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[Neil Martinsen-Burrell]

The Adafruit FTDI Friend is only one-half of a complete USB-to-RS232
solution as I found out recently when I tried to homebrew my own adapter to
go from a USB port to an RS232 serial port on an Elecraft K2.  The FTDI
adapter chip outputs TTL-level logic which will not inter-communicate an
RS232 port.

If for someone reason you really want to build it yourself (like me), you
should be able to follow up the FTDI Friend with a level-shifter IC such as
the MAX232 (
http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/products/interface/transceivers/MAX232A.html).
My lash-up for the K2 isn't complete yet, so I can't offer real world
encouragement, but "everybody" says it should work.

-Neil N0FN

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Katz Ajamas <ajamas.rn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peg-
>
> You wrote:  "The Ten-Tec website carries a USB - Serial Converter Cable but
> says it doesn't work with the Eagle, which we also have in the shack. Out
> of curiosity, is this because the Eagle has a USB type B port rather than a
> type A? Would an A to B adapter work? I am trying to think ahead here."
>
> The program running on the Eagle CPU is not set up to use an USB to serial
> adapter.
> This means that you can't use the adapter cable between the Eagle and the
> RS232(serial) port on a laptop/desktop.
>
> The Eagle is listed as being supported by the newer NJP software. So, all
> you need for the Eagle is a USB cable to a computer that has a USB port and
> runs the NJP software. No adapter needed for the Eagle.
>
> For the Orion with the RS232/serial interface for keying...I suspect
> something like http://www.adafruit.com/product/284 would work but would
> check on the NJP software forum(yahoo) before buying one. I have used this
> interface with an arduino board and it is a "real" FTDI chip.
>
> 73, Bob ah7i
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