Ftdi driver support

Once the install wizard is complete it will report if the drivers have been installed successfully. You can see on the left hand side that the drivers have been installed because the yellow triangle is gone and a com port number has been assigned to that hardware COM3.

If there is an issue with the install you can also reference the driver install guide from FTDI at the link below or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Get Started. About us Whats New Products. Tools to Simplify EFI! Contact Us: support efianalytics. If you have one of these older versions, you'll want to use the FDTI drivers as well. For a complete list of all Arduino boards, check out this page. Newer versions of Arduino boards, such as the Uno, use a different communication IC, and they will not be covered in this tutorial.

Now that you know why the FTDI Basic is important and what products it is used for, let's learn how to install the drivers. By default, windows does not have FTDI drivers installed. Let's go get them! Make sure to unzip the executable before proceeding to the next step. If you now have a COM port, congratulations! Again, if something went wrong, either retry this tutorial or give Windows - In Depth a try!

Now choose either the 32 bit version or the 64 bit version. Not sure which you have? The next steps will go over how to find that information.

If you already know which version you are running, you may skip the next two steps. Now go back to the FTDI site, right-click on the correct version, and save it to your computer.

Remember where the files are saved. We'll need them in the next step. Navigate to the folder containing the files. They will be inside of a. Right-Click on the. Make sure that 'Show extracted files when complete' is checked, and click 'Extract'. When the extraction is complete, the folder is opened. Again, take note of this folder location. This is the one containing the drivers. We're almost there! Open the start menu, right-click on 'Computer', and left-click on 'Manage'.

You will need administrator rights to do this. If you aren't an administrator on your computer, talk to the person who is and have them enter their credentials. Left-click on 'Device Manager' in the leftmost column. Here is where we see the offending hardware. It has an exclamation mark next to it. Left-click 'Browse,' and navigate to the location of the extracted files. Choose the extracted folder. There is no need to search any further in the folder. Then left-click 'OK'. You will need to install a second driver for the same device.

Follow the steps , as before, and use the same driver folder too! Congratulations, you now have the proper FTDI drivers and can begin to use your device! The factory drivers are not complete.

OS X Click on the link for the "Mac OS X The image below shows version 2. If there is an update to the drivers by FTDI, the version number will change but it should be in the same location on the table. If you are using the driver for OS X Open up the driver file that corresponds with your operating system.

For most users, it will be the second file:. Now open the Arduino IDE. Congratulations, you're all set! On newer versions of OS X, when you double-click the install packages inside the FTDI disk image, you may be presented with a very Windows-esque type error about not being able to open the files because they are not from an identified developers.

This is very similar to the unsigned driver issue in Windows 8. Then select open from the menu. You will then be given another window asking if you are certain. Click Open, and proceed with the installation as stated above. For a more permanent fix, you can follow these instructions. Under the General tab, you should see a section about allowing the running of downloaded applications from specific sources.

In preveious version of OS X, the default was set to Anywhere. However, the defualt setting is now Mac App Store and identified developers. First, you may need to click on the little lock icon and enter your admin password to make these changes. Once unlocked, click the Anywhere option. Another obnoxious window may appear asking you if you're sure you want to allow this. Click Allow from Anywhere.

Or, you can follow the directions in this window, if you don't want to make your Mac "less secure. With Mac OS However, there seems to be some conflict between drivers from FTDIchip.

Luckily, there is a solution to this problem, and it comes from FTDI directly. In order to get around this, the Apple supplied Driver must be uninstalled. Download Script Here. Clicking on this file will bring up the Script Editor on all Macs.

The script can be run by clicking on the run icon black triangle. Again, make sure your FTDI device is connected. You can make this script into a clickable icon by exporting the script as an application. In the Script Editor, select Export… from the File pull down menu:. In the Export dialog, select Application as the File Format. You can choose any name for the application. You should now have an automated Apple Script icon to use on your Mac.

Repeat this process for any other FTDI devices you are using. You may need to repeat this every time you restart your computer. However, if you just open Arduino from the desktop, you'll notice that, if you click on 'Tools', the 'Serial Port' option is grayed out.

Linux includes the drivers necessary to use Arduino, and no additional install is needed.