Update Several good, inexpensive, purpose-built USB to serial modules are now available on eBay for around five to six dollars. Just search for PL2303 or CP2102. Introduction The Arduino board is a great way for beginners to start learning about developing software for microcontrollers; however it’s cost, while a steal when compared to the initial investment required in the past, can be a little too steep for a do-it-yourselfer who wants to do things cheaply. To be fair there are arduino clones that do lower the price a good bit, but the real cheapskates that don’t mind doing a little extra work can’t help but think they could do it for less. For these penny pinching DIYers setting up an ATmega on a breadboard seems like the way to go until they discover the FTDI USB cable is $20. What a heart breaker!

Feb 26, 2008 - Prolific Technology Inc. Does not make any warranties regarding the accuracy. Refer to this application note if you are migrating from PL-2303H to. ME/98 driver v2.0.0.19 when using the EEPROM Writer program.

There are slightly cheaper alternatives, but a real scrooge googles on. Well look no further because this article has just what you’ve been looking for. The trick is to use a Nokia cell phone data cable based on Prolific’s PL-2303.

These cables have a USB to Serial TTL converter built right in. They’re available on eBay and DealExtreme and very inexpensive. I got mine for just $2.69 shipped. Data cables DKU-5 or CA-42 will work. This article will focus on the CA-42 containing a PL2303HX rev. The methods described here should work in general for cables using different chips. Preparation Tools: Wire Stripper Multimeter Anti-static wrist strap Driver: Recent versions of Linux have the driver pre-installed.

Users of other operating systems may find drivers. Install the driver. So you don’t waste time with a dud cable or bad drivers, you should first check that it’s recognized and assigned a COM port. To do this in Linux, use the command ‘ls /dev/ttyUSB*’ before and after you plug in the cable. You should notice a new ttyUSB is added after you connect the cable.

In Windows, plug in the cable then open up the Device Manager by clicking Start–>Run and typing ‘devmgmt.msc’ followed by Enter. Now find the section named “Ports (COM & LPT)” and click it to expand. There should be a port named something like “Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM#)” or perhaps “NOKIA (COM#)”.

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Unplug the cable; the cable’s entry in Device Manager should disappear. Precautions Never work on a live circuit! Always power off the breadboard and always unplug the cable before making adjustments to either; I’ve tried to remind you of this throughout the article but I may have missed a couple of places.

There is a possibility you could damage your computer, some other property, injure or even kill yourself! I’ve tried to be very thorough in my instructions, this however is not an excuse for you to turn off your brain.

In no way does this paragraph convey all of the various precautions one should take when working with electricity and electronics. Please read the entire article before you begin to modify the cable. Wear an anti-static wrist strap. Probing There are most likely several different manufacturers of these cables because the same model will have a different number and color of wires depending on who you buy it from. Therefore we will have to probe the pins of the phone connector to determine which wires are TxD, RxD, and GND. To do this cut the cable a couple of inches (5 cm) from the phone connector. Gta vcs hacked save data psp aftiaqi.

NOTE: I said the phone connector not the USB connector. Most of the cable should remain attached to the USB connector, but you need to leave enough cable attached to the phone connector to be able to strip the wires and attach an alligator clip (or a terminal block if you like). Strip each wire. Set your multimeter to diode/ continuity, and attach the black probe to a stripped wire. Now probe each of the phone connectors pins with the red probe until your meter beeps.