[ale] OT: Arduino

[Boris Borisov]

There is some info .. I guess is not impossible  :)

http://blog.solutions-cubed.com/programming-the-arduino-uno-with-a-serial-port/

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
wrote:

> On 01/14/2015 08:52 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>
>> Speaking of USB FTDI cable. Can I use RS232 to TTL cable instead.
>>
>>  Carefully, yes.  If this board is a 5V board and your cable is 5V then
> maybe.  The specs on the board show it's a 3.3 V part but the reviews
> indicate it's 5V so  check to be sure.
>
> A special USB FTDI cable that is commonly used with the Arduino hw/sw had
> a control pin that does a reset of the Arduino when you start a download.
>  If you don't wire it up right or if the software doesn't know how to
> toggle that pin using your cable or your cable doesn't have that pin,
> you'll have to do a manual reset.  If the picture on the web site is
> correct that board might not have the reset pin.
>
> I'd search for plans on how to program a home brew Arduino board. That
> should give you all you need to know about wiring to a non standard serial
> cable.
>
> I assume that the Arduino IDE doesn't really care if it's talking to
> /dev/ttyUSB0 vs /dev/ttyS0.
>
> Jim.
>
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