Windows 7 driver issue: ESP32 Thing+ Works, Skelly Board does not

Both boards communicate serially, but only the Thing Plus (ESP32-WROOM-32D) will program. The Skelly Board (ESP32-WROOM-32UE) will not (fault code the same as the one the help document state is due to the older driver.

Are the newer ESP32 …-32UE no longer Win 7 compatible? Is there some Vulcan neck pinch that can be done to allow for programming?

Thanks

Hmmm…did you reinstall the CP210x drivers? https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/es … ide#CP2104

the 10.1 version will not install. Installer runs and then it exits stating that the most up to date drivers are already installed. the 10,1 state they are ONLY for windows 10 (not even 8), not sure why. I have 6.7 installed and works fine for the older Thing + but not the skelly which has a different ESP32 (which I am guessing updated the serial core). I am working on installing on my windows 10 laptop (10.1 did install there fine) to see if that works, but I have many updates there to complete before I can try.

UPDATE: 10.1 driver works fine on windows 10. and here is the big trick. When the upload begins, during the Connecting phase, pressing the reset makes it work fine with the old driver on Windows 7 (you have to wait a bit after the start for this to work, but it works sooner than the windows 10 complete the connection processes without intervention)

Awesome!

Thanks for sharing the fix!