Re: Uploading the Software

Posted by Viggen on Feb 19, 2016; 12:05pm
URL: http://bluesaab-forum.90.s1.nabble.com/Uploading-the-Software-tp235p237.html

Da Bear wrote

I'm also a total n00b when it comes to Arduino, but with some prior knowledge of basic programming it's just a matter of refreshing my memory so I can hack the code ;D

I myself bought the Sparkfun 3.3v FTDI basic adapter. Could not upload no matter what I did. After some consulting with Karlis and Seth I changed the adapter to 5v and it worked without any problems. So I would recommend the 5v cable. Or Sparkfun's basic FTDI adapter. Just a solder bridge to choose between 3.3v and 5v.
In the Arduino IDE you select board Arduino/Genuino Uno and the right com port for your FTDI cable.

Glad I'm not the only one ;)

So just so I understand, if I get the cable I can just tell the IDE that it is a Arduino/Genuino Uno and it will still work? And the cable is able to do all the same functions, upload the bootloader and software code as a 'full' Uno?

Sorry for being dense, I'm just trying to figure out what the cable does/doesn't do vs. the Uno since there seems to be more tutorials for me to read on how to use the Uno.