himalayanelixir/arduino-usb-drivers

✍️ Signed drivers for CH340 and CH341 USB controllers

Arduino USB Drivers

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• Sources

Summary

CH340 and CH341 USB controllers are commonly found on 3rd party Arduinos. To use them with the Arduino IDE or CLI you will need to install these drivers. The drivers in this repo are from the manufacturer (see Sources).

To install them, download the repository and follow the instructions in the appropriate folder. If you have any previously installed versions of these drivers, uninstall them before installing the new drivers.

Sources

OS	Source URL
Linux	https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_LINUX_ZIP.html
macOS	https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_MAC_ZIP.html
Windows	https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_ZIP.html

arduino-usb-drivers's Issues

MacOS Sierra: Crash upon insertion of CH340 device

After installing this driver, when I insert my CH340 USB device, my kernel crashes to a grey-screen with text explaining "your system has crashed". Bummer!