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Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
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Yeah, that's what I've experienced too.
If something happens that causes the system to lose the COM port while the IDE is connected, the IDE will continue to say it's connected, but it's not. But hitting the connect button a couple of times will sort this out (a big improvement from last summer, when you'd have to restart chrome and the IDE and replug the board to make it connect again)
The connection will die like that if you put the system into sleep while connected unless you're using a USB port that continues to supply power while the system is in sleep (ie, for charging stuff). My Asus Zenbook Infinity does that, and if I'm using the magic port, i'll come back to a wall of "Console moved from Serial1", but the connection will usually still be working.