There’s nothing to configure in this window, so just click the big, red, ‘X’ to
close it.
That’s all there is to it! The CDC (communication device class) portion of
your Pro Micro (the part that handles USB to Serial conversion) should
automatically install on your computer.
Installing the Arduino Addon
In order to use the Pro Micro or Fio v3 in your Arduino IDE, you need to add
a few board definition files to it. That’s what we’ll do in this section. Begin by
downloading the Pro Micro addon files
.
Note:
These Arduino addon files only work with
Arduino 1.5
and up. If
you're using an earlier version of Arduino, either update (and get some
cool new features), or download the older version of the Addon.
With that downloaded, follow these steps to enable the Pro Micro in your
Arduino environment:
1. The addon files are supplied in a zip folder, so you’ll need to
extract
the files
within first.
2. Find your
Arduino sketchbook folder
. If you don’t know where it is,
you can locate your sketchbook by looking at the preferences dialog
in your Arduino IDE.
3. If there isn’t already one, create a folder in your sketchbook called
‘
hardware
’.
4. Copy the ‘sparkfun’ folder that was unzipped in the first step into the
‘hardware’ folder.
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Your directory structure should look something like
“Arduino/hardware/sparkfun/avr.”
5. Restart Arduino, and look under the Tools > Board menu. You should
see a few new options, including ‘SparkFun Pro Micro 5V/16MHz’,
‘SparkFun Pro Micro 3.3V/8MHz’, and ‘'SparkFun Fio V3 3.3V/8MHz’.
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