My first attempt to get a Sparkfun Qwiic Arduino going at home is failing right off the bat. I think I successfully got the Arduino Create plugin installed (there's a black icon on the top right of my screen) but I'm a little unsure because the installer said it was putting it in the Applications folder but I don't see it in there ...)
I did have success earlier this afternoon with the web editor on a PC at school, so I know the board works. On my home Mac it can't see the board at all but it is powered up and plugged in. The Device Manager sees nothing.
Is my Mac too old or something? It's one the school got rid of. It's from around 2011 running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.
Any ideas on what to try?
I think I discovered I needed a CH340 driver. So I installed that and entered the Terminal commands the Sparkfun guide says to do. I see this device in Terminal:
users-iMac-3:~ user$ ls /dev/cu*
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/cu.wchusbserialfd1420
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
users-iMac-3:~ user$
.. but the Arduino Create plugin still cannot find the board. It says
Error
We could not find any board.
Are you sure you have a board connected to your computer with a USB cable? Did you just take your Arduino Board out of the box? Did you remove the conductive foam from the board? Do you see at least an LED ON on your board?
So I am still stuck.
Thanks,
Steve