Permenent Coders cable?
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Permenent Coders cable?
I'm not sure witch forum this belongs in, so move it if you feel it needs to be, but is there a way to 'make' a coders cabe by sodering a cable to the inside of a DC? Or even sodering a serial port plug into the DC and mounting it? Just though maybe a cheaper alternative....
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?!? I thought all you needed was the cable....You still need the level-converter chip though.
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Couldn't you just use resistors? That should do it too, right?
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It would only work in one direction. You can get 12V down to 3 using resistors, but you can't get 3V up to 12 that way. I doubt a PC serial port would actually be able to use a 3.3V signal; it would probably just detect it all as zeros, but then again I'm not sure what the threshold is. I know you can get away with this on a parallel port, but that only operates at 5V (and some operate at 3.3) not 12.
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Okay, That kinda make sense, I just thought that resitors would do the job....
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Has anyone tried this idea before? I've got an extra DC (all I need is a freaking 2-pin controller board) and I'd like to start deving, thought it'd be nice to have a dedicated DC.
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These might interest you (first one especially):
http://niga.sytes.net/game/dcrip.html
http://niga.sytes.net/game/dcser.html
Apparently the first one deals with installing a RS-232 PC-style serial port in the DC, and the other with using an external modem.
The pictures seem fairly self-explanatory. Otherwise, and unless you know Japanese, you could always try babelfish.
http://niga.sytes.net/game/dcrip.html
http://niga.sytes.net/game/dcser.html
Apparently the first one deals with installing a RS-232 PC-style serial port in the DC, and the other with using an external modem.
The pictures seem fairly self-explanatory. Otherwise, and unless you know Japanese, you could always try babelfish.
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Anyone know if this will work in place of a coder's cable? Here's the translation:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... _en&tt=url
PLEASE le me know!
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http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... _en&tt=url
PLEASE le me know!
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That is, in essence, a coders cable. The only real difference is that the hardware was mounted inside the DC instead of the cable. You will notice he uses a MAX232 level converter chip (note he should have used the MAX3222 since the DC serial port is supposed to run at 3.3V not 5, but I guess he managed to get away with it).
So it will work, but you still need the level-converter chip.
So it will work, but you still need the level-converter chip.
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TWO TRANSISTOR RS232 TO DREAMCAST CONVERTER
I saw on this site http://www.ele.uva.es/~jesus/dream/
it has plans for a TWO TRANSISTOR RS232 TO DREAMCAST CONVERTER
it says "A simple circuit to connect the Dreamcast console to PC. No MAXxxx IC required. Only a few discrete components. This circuit is a direct replica of the daVinci cradle schematic: "
I don't know if this works or not, but it sounds good
GPF
it has plans for a TWO TRANSISTOR RS232 TO DREAMCAST CONVERTER
it says "A simple circuit to connect the Dreamcast console to PC. No MAXxxx IC required. Only a few discrete components. This circuit is a direct replica of the daVinci cradle schematic: "
I don't know if this works or not, but it sounds good
GPF
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Let me get this right....
That last one will work EXACTLY like a coders cable? Oh, and what exactly are all those CTS, RXD, and TXD and DTR and etc? I know what GND is. What pins are those on the DC/PC serial? Any help would be nice.
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That last one will work EXACTLY like a coders cable? Oh, and what exactly are all those CTS, RXD, and TXD and DTR and etc? I know what GND is. What pins are those on the DC/PC serial? Any help would be nice.
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