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Professional Development Board Problem

TimHTimH Posts: 48
edited 2014-01-30 20:53 in Propeller 1
After having no problems for several years my PDB gave me an error today - "No Propeller found on any serial port"
I replaced the Prop and the USB cable - same result.
Anyone have any other ideas - the board was working yesterday with no problems.
Windows Device Manager sees the FDTI and the LEDs on the PDB flash when I plug in the USB cable as usual.
Anyone have any ideas.
Can I use a Prop Plug with the PDB if it cannot be repaired ?

Thanks in Advance

Comments

  • TimHTimH Posts: 48
    edited 2014-01-30 18:22
    OK Sorry - my mistake - I had something plugged into P30 and P31.
    When removed all OK again
  • Cole LoganCole Logan Posts: 196
    edited 2014-01-30 19:01
    I just want to say thank you for saying what the problem was. I have a PPDB and was wondering if I was going to have a problem.
  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2014-01-30 19:02
    TimH wrote: »
    Can I use a Prop Plug with the PDB if it cannot be repaired ?

    Yep. And that's what I do. Somehow or other I fried the FTDI chip, so semi-permanently set up a PropPlug on breadboard. It works fine, even without messing with the broken FTDI chip (removing it or cutting traces).
  • TimHTimH Posts: 48
    edited 2014-01-30 20:00
    SRLM wrote: »
    Yep. And that's what I do. Somehow or other I fried the FTDI chip, so semi-permanently set up a PropPlug on breadboard. It works fine, even without messing with the broken FTDI chip (removing it or cutting traces).

    Thanks that's good to know for any future problems
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2014-01-30 20:53
    TimH wrote: »
    OK Sorry - my mistake - I had something plugged into P30 and P31.
    When removed all OK again

    I've marked this thread as 'solved'.
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