Thanks for info' Blueteeth. I see now some 99 cent cables on ebay but they want $5 for shipping.
I just purchased one of the $2.68 (free shipping) cables so I'll see what I get here in a couple weeks.
Regards...
Add USB to any PIC project for less then $3
- 3rd March 2010 10:50 AM #11Blueteeth
$0.99 from ebay
Chinese ebay shop so shipping took about 2 weeks to the UK, but I wasn't in any hurry. Think shipping was 2.95 or something, which in fairness raised the average price of each cable. This was about two years ago?
The prolific chip they use is pretty good, but obviously only works with a USB-serial driver. Still, the extra lines on the chip (which you can solder kynar wire to) are handy for resets and simulated button pushes for testing.0Inconsistency is the key to flexibility!
- 3rd March 2010 10:57 AM #12Mike, K8LH 0
- 3rd March 2010 04:30 PM #13Blueteeth
Most welcome, if anyone wants a schematic of the cable (which is pretty basic) I can knock one up in eagle...although I'm sure the original article provides everything one needs.
0Inconsistency is the key to flexibility!
- 26th March 2010 01:39 AM #14Mike, K8LH
Just received my CA-42 cable today and managed to install the Prolific PL-2303 driver. The cable is recognized and shows up correctly as Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (Com 5) in Device Manager on my XP-SP2 machine but with an error message; "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
Did anyone else order one of these $2.68 cables from the vendor I mentioned earlier?
Mike0
- 26th March 2010 01:56 AM #15atferrari
Why SP2 only
Hola Mike,
Not trying to derail the thread: why you do not have already SP3 for XP?0Agustín Tomás
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, however, there is.
- 26th March 2010 02:09 AM #16upand_at_them
Is this any help?: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943104/
0Last edited by upand_at_them; 26th March 2010 at 02:11 AM.
- 26th March 2010 04:25 AM #17Mike, K8LH Hi Agustín,
Originally Posted by atferrari 
You're right. I looked and I'm running XP-Pro with SP3. Sorry about that...0
- 26th March 2010 04:27 AM #18Mike, K8LH I will check out that Microsoft Knowledge Base Article. Thank you... Originally Posted by upand_at_them
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Looks like I'm up-to-date on Microsoft operating system updates and running the latest-n'-greatest Prolific drivers too.
Maybe I've just got a bad CA-42 cable. I'll keep you all posted if I make any progress...0Last edited by Mike, K8LH; 26th March 2010 at 06:50 AM.
- 26th March 2010 11:34 AM #19upand_at_them
Is it just the cable, or do you have the cable connected to something? I would think the cable wouldn't work until a device was connected.
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- 26th March 2010 12:59 PM #20Mike, K8LH I have the TX and RX wires connected together (loopback test). I'm going to try it on my wife's Vista notebook later today. I think I may just have a bad cable... Originally Posted by upand_at_them 0
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