Shannon Gomes asked 1 month ago
I will find another way to use your “Learn ESP32 with Arduino” book but I am sad to learn that my laptop is not compatible. There is no USB VCP driver support for ARM-based PCs. I have an HP Snapdragon PC running windows 11. Unfortunately the board I’m using for these lessons uses an ESP32-S3. This does not use an external USB-serial IC like the CP210x. It directly talks to the ESP32 module and needs a CH34x driver from WCH. They have no support for ARM. Maybe some day they will catch up. For now I have to find another PC to use for your lessons. Very sad.
Sara Santos Staff answered 1 month ago
Hi.
Take a look at this: https://www.robmiles.com/journal/2024/11/11/using-the-ch340-usb-serial-connection-with-arm-64-not (read the Update section)
It should work. Go to this page: https://wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_EXE.html
And download the CH341SER.ZIP file
Then, run the file to install the drivers.
Regards,
Sara
Shannon Gomes answered 1 month ago
Unfortunately that information is inaccurate. I’ve downloaded both the CH341SER.zip and the CH343SER.zip and neither of them will install. Looking into it further, the drivers are only for x86, linux, mac, and android. ARM is NOT supported. ARM is just too new and this isn’t the first driver issue I’ve run into. Thanks for your prompt reply but I’m afraid rob miles is mistaken.
Shannon Gomes answered 1 month ago
For your information however, I really love the book you’ve put together. I will find another way to use it but for sure you’ve put together an AMAZING resource.
Shannon Gomes answered 1 month ago
just got an email back from the wch company. CH343SER works but you can’t run the SETUP.EXE to install. You have to install the .inf file directly (right-click -> install). Success!