Hello,
I'm trying to use an off the shelf USB to serial interface to program a Picaxe 28x1. I can't seem to connect to the Picaxe. . If I use the latest pl2303 driver off the Prolific site when I try "run" the program just locks up and uses almost 100% of my cpu. If I use the pl2303 driver from the rev-ed site the editor doesn't lock up but I get a hardware not found message. Has anyone got an off the shelf Prolific USB to serial interface to work with a picaxe. I have heard some people on the list say that the signal needs to be inverted but I don't understand why if one can use a standard serial port and not have to invert the signal. Can anyone shed some light on what I may be doing wrong?. I have serout from the adapter (pin 3) going through the standard 22k/10k resistor pair into pin 6 and serin (pin 2) from the adapter going to serout , pin 7 of the Picaxe. Thanks for any help
I'm trying to use an off the shelf USB to serial interface to program a Picaxe 28x1. I can't seem to connect to the Picaxe. . If I use the latest pl2303 driver off the Prolific site when I try "run" the program just locks up and uses almost 100% of my cpu. If I use the pl2303 driver from the rev-ed site the editor doesn't lock up but I get a hardware not found message. Has anyone got an off the shelf Prolific USB to serial interface to work with a picaxe. I have heard some people on the list say that the signal needs to be inverted but I don't understand why if one can use a standard serial port and not have to invert the signal. Can anyone shed some light on what I may be doing wrong?. I have serout from the adapter (pin 3) going through the standard 22k/10k resistor pair into pin 6 and serin (pin 2) from the adapter going to serout , pin 7 of the Picaxe. Thanks for any help