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

Equipment

• Software：

Microduino software development environment Arduino IDE, Microduino IDE configuration package;

• 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

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

   Media: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