If things didn’t work out, try the next section of this tutorial: Windows – In Depth. Note: You may need administrator privileges on your machine in order for this to run properly.

If everything was successful, you should see some nice green check marks, indicating success!.

Choose ‘Extract’ and continue through the installation until it finishes.

The installation process will be the same regardless of the version number. Note: At the time of this tutorial, the images were referencing the old “v2.12.00” FTDI VCP driver executable.

Choose ‘Run’ once it is has finished downloading, or find the file you just downloaded “CDM21228_Setup.exe” and double-click it to run it.

Make sure to unzip the executable before proceeding to the next step. FTDI Driver executable and clicking on the Window’s “Available as a setup executable” link.

if you are using CH340 ic based programmer, then download it from here at CH340 Driver’s official page. Otherwise, visit FTDI’s VCP official Drivers page for the latest download of the Windows. WINDOWS FTDI VCP DRIVER EXECUTABLE – V2.12.28 (CDM21228_SETUP.EXE)

Download a copy of the v2.12.28 FTDI VCP Driver Executable here:.

If you plug in your FTDI, open the Arduino IDE, go to ‘Tools -> Serial Ports’, and see nothing, you need the drivers! Let’s go get them!

By default, windows does not have FTDI drivers installed.

Note for Educators: You will most likely need to obtain administrative privileges from your network or IT administrator in order to install these drivers. For most late versions of windows, such as 8.1 through Windows 10, the hardware may work fine without any driver install. If you can’t locate a COM port for your hardware, then the set of instructions below is the possible fix. The process should be very similar for other versions of Windows. Note: The tutorial is compiled with windows 7. Now that you know why the FTDI Basic is important and what products it is used for, let’s learn how to install the drivers. if you are using CH340 based programmer then you can buy it from here If you have one of these older versions, you’ll want to use the FDTI drivers as well. We have Customized boards that are Compatible with Arduino IDE that use the FT232RL.

Usb to ide device