fix(board): Fix pid parameter for FoBE Quill ESP32S3 Mesh in boards.txt #11877
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Description of Change
This is a simple typo fix for the FoBE Quill ESP32S3 Mesh in boards.txt. There were two identical "fobe_quill_esp32s3_mesh.vid.1" entries and the second one was obviously meant to be called "pid", not "vid".
The problem it solves
Because of this typo in boards.txt Arduino IDE v1.8.19 was failing to detect any COM port.
I'm using Arduino IDE v1.8.19 on Windows 10. I updated ESP32 Core from v3.3.0 to v3.3.1 via the board manager. After restaring Arduino IDE it was no longer detecting any COM ports. Tools -> Port option was greyed out even though a board was connected and was detected by windows device manager. The board itself doesn't matter, the problem isn't even ESP32-related, the IDE just fails to detect any board. I tried launching the arduino_debug.exe and it showed the following error in the terminal:
After tracking down the issue I've changed "vid" to "pid" in the boards.txt file and copied it to
c:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\3.3.12
(replacing the already existing boards.txt file). The problem is now gone, arduino_debug.exe shows no errors and Arduino IDE is detecting COM ports normally.Test Scenario
Config:
Windows 10
Arduino IDE v1.8.19
Multiple hardware: ESP32-WROOM-32, Arduino Nano, PL2303HX-based usb-ttl converter
Before this change:
Arduino IDE fails to detect any COM port (Tools -> Port option is greyed out even when a board is connected to the PC).
Also arduino_debug.exe shows an error upon launching.
After this change:
Arduino IDE detects COM ports normally (Tools -> Port option allows to select a port).
arduino_debug.exe shows no errors.