MediaTek LinkIt™ Smart 7688 Duo Get Started Guide
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Quick steps:
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Connect LinkIt Smart 7688 Duo to a computer
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Check the USB serial COM port in device manager
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Install drivers
Next: Create and run an example.
Step-by-step
Step 1: Connect LinkIt Smart 7688 Duo development board to a computer
Plug in one end of the micro USB cable to the Power/MCU connector of the LinkIt Smart 7688 Duo
and the other end of the cable to a computer.
Step 2: Check the USB serial COM port in device manager
Open the device manager and check for a USB serial COM port with the following port ID:
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Bootloader COM port:
VID=0x0E8D, PID=0xAB00
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Arduino Sketch COM port:
VID=0x0E8D, PID=0xAB01
Step 3: Install drivers
You’ll need to install drivers depending on your operating system.
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For Windows, install a Serial COM port INF driver from
or the following link:
{ARDUINO_IDE_PREFERENCE_LOCATION}/packages/LinkIt/hardware/avr/0.1.3/driver
/linkit_smart_7688.inf
You can find the Arduino preference location at
File > Preferences
, see the
preference.txt
path, as shown in Figure 22.
