BiBoard V1

BiBoard V1 USB Driver to access the serial port

Some USB cables are just for charging and do not have data transfer capability. Using the original data cable in the kit is better for making the uploading successful.

When you use a USB type-C data cable to upload the firmware for the mainboard.

• In Windows, if there is no serial port in the port list of Device Manager:

• In Mac, open the Terminal program under the Applications-Utilities folder and type the following commands. If no serial device name starting with "tty.wchusbserial" or "cu.wchusbserial" is found:

  cd /dev
  ls

Please download and install the USB driver:

• Windows: https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH343SER_EXE.html

• Mac: https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH34XSER_MAC_ZIP.html

For ChromeOS:

1. Download the Arduino IDE(e.g. 1.8.19) for Linux from https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/releases/download/1.8.19/arduino-1.8.19.tar.xz

2. Install it on the Chromebook. Please refer to the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cve6n4LZqI

3. Plug the Bittle USB type-C data cable into the robot and the Chromebook.

4. Set the Chromebook Linux VM to recognize the USB port

Settings => Advanced => Developers => Linux development environment => Manage USB devices => USB Serial (turn on)

NOTE: Step 4 must be repeated whenever the USB connection is reconnected/powered on.