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I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so i chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When i choose upload, the two red leds blink fast, but i get an error from avrdude that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a chinese webshop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do i have to program one? How do i check this?

How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

Which board should i choose in the IDE?

This is the error: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

it looks exactly like this one

Update: did everything the manual said. I can choose the pro-micro now. Still the same error message. How do i check what state the bootloader is in?

I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so I chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When I choose upload, the two red LEDs blink fast, but I get an error from avrdude, saying that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a Chinese web shop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

• Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do I have to program one? How do I check this?

• How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

• Which board should I choose in the IDE?

This is the error:

Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

It looks exactly like this one.

Update: I did everything the manual said. I can choose the pro-micro now. Still the same error message. How do I check what state the bootloader is in?

I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so i chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When i choose upload, the two red leds blink fast, but i get an error from avrdude that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a chinese webshop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do i have to program one? How do i check this?

How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

Which board should i choose in the IDE?

This is the error: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

it looks exactly like this one

I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so i chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When i choose upload, the two red leds blink fast, but i get an error from avrdude that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a chinese webshop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do i have to program one? How do i check this?

How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

Which board should i choose in the IDE?

This is the error: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

it looks exactly like this one

Update: did everything the manual said. I can choose the pro-micro now. Still the same error message. How do i check what state the bootloader is in?

I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so i chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When i choose upload, the two red leds blink fast, but i get an error from avrdude that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a chinese webshop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do i have to program one? How do i check this?

How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

Which board should i choose in the IDE?

This is the error: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

I just got a new pro-micro Atmega32U4 board, and installed the current Arduino IDE (1.8) and cannot get it working.

There is no entry for a pro-micro, so i chose Leonardo as it uses the same chip.

When i choose upload, the two red leds blink fast, but i get an error from avrdude that it cannot upload the code.

The board is probably from a chinese webshop ($6 clone). There are no buttons on the board.

My questions are:

Is there already a bootloader on the chip, or do i have to program one? How do i check this?

How does it know that it must receive an upload, instead of running the flash program?

Which board should i choose in the IDE?

This is the error: Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

it looks exactly like this one