LS1046ARDB Mbed Serial Driver Install Windows 11 2026

[ErnieSwRI]

Hello,

I'm trying to establish serial communication with the LS1046ARDB per the "LS1046A Reference Design Board Getting Started Guide" Section 10 "Booting LS1046ARDB". 

The link in the guide for the Mbed Windows Serial Port Driver redirects to a github page with different repos.  https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows
serial-configuration

I can't seem to find "mbedWinSerial_16466.exe" in the repos linked from the getting started guide.

I'm using Windows 11.

I've also tried updating the CMSIS-DAP FW and connecting to the serial console with Storage Services turned off, but still can't detect the Mbed serial com port.

Any help is appreciated!

[Bio_TICFSL]

Hello,

The Mbed Windows Serial Port Driver has been superseded by DAPLink.

The key guidance from daplink.io is:

"If your computer is running Windows 10, Mac OSX or Linux and using DAPLink firmware version 0240 or later, then drivers are not needed."

Since the customer is on Windows 11, no serial port driver installation is required at all — Windows should recognize the serial COM port automatically once the board is connected via USB.

Regards

[ErnieSwRI]

Hello, 

Windows is not recognizing the serial port automatically.

It recognizes the board as Mass Storage in the device manager, and an MBED drive appears in the file explorer, but no mbed serial port is recognized in the device manager.