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WP34s Programming Cable
12-20-2013, 10:11 PM
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WP34s Programming Cable
I'm getting into the WP34s (kind of late, I know). And I thought I document my temporary programming cable. Here it is:

   

It's not much. Basically, it's a CA-42 cell phone programming cable with the end cut off. I soldered the three wires (TX, RX, Gnd) to a breakaway header and used some Cat 5 wires to contact the programming pads. These CA-42 cables are quite cheap from China. I had several from another project. They use the fake Prolific chips and have a 3.3 V output. These chips can be a problem if you don't have the right driver, but I've had good luck with the driver mentioned in this post:

http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php...15#p186150

Here's a picture of the cable in action:

   

It is kind of fiddly. All this is temporary. I'm ordering the parts to build Katie Wasserman's cable connector. But I thought I'd show how simple it can be. I hope the pictures show up. I haven't tried this before.
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WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 12-20-2013 10:11 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 12-27-2013, 08:07 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 12-27-2013, 10:42 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 12-27-2013, 08:45 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 12-29-2013, 06:24 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 12-29-2013, 06:28 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 12-29-2013, 08:31 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 12-29-2013, 10:16 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 12-29-2013, 10:29 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - htom trites - 12-29-2013, 11:02 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 12-30-2013, 01:47 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 12-30-2013, 11:06 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - Paul Dale - 12-30-2013, 11:26 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 12-31-2013, 12:45 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 12-31-2013, 07:12 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 01-06-2014, 04:44 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - Mark Hardman - 01-15-2014, 08:43 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - Mark Hardman - 01-15-2014, 11:36 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-16-2014, 04:26 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 01-16-2014, 05:18 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-16-2014, 06:00 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 01-18-2014, 12:49 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-18-2014, 05:04 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 01-18-2014, 05:55 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 01-18-2014, 07:14 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-18-2014, 06:48 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - sa-penguin - 01-26-2014, 04:21 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - sa-penguin - 01-26-2014, 11:55 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 01-28-2014, 03:23 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 01-28-2014, 08:56 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - sa-penguin - 01-29-2014, 02:36 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - sa-penguin - 02-14-2014, 12:41 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-29-2014, 04:30 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 01-30-2014, 08:19 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 01-31-2014, 04:39 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - StephenR0 - 02-01-2014, 02:05 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 02-01-2014, 08:19 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - walter b - 02-01-2014, 12:30 PM
Tx and Rx - Dave Frederickson - 02-17-2014, 01:32 AM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 02-19-2014, 05:27 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - dewster - 02-22-2014, 04:10 PM
RE: WP34s Programming Cable - sylvandb - 02-22-2014, 10:33 PM
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RE: WP34s Programming Cable - John Galt - 02-01-2015, 05:39 AM
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RE: WP34s Programming Cable - John Galt - 02-01-2015, 02:55 PM
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