Communicating through a GBA's link port

[Spencer E.]

Originally Posted by EHaskins

You can program GBAs. You need a special cartage that accepts an SD/SD micro card, but it is possible.

As for the physical connection I don't know it what you're trying to do is even possible.

If all you want is a terminal/configuration you may want to look into getting a used PDA(with a serial port), and writing a simple terminal app.

If I can get a serial connection from the GBA to the RC could I not do potentially the exact same thing as hooking a laptop up to the RC? The GBA's link port acts almost exactly like a serial port, just arranged differently. I'd rather have to carry a GBA in my pocket out to the field rather than a laptop . Plus, how could would people think it would be if you programmed your autonomous through a Game Boy .

Oh and Astronouth, looking at the IFI programming port pinout it seems as though they do use CTS and RTS in their communication. Do these two pins have to go CTS-CTS and RTS-RTS or does it have to be CTS-RTS and RTS-CTS just like it has to be Tx-Rx and Rx-Tx?