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### Windows
You must install a device driver (for the computer to recognize the serial interface of the micro:bit); then, you must also install a terminal emulator (which is going to connect to the micro:bit and read its output). Here's how to do it:
You must install a device driver (for the computer to recognize the
serial interface of the micro:bit); then, you must also install a
terminal emulator (which is going to connect to the micro:bit and read
its output).
* Follow instructions at https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows-serial-configuration in order to install the device driver
* Follow the instructions at
https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows-serial-configuration to
install the device driver.
* Instructions for installing a terminal emulator are below.
#### Windows > Tera Term
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### Linux
(Untested).
* Install the program `screen` if it is not already installed.
* Plug in the micro:bit.
* Open a terminal.
* Find which device node the micro:bit was assigned to with the command `ls /dev/ttyACM*`.
* If it was `/dev/ttyACM0`, type the command `screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200`. If it was some other device node,
use that one in the command instead. **Note:** You may need root access to run `screen`
successfully. You can probably use the command `sudo` like this: `sudo screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200`.
* To exit `screen`, type `Ctrl-A` `Ctrl-D`.
* Plug in the micro:bit
* Open a terminal
* `dmesg | tail` will show you which `/dev/` node the micro:bit was assigned (e.g. `/dev/ttyUSB0`)
* Then, do: `screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200` (install the `screen` program if you don't have it). To exit, run `Ctrl-A` `Ctrl-D`.
Alternative programs include minicom, etc.
Alternative programs include `minicom` and so on.
### Mac OS