sparkfun MicroMod SAMD51 Hook-Up Manual page 9

Board will show up under a different COM port.
The board will appear as a USB mass storage device under the name USB Serial Device.
Driver Verification
To verify that your driver is working, you should see the difference in the following pictures after plugging in your
SparkFun SAMD51 Thing Plus. Alternatively, once you have the Arduino IDE installed, you should also see a
change in the number of available Serial/COM Ports (you may need to restart the Arduino IDE for the board to
populate).
Windows
Check that the board shows up in your device manager. You can click the Start or
"device" to quickly search for the application. (*On Windows 10, the quick search function is picky on the spelling
of the application you are searching for. For example, you may get results using "devi" and none for "device".)
Screenshot of Window 10 Device Manager with the SAMD51 Processor Board on COM25. Click to enlarge.
Mac OSX
Open the Terminal and run the following command
changes (your board may show up under a different device name). To open the Terminal, open your Applications
folder, Utilities folder, then double-click on Terminal. Otherwise, press
to launch Spotlight and type "Terminal," then double-click the search result.
in the Terminal and check for the following
ls /dev/cu.*
⌘
(Windows) button and type
⊞
(Command) +
space bar
(Space Bar)