you can edit the drivers to change the name.
Another option might be to buy an FTDI breakout board and use that to connect to your UNO instead of the built in USB on the board. You will still need to install drivers but this time they will come from FTDI and will show as a comm port and not an Arduino in the device manager.