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Flora not uploading sketch

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I bought a v3 Flora a year ago, and just got around to trying it out. I got the Arduino IDE 1.8.5 and installed the Adafruit board utilities on Windows 10. Using the first blinking sketch, I try to compile and upload, but it disconnects from COM3 before uploading and doesn't reconnect until I unplug it and plug it back in. I tried the 'hold down reset until uploading', but that fails to upload (but doesn't disconnect?)

I've tried three different USB cables, and tried on MacOS as well.

Any ideas?

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Windows requires a driver:
https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-star ... dows-setup
Did you install that?

It's not needed for Mac though. What happened there?

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Yes, I installed the driver. On the mac the same thing happens, the cumodem device disappears as soon as uploading starts and doesn't reappear until I unplug the flora and plug it mack in again.

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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the cumodem device disappears as soon as uploading starts
I was reading you first post as it was disconnecting right after you plugged it in. But this sounds like it's only when you start the upload? So the Flora does show up and is selectable in the Arduino IDE initially? And it's only when you try to upload that it does the disconnect thing?

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Yes, I'm able to select the Flora in the IDE on both Windows 10 and Mac OS 10.13, but after compilation it disconnects the board and doesn't reconnect for uploading the sketch. Holding the reset button until the 'uploading...' appears as suggested in another thread doesn't make it disconnect, but just doesn't do anything . It says it's uploading, but coming back minutes later it hasn't done anything.

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Bought new flora, works fine. Board must be borked?

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Weird. Maybe. Our return policy is really only within 30 days, but we'll replace this one if you want. Send an email to [email protected] with a link to this thread and they can get you a replacement Flora.

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Re: Flora not uploading sketch

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Thanks for the offer. I'll pass, and I realize I should try out toys within the first year of purchase!

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