I just acquired a SparkFun Inventor’s Kit v4.0. The instruction book has a copyright of 2017.
Following the directions to get started, the first step is to download the Arduino IDE. Which I’ve done. It’s version 2.3.6.
Next I plug in the board. The power light is on and the LED 13 is blinking. It’s plugged into a USB 3.0 port on my Windows 11 computer.
Now I have to tell the Arduino IDE board manager which board I’m using. And that’s where I’m stuck.
The instruction book says to select Arduino/Genuino UNO. However my options in the board manager (after searching for “uno”) are:
- Arduino AVR Boards
- Arduino megaAVR Boards
- Arduino UNOR4 Boards
none of which say they include the Genuino Uno.
I tried installing the Arduino AVR Boards v1.8 which installed successfully however when I tried to upload I get
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM4": Access is denied.
I checked in Device Manager and COM4 is the USB Serial Port with a Driver provider of FTDI.
I’m new to the world of Arduinos so I’d really appreciate some help getting started! Many thanks in advance.
