Difference between revisions of "Setup Guide on Mac OS X"

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[[File:Select Driver.png|thumb|center|600px|Select Driver]]
 
[[File:Select Driver.png|thumb|center|600px|Select Driver]]
  
* Right click (or click with two fingers) the Arduino app in Applications folder, select the ""Show Package Contents""
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* Right click (or click with two fingers) the Arduino app in Applications folder, select the '''Show Package Contents'''
  
 
[[File:Show Package Contents.png|thumb|center|600px|Show Package Contents]]
 
[[File:Show Package Contents.png|thumb|center|600px|Show Package Contents]]
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     [[File:Microduino-hardware.zip]]
 
     [[File:Microduino-hardware.zip]]
  
* Place the Microduino folder into "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware"
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* Place the Microduino folder into '''/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware'''
  
 
[[File:Place of hardware folder.png|thumb|center|600px|Place of hardware folder]]
 
[[File:Place of hardware folder.png|thumb|center|600px|Place of hardware folder]]
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* Connect the Microduino FT323R to your Mac computer with the Micro-USB cable;
 
* Connect the Microduino FT323R to your Mac computer with the Micro-USB cable;
  
* Open the Arduino app, Click the ""Tools"" menu, you will see Microduino family under "Board" menu.
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* Open the Arduino app, Click the '''Tools''' menu, you will see Microduino family under '''Board''' menu.
  
 
[[File:Microduino boards.png|thumb|center|600px|Microduino boards]]
 
[[File:Microduino boards.png|thumb|center|600px|Microduino boards]]
  
* And something like "/dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXXXXX"
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* And something like '''/dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXXXXX'''
  
 
[[File:03 Serial Port mac.png|thumb|center|600px|Serial Port]]
 
[[File:03 Serial Port mac.png|thumb|center|600px|Serial Port]]

Revision as of 04:46, 25 April 2014

Equipment

  • Software:

Microduino software develop environment Arduino IDE, Microduino IDE configure pagckage;

  • Hardware:

Microduino FT232R、Micro-USB cable;

Congfigure procedure

  • Download Arduino IDE on
 http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Arduino IDE for Mac
  • Uncompress the Arduino IDE package to Applications folder;
  • Download the USB driver on
 http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
USB driver for Mac
  • Install the USB Driver. Although the package name says FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6_10_7, it works perfect up to MAC OS X 10.9.3
DON'T PANIC
Select Driver
  • Right click (or click with two fingers) the Arduino app in Applications folder, select the Show Package Contents
Show Package Contents
  • Download and uncompress the Microduino hardware package
   File:Microduino-hardware.zip
  • Place the Microduino folder into /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware
Place of hardware folder
  • Connect the Microduino FT323R to your Mac computer with the Micro-USB cable;
  • Open the Arduino app, Click the Tools menu, you will see Microduino family under Board menu.
Microduino boards
  • And something like /dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXXXXX
Serial Port
  • Select the correct board model and serial port, you can now enjoy the limitless possibility Microduino brings to you.


One of our dear community members created a PDF document about this procedure, you can take that as a reference:

File:Mac microduino.pdf