if i was going to buy a laptop and i wanted to use programming from there what type of port should i have? If i also wated to do it from a home computer is the port labeled “I0I0” ok?
Foster
March 22, 2008, 10:04pm
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You want a serial port, it has a 9 pin female connector. It is often labeled IOIOIO.
Otherwise a USB port works if you get a USB to Serial converter, about $20.
what if the port is labeled “com 1”?
system
March 23, 2008, 12:57am
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that should work too- i’d say its really better to use serial compared to a usb-to-serial cable, since that is a lot slower (at least on my AVR
In order to program the bot, you need a USB converter or a computer with a standard db9 female port (9 pins). These are labeled 1010 or COM1. These are the same. (I’m pretty sure those are 1s and 0s, not Is and Os).
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