Re: Working serial port.
"Bruce D. Lightner" <lightner-2huV/[email protected]>
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Patrick, > I have a working serial interface sitting on a breadboard in my lab. Good work! > One big note: You must have some sort of reset circuit for the UART. A > simple power on will not suffice, the Actiontec will not see it. Can't we assume that the Actiontec "reset" signal (i.e., RST#) from J5 will do the job for the UART? > http://www.supersecret.org/actiontec/serial_boot.jpg > http://www.supersecret.org/actiontec/breadboard.jpg > > The circuit I'm currently working with is a duplication of what is on > the "official" daughter card. If I get a chance this evening, I'll > re-wire it to follow Bruce's schematic and verify that. That would be great! > Bruce: In answer to your "Why attach a GPS?" question. I'm going to > turn one of these units into a time server for my network. Well, it seems to me that I should probably give you one of these for your trouble... http://trl.trimble.com/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-22183/ We get them pretty cheap at Networkcar (http://www.networkcar.com/). It should fit inside the Actiontec enclosure. Best regards, Bruce -- Bruce D. Lightner Lightner Engineering La Jolla, California Voice: +1-858-551-4011 FAX: +1-858-551-0777 Email: lightner-2huV/[email protected] URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ __ ActionHack Mailing List - ActionHack-W7/[email protected] http://www.express.org/mailman/listinfo/actionhack http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/wiki.php/ActiontecDualModem