[oopic] Re: parallel to serial port

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "naimead" <naimead@...> wrote:
>
> I was afraid of something like that...So you are telling me that there
> is no way of printing the results of a sonar or even just a simple
> phrase on the PC without using serial programming mode?Is there any
> object that I can use instead that does the same job with oSerial
> object?I mean even if I find a MAX232 I wouldn't know how to connect
> it to my OOPic...
>
> naimead
>

You have two different things going on. If you have an old OOPic
(prior to B.2.0, I believe) then you can only program it with the
parallel cable. If you have a newer version then you can program it
with a serial cable.

But programming has nothing to do with IO. Even if you are forced to
use the parallel cable for programming, you can still use a serial
cable (and RS232 dongle http://www.pololu.com/products/pololu/0126/)
to do serial I/O with the PC. Perhaps you would use Hyperterminal or
something. The parallel cable would still be used for programming.

If your chip will accept serial programming then the same cable/dongle
is used for both.

Richard

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