> Declan Moriarty wrote: > Here I am back again. It didn't communicate. Examination revealed I had > a 5V, +14.5V and nothing on the -12V or whatever. I found an orange > glass thing (?diode? Like a 1N914 except the orange bit is longer and no > cathode mark) with no markings also smoked and blown away. The > positioning of the other power pins leads nme to thinK it's the > -12V/-15V. Tracks are blown, and I'll have to find where they went. The > -12V appears to be for comms only
How about checking your processor or UART lines, and connecting a MAX232 device to it? You probably only need Rx and Tx, maybe some RTS or CTS (lets hope not). Regards, Pieter Hoeben ______________________________________________ Hoeben Electronics Phone: +31 6 51590081 Ronkert 44 Fax: +31 13 5096025 5094 EW Lage Mierde Private: +31 13 5096200 The Netherlands E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hoeben.com ______________________________________________ -- Author: Pieter Hoeben INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
