Received: by 10.180.97.162 with SMTP id eb2mr771019wib.0.1350495446343; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:37:26 -0700 (PDT) Path: q10ni65154834wif.0!nntp.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Wiki reader Followup-To: comp.lang.forth Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:36:16 +0100 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <43d5b30d-f618-4b14-b4f6-ee95db1113c6@o8g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <7xobkbowed.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <63b34763-a2c0-404a-9d6d-b8412cae5309@k6g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: Paul_E.Benn...@topmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net vIj7GtJmkPmahLpoXSLP0garOk5AtAl0YpTOztnpLg+lw6Rog0dcu1O55lull5/ilw Cancel-Lock: sha1:ustag/Yh2YRU/A2fGCk+wspDcog= Mail-Copies-To: Paul_E.Benn...@topmail.co.uk User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit rickman wrote: > On 10/13/2012 12:37 AM, rickman wrote: >> >> My main concern is how fast a Forth can run the serial port. >> >> Rick > > Has anyone gotten their units yet and used the serial port? I won't > have mine until next week. > > I am looking to buy a USB to TTL adapter from eBay and it seems to be > hard to find one with much info on the pins. Most units use a PL2303 > chip. Anyone know if that will interface ok to the Wikireader? Are the > Wikireader pins 3.3 volts? > > Rick Mine arrived last Thursday and I already have a schematic being sketched up to provide a reasonable driver for the Debug port, along with a couple of switches (prog and reset).I have contacted a firm who do spring loaded pins and I am going to build a location block that I will mount on the PCB of the jig on which the driver circuit is located. Yes, all the Wikireader pins are 3.3V (apart from the Bat+ and Bat-) -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett............... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************