So I've literally never programmed a thing in my life, so ahead of time I apologize if these kinds of questions just sound super stupid / basic or if there's a simple solution I just can't figure out from lack of experience.
To summarize, I bought this board to try and follow a DIY volume knob tutorial I want for my PC build (
https://www.instructables.com/id/Digispark-Volume-Control/ ). I really don't think it's difficult for me to manage, but I've been stuck at basically step 0.5 on this operation for the past few hours. I've probably ready and watched six different video and forum tutorials (even read through some of here trying to google troubleshoot, none were specifically applicable) but nothing I've tried has gotten my computer to recognize it period. I can plug it in and the little LED light turns on, but the little "ding" that tells you Windows noticed a device was plugged into a port doesn't happen, and nothing pops up in the device manager, even briefly. I've installed the drivers, set Arduino up with the proper board manager and programmer (at least for the one recommended - I've seen a few videos showing a specific Digispark programmer but I can't find a link for that anywhere or any indication of how you get it otherwise. I've figured out the actual program itself, so if I can get this thing to connect I'm confident I can go from there.
TL;DR my main questions are:
- Windows doesn't recognize the board, despite drivers being installed and Arduino settings being configured. What else can I try?
- Is the issue possibly related to how the pins are placed? I've tried connecting it with both sets of pins, one set of pins, one upsides and the other right side up, etc etc, and it doesn't make a difference. Does that matter at all to getting it to be recognized, or should I just leave them to the side for now?
- Is there a magical tutorial I haven't found for this sort of issue?
Here's a list of the tutorials / troubleshoot guides I've tried:
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Setup-DigiSprak-Attiny85-Board/https://digistump.com/wiki/digispark/tutorials/connectinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wj9dQt50Q&ab_channel=MissionCriticalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmDBvgrYGZshttp://digistump.com/board/index.php/topic,2827.0.htmlhttps://digistump.com/board/index.php?topic=2825.0It's possible I just happened to buy a defunct board, but if there's anything else I can try before I end up buying another one, I'm open to suggestions.
