Replacing CH340G with PL2303 module?

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Pommie

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• Dec 26, 2017

• #1

If I desolder the CH340 from an UNO board (or snip pins 2 & 3) and connect an external PL2303 USB - RS232 converter, will it be recognized and will it work?

I want to run the RS232 signals through a swivel connection - probably a jack socket and thought this may be the best way.

Edit, just realized the DTR pin is used to reset the atmega. Guess the answer is no.

Mike.
UNO Schematic,

 

Last edited: Dec 26, 2017

ericgibbs

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• Dec 27, 2017

• #2

hi Mike,
Would be possible just to disconnect the TXD output on the CH420 and connect the RXD lines in parallel.?

Eric.
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year.

 

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be80be

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• Dec 27, 2017

• #3

You can press the reset and use just the rx and tx it's little tricky at first but it does work.

 

JonSea

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• Dec 27, 2017

• #4

1/8" phone plugs are available with 4 conductors, for stereo output + mic input. Does that help?

 

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Pommie

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• Dec 27, 2017

• #5

Hi Jon,

My original idea was to pass the USB connection through a 4 gang jack plug but thought the faster USB speed might be a problem. As a possible solution I was going to try passing the RS232 signals through the same. Unfortunately, as can be seen on the schematic in post 1, the Arduino uses DTR to reset the chip for programming.

Burt,
This is for a school so something that might work isn't acceptable.

Mike.

 

be80be

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• Dec 27, 2017

• #6

It works that's what the reset was for at one time but you can get a bootloader that only uses tx and rx not tried it tho

 

be80be

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• Dec 28, 2017

• #7

The 328p bootloaders NEED a reset. that reset does not need to come from the serial port; a manual reset will work fine, if it's timed correctly. The older bootloaders (atmegaboot) have an approx 10 second window, so they're pretty easy to get working with a manual reset. Optiboot (as on Uno) has a 1s timeout, so it's trickier.