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9 years, 9 months ago.
Windows USB Driver
I see the Windows driver to connect a dev board via USB for loading. It seems that is the same driver used for the USB port to communicate as a Virtual COM port for USB/serial applications.
How can I get a non-mbed branded version of the driver for my own use?
Thanks!
1 Answer
9 years, 9 months ago.
USB drivers are not required for loading firmware on the mbed boards. The mbed boards use USB mass storage mode which is a standard driver in windows and just about every other operating system.
A driver is only required for virtual USB COM ports on windows, but is standard on OSX and most linux distributions.
If you are using the virtual serial connection provided by the mbed interface, the Windows serial configuration page explains how to set up the driver.
If you are using a virtual serial port running inside the target micro with the USBSerial library, the USBSerial handbook page explains the driver requirements for windows and mentions that you can customize the USB prodcut_id and vendor_id for your own application as long as you change them in both the program and the .inf file.
No driver is required for USB loading and you can customize the USB virtual serial port driver for your own application.