Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Installing the Adafruit drivers
When plugging in the device, if it fails to install, you may have to tell it where to find the
drivers. You will know if this happens—you will get an error message saying
Device
driver software was not successfully installed
. If you get this error, follow the directions
at
http://Arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows#.UxoWXPldUvt
; only point your driver to the dir-
ectory from where you downloaded the Adafruit IDE. For example, in my case, I am run-
ning 64 bit Windows, so I will select
windows
as shown in the following screenshot:
It will probably complain about an unsigned driver, but accept the driver anyway. In the
end, you should be able to see the FLORA device when you navigate to
Start Menu
|
Devices and Printers
as shown in the following screenshot:
When you select this device and look at its properties, you should see something like the
following screenshot:
