Arduino IDE Trinket MO port recognition problems for 20 Trin
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:54 am
For about a month, I have been posting on the education forum and this Trinket and Trinket MO forum about my troubles with using Trinket MOs for about 20 tried and true edgelit acrylic lightbox projects with my summer Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn program with teen youth teachers in Boston. We are using Arduino IDE. The problem is that we cannot get the Arduino IDE to recognize that a Trinket MO is on the port on all of the new ones.
So far, I have only gotten one old Trinket MO to be recognized on a port. I have attached a screenshot of the successful Trinket MO. So I know that my libraries, boards, and USB cord are set up correctly.
I can get all the new Trinket MOs to reset and get into bootloader mode. However I cannot get them to be recognized on a port in the Arduino IDE.
My IT friend says the problem is that the Trinket MO does not have a built-in serial to USB converter and our computers are not recognizing the signal. I tried uploading several FTDI drivers recommended by an experienced maker friend but they did not solve the problem.
Several of my friends have had the same problem with Trinket MOs and never got the Arduino IDE working, so they ended up just using Circuit Python. I have only done one or two projects with Circuit Python, neither with neopixel strips, so I have not just given up and turned to Circuit Python. I also taught the youth teachers Arduino programming and they made color fade sketches on an Uno with a Grove Shield, so I REALLY want to use Arduino IDE.
Please can you help with this problem. . . I really have been working overtime on it!
So far, I have only gotten one old Trinket MO to be recognized on a port. I have attached a screenshot of the successful Trinket MO. So I know that my libraries, boards, and USB cord are set up correctly.
I can get all the new Trinket MOs to reset and get into bootloader mode. However I cannot get them to be recognized on a port in the Arduino IDE.
My IT friend says the problem is that the Trinket MO does not have a built-in serial to USB converter and our computers are not recognizing the signal. I tried uploading several FTDI drivers recommended by an experienced maker friend but they did not solve the problem.
Several of my friends have had the same problem with Trinket MOs and never got the Arduino IDE working, so they ended up just using Circuit Python. I have only done one or two projects with Circuit Python, neither with neopixel strips, so I have not just given up and turned to Circuit Python. I also taught the youth teachers Arduino programming and they made color fade sketches on an Uno with a Grove Shield, so I REALLY want to use Arduino IDE.
Please can you help with this problem. . . I really have been working overtime on it!