Pololu A-Star 32U4 - Manual (Page 17)

4. In the Tools > Board menu, select the “Pololu A-Star 32U4” entry. If you do not see the A-Star listed in
the Board menu, then the add-on is probably not installed correctly. Try doing step 2 again and restarting the
Arduino IDE.
Selecting the Pololu A-Star 32U4 in the Boards menu.
5. In the Tools > Port menu, select the port for the A-Star. On Windows you can determine what COM port the
A-Star is assigned to by looking at the “Ports (COM & LPT)” section of the Device Manager. On Linux, the port
name will begin with “/dev/ttyACM”. On Mac OS X, the port name will begin with “/dev/tty.usbmodem”.
Windows 8 device manager showing the A-Star’s virtual COM port.
6. Open up the “Blink” Arduino example, which can be found under File > Examples > 01.Basics > Blink.
The code in this example will make the A-Star blink its yellow LED. When you select the Blink example, a new
Arduino IDE window will open up. It is OK to close the first window.
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