[solved] windows and connect/disconnect issues in IDE with CP210x USB to UART

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2017-02-03 by Wilberforce

I discovered this on the esp32 forums and this article, thanks to this post:

https://www.falatic.com/index.php/172/usb-serial-devices-and-the-unexpected-side-effects-of-serial-enumeration-bsod-with-solutions

The default CP210x drivers that come with windows use an USB enumeration mode - that is if the drive detects an M character, a legacy mode that thinks it's a USB mouse kicks in and screws everything up.

This driver solved the issue:
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx#windows

Download VCP (5.3 MB) (Default)

Now the IDE connects directly top serial without issue!