The CH340 chip is used by a number of Arduino compatible boards to provide USB connectivity, you may need to install a driver, don’t panic, it’s easier than falling off a log, and much less painful.
Oct 29, 2019 CH340/CH341 USB to serial MAC OS driver Oct 29, 2019, 11:22 pm I've read the other threads suggesting to download the CH341SERMACZIP driver in order to get the newer Mac's with USB C to work with the IDE.
Windows
Owner's Manual for Windows v3.4 USA-19HS USB Serial Adapter (English) Owner's Manual for USA-19HS Windows v3.7S (English) Owner's Manual for Mac OS 8.6 - 9.X USA-19HS USB Serial Adapter (English) Owner's Manual for Mac OS X USA-19HS USB Serial Adapter (English). Mac's and serial TTY's. Mac's are excellent tools for accessing serial device TTY ports (to console into PBX's, switches, and routers). You just need a serial to USB adapter, the right driver, and some Terminal software. You can use screen, although Minicom (or a GUI program) offer more features and functionality. Owner's Manual for Mac OS X USA-19HS USB Serial Adapter (English) Product Datasheet; Articles. I am unable to install the Keyspan driver on Mac OS X 10.13. There is a new feature in Mac OS X 10.13 that imposes a new level of security for the installation of 3rd party drivers. About half way through the Keyspan driver installation, the.
(Manufacturer’s Chinese Info Link)
Usb Serial Drivers For Mac Download
- Download the Windows CH340 Driver
- Unzip the file
- Run the installer which you unzipped
- In the Arduino IDE when the CH340 is connected you will see a COM Port in the Tools > Serial Port menu, the COM number for your device may vary depending on your system.
Older Windows Driver Version and Instructions
Download the Windows CH340 DriverUnzip the folder.If you are running a 64Bit Windows: – run the SETUP_64.EXE installer.If you are running a 32Bit Windows: – run the SETUP_32.EXE installer.If you don’t know, try the 64 bit and if it doesn’t work, the 32 bit.In the Arduino IDE when the CH340 is connected you will see a COM Port in the Tools > Serial Port menu, the COM number for your device may vary depending on your system.
Macintosh
(Manufacturer’s Chinese Info Link)
The following github has up to day pkg files for 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 at time of writing, thanks to Joshua Wallis for bringing this to my attention…
Direct Download Links (from the github repo above):
See the github link above for installation instructions if you need them.
Previous macinstosh downloads if the above doesn’t work for you…
(V1.3) Download the CH340 Macintosh Signed Driver for Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10) and El Capitan (10.11) and Sierra (10.12)
Inside the zip file you will find a PDF and a “pkg” file, short version, double click the pkg file, the PDF has some extra information.
OSX Sierra (10.12) Note
Startech Usb To Serial Driver For Mac
A kindly user, Maarten Segers reports
FYI, the driver documented here WILL crash on OSX Sierra.
I can personally not test on MacOS and can not vouch for the above drivers at github, but there you go.
See uninstalling information at the bottom of the page if the driver causes problems for you.
Here is an older version of the Mac driver, NOT FOR 10.12 Sierra
(V1.0) Download the CH340 Macintosh Signed Driver for Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10) and El Capitan (10.11)
Linux
(Manufacturer’s Chinese Info Link)
Drivers are almost certainly built into your Linux kernel already and it will probably just work as soon as you plug it in. If not you can download the Linux CH340 Driver (but I’d recommend just upgrading your Linux install so that you get the “built in” one).
Uninstalling From Macinstosh
A couple of Mac users have said “the driver crashes my mac Sierra how do I uninstall”.
Firstly regards the crash make sure you installed the 1.3 version of the driver, not the old one. You could download it directly from the Manufacturers Website in case they have issued an update since I wrote this page.
Secondly a quick google search reveals that this is how you uninstall:
- Open a terminal and type:
cd /Library/Extensions/
- Verify that the .kext file is present:
ls | grep usbserial.kext
- Output should be:
usbserial.kext
- Then type:
sudo rm -R usbserial.kext
- Verify that the .kext file has been removed:
ls | grep usbserial.kext
- Output should be empty.
- After you should remove the files stored in receipts folder:
cd /private/var/db/receipts/
- Find the enties:
ls | grep usbserial*
- Output should be:
codebender.cc.ch34xinstaller.usbserial.pkg.bom codebender.cc.ch34xinstaller.usbserial.pkg.plist
- Remove each one of the files of the above list:
sudo rm -r
filename
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When possible, for Microsoft Windows users, we try to have drivers available for download through Windows Update for many of our products. For those products, simply plugging in your device should cause your PC to download and install drivers automatically if your PC has Internet access.
For Mac OS X users with supported products, if a driver is not provided by the operating system, they must be downloaded and installed. For Linux/Unix users, support varies widely by product, kernel version, and OS distribution.
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