Arduino compatible's serial port not showing Mac OSX

From the OSX System Report we learn that your board is based on an SiLabs CP2102 converter (or workalike), but according to your question you installed the drivers for an entirely different product from FTDI

(Arduino.cc has used FTDI in the past and CDC/ACM today, I don't believe they have ever used SiLabs so their instructions probably don't cover that, but other vendors obviously have)

Install the CP2102 drivers and it should work if you use the /dev/tty.XX device which then appears when you plug in the board.

SiLabs appears to provide the drivers at

http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx

Just for sake of completeness, there are at least 5 distinct protocols/chips in use for serial-like USB communication with embedded devices:

  • FTDI
  • CDC/ACM Virtual Com Port
  • SiLabs CP210x
  • Prolific PL-2303
  • ch340

(Additional possibilities could include actual RS232 serial or serial-over-bluetooth)


just to add to the list - some cheaper boards use CH340 chipset

here is a blogpost on how to install the drivers on OSX http://javacolors.blogspot.ie/2014/08/dccduino-usb-drivers-ch340-ch341-chipset.html

From that post:
You can find drivers for this chip on the web site of the chinese manufacturer, here :
http://www.wch.cn/downloads.php?name=pro&proid=5