Friend wanted to give me programmer board for me to try to learn but it use serial RS282 connector, but i don't have it on my labtop. I was told centain USB to serial converter don't work. The best is to build your own using FTDI chip. I wish i knew how to do it. But is there on the market that i can buy that is ready made USB to RS232 (Real or future UART) or even PCMCIA to RS232 (Real or latest UART), eeerrr....cheap? That way, i can get started learning the coder immediately.
Any help would be appreciated.
PS : I seened eBay sell a lot of those USB/PCMCIA to serial RS232 adapter really cheap. Which one will work best?
I think you're right: the problem lies in the programs, not the adaptors.
Programs that use the serial port purely for its intended purpose of transferring data should work with any and all adaptors;
Programs that try to play "clever" tricks by, for example, manipulating the modem control signals are likely to fail - because it was never intended that those signals should be used in that way.
true in many cases, however FlashMagic (not an 'amateur issue') has problems because many such adapters do not handle DTR/CTS etc, correctly and, quite often (flash write time) a flash update programm need to take a break from receiving data,
Erik