Ward, you can get 3.3V from the orange cables that power your mainboard. Newer PSU will also have this orange cable to power SATA harddrives.
p.s. please check voltage with a volt meter before powering anything!!! Luis On 3/12/07, Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:08:58PM +0100, Quux wrote: > > Ward Vandewege schrieb: > > > A proper programmer would be useful, but only if it can be used with free > > > software. There's also this rom-emulator: > > > > > > http://www.tech-tools.com/er3.htm > > > > > > Richard Smith told me that the dos-based cli software works under wine, > > > but > > > it's still a proprietary thing. > > > > > http://www.loet.de/index.html > > > > > > > this flasher can be homebrewed at 5 euro component cost and free linux > > flash software is available. > > you can also buy a ready-made flasher. > > Yeah. We actually bought one, but the problem is that most modern plcc parts > require 3-3.6V to flash, and this programmer needs an additional voltage > adaptor to do that (it uses 5V if you hook it up to your PC power supply). > > I don't suppose there is a manual in English somewhere? My German is rusty > (http://www.loet.de/download_en.html). > > Suggestions on how to build/where to find such a voltage regulator? The > manual isn't very helpful in that respect - at least as far as I can make > out. Would adding a resistor to the +5V line be sufficient? > > Thanks, > Ward. > > -- > Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
