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Could not download the program!!

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-07-11 14:14 in General Discussion
Hi,

I just changed the SOUT pin from physical pin 1 to pin 5
inorder to avoid the echo!! and I tried to download the program
and it dosent!! it says basic stamp not found!!
where would I have gone wrong???

Sumana,

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-10 20:31
    The physical pin-1 has a pseudo-232 driver on it.
    It uses the output voltage of the PC's transmit
    pin to enable it to send back to the PC. A
    side effect of this is that everything sent to
    the Stamp comes back on the PC's RX pin -- and
    the Stamp can only 'talk' reliably while the
    PC is 'silent'.

    Also, the Stamp ONLY will support being
    programmed / downloading
    on its pin 1. There is a special boot-loader
    for it that expects the PC to talk to it on
    pin 1 -- you cannot change this.

    You can use other pins for your own BS2 program
    to listen and talk to other 232 devices.
    To listen (SERIN, Receive) you'll need a
    22 KOhm resistor in series with the line.
    This enables the Stamp's voltage limiting
    diodes to 'clip' the signal to TTL.

    To Transmit, you'll need some Maxim-ic
    MAX232 compatible chip to produce the
    +- 10 volt RS-232 signal. If you do this,
    you might as well use the MAX232 to convert
    the receive signal to TTL also.


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "sumanagarikipati"
    <sumanagarikipati@y...> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I just changed the SOUT pin from physical pin 1 to pin 5
    > inorder to avoid the echo!! and I tried to download the program
    > and it dosent!! it says basic stamp not found!!
    > where would I have gone wrong???
    >
    > Sumana,
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-10 22:50
    Thanks for the message!! Could you please give me a link so that
    learn more about this!! like the actual circuit!!

    Thanks
    Sumana.

    ---

    In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...>
    wrote:
    > The physical pin-1 has a pseudo-232 driver on it.
    > It uses the output voltage of the PC's transmit
    > pin to enable it to send back to the PC. A
    > side effect of this is that everything sent to
    > the Stamp comes back on the PC's RX pin -- and
    > the Stamp can only 'talk' reliably while the
    > PC is 'silent'.
    >
    > Also, the Stamp ONLY will support being
    > programmed / downloading
    > on its pin 1. There is a special boot-loader
    > for it that expects the PC to talk to it on
    > pin 1 -- you cannot change this.
    >
    > You can use other pins for your own BS2 program
    > to listen and talk to other 232 devices.
    > To listen (SERIN, Receive) you'll need a
    > 22 KOhm resistor in series with the line.
    > This enables the Stamp's voltage limiting
    > diodes to 'clip' the signal to TTL.
    >
    > To Transmit, you'll need some Maxim-ic
    > MAX232 compatible chip to produce the
    > +- 10 volt RS-232 signal. If you do this,
    > you might as well use the MAX232 to convert
    > the receive signal to TTL also.
    >
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "sumanagarikipati"
    > <sumanagarikipati@y...> wrote:
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I just changed the SOUT pin from physical pin 1 to pin 5
    > > inorder to avoid the echo!! and I tried to download the program
    > > and it dosent!! it says basic stamp not found!!
    > > where would I have gone wrong???
    > >
    > > Sumana,
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-11 14:14
    http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/basicstamps/documentation
    _basic_stamp.asp

    Download the PDF under "Basic Stamp 2sx Module Schematic".
    Trace the circuits on pin 1 and pin 2.

    Note VSS is GROUND, VDD is +5 (nominal), VIn is 6V to 12V.
    Note that SIN is connected through a 4.7 KOhm resistor to
    SOUT. This allows the voltage from the PC SIN (PC TX)
    to be used by the Stamp in its SOUT signals (PC RX).

    Since the Stamp can only talk, or recieve, not both at
    the same time, this works OK, but it does mean every
    byte from the PC is echo'ed back to its RX pin.

    Note the www.maxim-ic.com, MAX3110 chip is a UART
    which can easily be used with the Stamp, and has
    its own on-chip no-capacitor MAX232 compatible
    drivers and receivers -- if you want to implement
    more than the one port, or implement a port that
    does not echo.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "sumanagarikipati"
    <sumanagarikipati@y...> wrote:
    >
    > Thanks for the message!! Could you please give me a link so that
    > learn more about this!! like the actual circuit!!
    >
    > Thanks
    > Sumana.
    >
    > ---
    >
    > In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...>
    > wrote:
    > > The physical pin-1 has a pseudo-232 driver on it.
    > > It uses the output voltage of the PC's transmit
    > > pin to enable it to send back to the PC. A
    > > side effect of this is that everything sent to
    > > the Stamp comes back on the PC's RX pin -- and
    > > the Stamp can only 'talk' reliably while the
    > > PC is 'silent'.
    > >
    > > Also, the Stamp ONLY will support being
    > > programmed / downloading
    > > on its pin 1. There is a special boot-loader
    > > for it that expects the PC to talk to it on
    > > pin 1 -- you cannot change this.
    > >
    > > You can use other pins for your own BS2 program
    > > to listen and talk to other 232 devices.
    > > To listen (SERIN, Receive) you'll need a
    > > 22 KOhm resistor in series with the line.
    > > This enables the Stamp's voltage limiting
    > > diodes to 'clip' the signal to TTL.
    > >
    > > To Transmit, you'll need some Maxim-ic
    > > MAX232 compatible chip to produce the
    > > +- 10 volt RS-232 signal. If you do this,
    > > you might as well use the MAX232 to convert
    > > the receive signal to TTL also.
    > >
    > >
    > > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "sumanagarikipati"
    > > <sumanagarikipati@y...> wrote:
    > > > Hi,
    > > >
    > > > I just changed the SOUT pin from physical pin 1 to pin 5
    > > > inorder to avoid the echo!! and I tried to download the program
    > > > and it dosent!! it says basic stamp not found!!
    > > > where would I have gone wrong???
    > > >
    > > > Sumana,
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