[chbot] Chchrobotics Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7

Sun Jul 5 11:16:05 BST 2009

Cheers Richard,
I removed the mod and put a 10nF back in (through hole).
I was unable to program the Sanguino, after many tries of various ways.

Unfortunately my biggest fear was realized with doing a second mod, 
and I had knocked the device in a way that broke off the 10nF cap, 
and the pad as well.

Looks like i'll be buying a new Prop Plug from Parallax so that I can 
still use my BX24, and hopefully I can mod it (once) in a way that 
allows me to do both Sanguino and BasicX24 micro controllers.

Thanks for letting me know that it does work with Arduino

Gary T

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>Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:48:18 +1200
>From: Gary T <grogyan at woosh.co.nz>
>Subject: [chbot] Parallax Prop Plug
>To: chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
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>Hello,
>I'm looking for some help on a small problem, i've got a Propeller
>Prop Plug from Parallax, modded to enable programming with a
>BasicX24, but i'm beginning to work with the Arduino boards.
>The board I have doesn't natively support USB and requires a USB to
>TTL converter, rather than me buying another converter, would anyone
>know if a modded Prop Plug will work alright with it?
>
>The board I have is a Sanguino.
>The mod in question involved removing a capacitor and putting in a
>150R resistor
>http://www.zbasic.net/forum/attachments/files/dscn4391a_616.jpg
>
>Parallax Prop plug
>http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/PropellerTools/tabid/143/ProductID/398/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
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>Thanks
>
>
>Gary T
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:35:54 +1200
>From: Richard Jones <rjtp at ihug.co.nz>
>Subject: Re: [chbot] Parallax Prop Plug
>To: Christchurch Robotics <chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>Message-ID: <8ccadc6df3ba75707e86c34ed335190c at vodafone.co.nz>
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>I don't exactly know the answer to your question, I use the prop plug for
>programming my ATMega8.
>The mod you show involves the reset line. I made a pin out adaptor that I
>use between the mega8 and the prop plug that leaves the reset line
>disconnected, connecting 0v and tx/rx data at 5v ttl levels. So I guess it
>depends what the reset line is used for in your setup. My suspicion is that
>you would be better off with the unmodified prop plug, or leaving the reset
>disconnected so that your target will not be permanently reset by 0v on the
>reset line coming from the prop plug.
>
>Cheers
>
>Richard.
>
>On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:48:18 +1200, Gary T <grogyan at woosh.co.nz> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm looking for some help on a small problem, i've got a Propeller
> > Prop Plug from Parallax, modded to enable programming with a
> > BasicX24, but i'm beginning to work with the Arduino boards.
> > The board I have doesn't natively support USB and requires a USB to
> > TTL converter, rather than me buying another converter, would anyone
> > know if a modded Prop Plug will work alright with it?
> >
> > The board I have is a Sanguino.
> > The mod in question involved removing a capacitor and putting in a
> > 150R resistor
> > http://www.zbasic.net/forum/attachments/files/dscn4391a_616.jpg
> >
> > Parallax Prop plug
> >
>http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/PropellerTools/tabid/143/ProductID/398/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Gary T
> >
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:38:17 +1200
>From: Richard Jones <rjtp at ihug.co.nz>
>Subject: Re: [chbot] Parallax Prop Plug
>To: Christchurch Robotics <chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
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>Hi Gary,
>
>I found a schematic for the Sanguino here:
>http://sanguino.cc/1-0kitassembly
>
>Your modified prop plug will need a pin out adaptor to work with the
>Sanguino as the pin out is a little different, otherwise it looks like it
>will be fine.
>
>Richard
>
>On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:48:18 +1200, Gary T <grogyan at woosh.co.nz> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm looking for some help on a small problem, i've got a Propeller
> > Prop Plug from Parallax, modded to enable programming with a
> > BasicX24, but i'm beginning to work with the Arduino boards.
> > The board I have doesn't natively support USB and requires a USB to
> > TTL converter, rather than me buying another converter, would anyone
> > know if a modded Prop Plug will work alright with it?
> >
> > The board I have is a Sanguino.
> > The mod in question involved removing a capacitor and putting in a
> > 150R resistor
> > http://www.zbasic.net/forum/attachments/files/dscn4391a_616.jpg
> >
> > Parallax Prop plug
> >
>http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/PropellerTools/tabid/143/ProductID/398/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Gary T
> >
> >
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