Firmware Installer does not work with Feather M0 (Mac M1 Ventura 13.1)

[JaeminBBQ]

Describe the bug
The Firmware Installer is not detecting the EmotiBit with Feather M0.

Expected behavior
Detect EmotiBit and install the firmware onto the EmotiBit.

Additional details

• EmotiBit software version: 1.8.1
• EmotiBit firmware version: 1.8.1-TA
• EmotiBit hardware version: V04a
• OS version:

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Firmware Installer
2. Press Space
3. Press reset on EmotiBit (While not in hib)
4. Connect EmotiBit to computer with data capable cable

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Open Firmware Installer	Press Space	Connect EmotiBit

when you plug in the Feather M0 into the mac, how does the new port appear in Arduino IDE Tools > Port?

1.8.1.fix-firmwareInstallerAppleSiliconFix.2

• https://github.com/EmotiBit/ofxEmotiBit/releases/tag/untagged-5e1dce81185f3d35f02c

Results

Open Firmware Installer	Press Space	Connect EmotiBit	GUI screen after connecting EmotiBit

Still not detecting.

[nitin710]

Huh, looks the the driver in Apple silicon Macs is either

1. Not exposing VID/PID in device info
2. VID/PID are not getting registered by the drivers.

Anyway, looks like this can be solved by a software patch. Ill add the fix in #212

[nitin710]

The Feather M0 shows up as usbmodem
and the Feather esp32 shows up as usbserial (Apart from the SLAB_USBtoUART port)

The solution could require checking for the keyword usbmodem in the serial name

[nitin710]

Looks like something in the ofxSerial library may not be handling the information as presented by the drivers in M1 macs: https://github.com/bakercp/ofxSerial/blob/7a02ff97c02fdd038e367806128415ed794e48c7/libs/serial/src/impl/list_ports/list_ports_osx.cc#L241-L277

[JaeminBBQ]

When you get the chance, can you share what the PID/VID are for the Adafruit Feather M0, as shown in this link:
https://www.keychron.com/pages/how-to-check-pid-and-vid-in-your-mac

Screenshot	Description
	Screenshot of Adafruit Feather M0 in USB

[JaeminBBQ]

Compiled from source on OpenFramework 0.11.2 but still getting same results where PID and VID are not able to be read.

[nitin710]

• Looks like this has already been flagged as an issue here: macOS 11.13 Big Sur does not show description() is n/a  bakercp/ofxSerial#24
• ofxSerial uses Serial, whjich has this interesting issue: macOS 11.3 Big Sur - port_info.description = n/a wjwwood/serial#258
• This might offer a solution: Fix empty PortInfo.description/hardware_id on Mac M1 wjwwood/serial#271
• Steps
  • Check out the PR locally.
  • If it works, use that for release builds
  • May need to ping maintainer to PR this into main. then ask bakercp to update ofxSerial accordingly

[JaeminBBQ]

1.8.1.fix-firmwareInstallerAppleSiliconFix.3
https://github.com/EmotiBit/ofxEmotiBit/releases/tag/untagged-af4ea2a9b011fb0ffe50

Open Firmware Installer	Press Space	Connect EmotiBit

Screenshots of terminal after detecting EmotiBit