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Title: Need recommendation for USB or PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART) Post by: nizee on July 30, 2008, 08:10:41 20:10 Friend wanted to give me AVR programmer board for me to try to learn but it use serial RS232 connector, but i don't have it on my labtop.
I was told centain USB to serial converter don't work. The best is to build your own using FTDI chip. I wish i knew how to do it. But is there on the market that i can buy that is ready made USB to RS232 (Real or latest UART) or even PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART), eeerrr....cheap? That way, i can get started learning the AVR immediately. Any help would be appreciated. PS : I saw eBay sell a lot of those USB/PCMCIA to serial RS232 adapter really cheap. Which one will work best? Title: Re: Need recommendation for USB or PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART) Post by: taos on July 30, 2008, 09:12:49 21:12 I have tested other model of USB2RS232 with a pic programmer and with a sattelite box and in both cases the software doesn't run so I will not waste my money on it. Buy a PCI with RS232. Regards
Title: Re: Need recommendation for USB or PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART) Post by: nizee on July 30, 2008, 09:21:51 21:21 I have tested other model of USB2RS232 with a pic programmer and with a sattelite box and in both cases the software doesn't run so I will not waste my money on it. Buy a PCI with RS232. Regards Thanks for the reply. But i have laptop, don't have PCI, accept PCMCIA or cardbus they call it. Any recommendation for PCMCIA or Cardbus for Serial that works for both PIC and AVR? Title: Re: Need recommendation for USB or PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART) Post by: nizee on July 30, 2008, 11:42:08 23:42 i suppose this won't work either?
http://www.dlpdesign.com/usb/us232cable.shtml USB base on FTDI. I like to program AVR and PIC board out there in the future. Advice/Recommendation? Anyone? |