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Originally Posted by Dillon Compton
Also, I bought a $40 USB to Serial adapter at Radioshack, spent 10 minutes installing the drivers, and havent had a problem since then.
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If any of you have one of the Vex Programming Modules, the orange USB-to-serial cable that comes with that kit is exactly the same as the generic RadioShack USB-to-serial cable. The only difference is the Vex one is molded in orange plastic. I've used the Vex USB-to-serial cable with the driver that came with the Vex programming kit; so far it has worked flawlessly downloading code from MPLAB to our FRC robot.
I agree with Ken. I still like RadioShack, even though they have decided to stop selling the Vex kits. I may be disappointed at their
decision, but I will not go out and start flaming their
company because they stop selling a product line, or because I think they charge too much for an adapter cable. After all, they are a major sponsor for FIRST, and major sponsors are not easy to come by.
You are right, this is capitalism at work. If you think $40 dollars is too much for a USB cable, then go somewhere else. That is way more powerful an action than flaming their company. If they notice that they are not selling many of the cables becuase X store down the street is selling them cheaper, than capitalism will tell the company to lower their prices to stay competitive or drop the product.