[NTLK] USB to Newton Interconnect cables

[newton at chichak.ca]

Hi David.

Yes, my walnut brain finally clicked back into its socket.

What you are proposing is almost right then.

The output of the FTDI chip is intended to be connected to a processor directly. It’s low voltage stuff.

You will need to put another chip on the output of the FTDI chip to convert it into RS232 signal levels. Look at something like a MAX3232 chip from Maxim.


Andrei


> On 2016-February-05, at 2:38 PM, davida at pobox.com wrote:
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> Hi Andrei,
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> (skipping the internal port vs interconnect port confusion)
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>> I have some concerns, you say you are looking at using USB A connectors. Those are the ones that you have on your PC. These are for Host side devices, you will be making a device and should be using a B.
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> My plan, thus far at least, is to make a cable that will have a USB 2.0 (?) type A male connector on one end (suitable for plugging into a PC, Mac, Raspberry Pi, standard USB hub, etc), and FTDI USB-serial bridge in the middle, and the Newton Interconnect port on the other end.
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> My understanding is that if it was to be a “dongle”, that the upstream port on the dongle should be a type B, but that since the cable is embedded in the device (well, the device is embedded in the cable, really) that a type A is the right choice.
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> I’ll be posting full specs, prototype pictures, etc, for everyone to review before I proceed to actually making the main batch, and I’d really welcome reviews and suggestions (then, or any time).
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