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- Serial issues with the Arduino Pro Micro
The Arduino Compatible Pro Micro and the Arduino Leonardo both use the ATmega32u4, which has built-in USB communications. While this eliminates the need for a secondary processor or UART chip, it allows the Leonardo to appear to a connected computer as a USB device, such as a mouse or keyboard, in addition to the virtual (CDC) serial/COM port. While this sounds really useful, I was having a weird issue using a Pro Micro as a serial device with my ROV hardware, where, despite explicitly stating the baud rate and being able to turn on and off outputs while manually connected… Read more: Serial issues with the Arduino Pro Micro - Additional Addressing of NodesThis looks like a way to allow for addressing nodes on a CAN, RS485 or DMX network without needing to use either DIP switches or PCB changes.
