DominoX
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6 years ago Hi Casualloop,
Don't hold your breath ... the "guides" for RedBear are unlikely to be improved ... EVER!!!
That said, they're OK enough to get most people going once you muddle thru the proliferation of links, links-to-links, etc.
I have developed for myself a bulletproof way to get any new RedBear I buy up-and-running with just a few steps. I've bought (for me and/or customers) more of these than I can remember, well in excess of 15, and the process has worked for me each time.
Write me at readbear at flightsystems.biz. I'll help you get setup if you're still struggling.
Dave
First - this thing is a great piece of hardware.
Second - have you read your guide? your guides lead to guides that lead to guides and now I have an app on my android in chinese, outdated firmware that I'm still trying to figure out how to update, like 4 different pieces of software and multi-page read-me's on how this is somehow all suppose to be easy...
Particle Photon (the complicated version - install node & particle-cli): particle update the end - or just flash a sketch from their web ide with the latest version of the firmware picked.
Redbear duo (the simple version): I literally don't know where to begin.
Somehow I managed to get all this going a few years ago... I was expecting after that much time for the process to have been simplified, but its worse! I got the RBLink cause I wanted some expansion options - which apparently means I need software written not by redbear.. and your versions don't match up btw: "STM32 ST-LINK Utility v3.9.0.exe" as "linked" to from ST-LINK Utility Which version was that again? Zadig? Unsigned drivers?
I'm sure someone with some knowledge is going to rip me a new one at how simple it really is and that I've been looking at old/wrong instructions... just keep in mind I got here from the link(s) on readbear.cc that send me to the kickstarter page AND the github page... PLEASE simplify this process.. I ran out of ibuprofen.. not kidding, my head actually hurts right now. what should have taken 10 minutes wasted the 2 hours of time I gave myself to fiddle before work and I still don't have something that works. Simplify this mess and you'll be golden - keep it complicated, you might as well just put a big sign on your site (with a link to another site) that says 'Degree in pain management required, signature required with parental consent'