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Originally Posted by 8ooty8ump
Thanks. When it means a serial interface, you mean the old style RS-232 sockets (that most new devices do not have! lol).
Fortunately, I still have a desktop with it but I wondered if I could use a USB cable and set it up as a virtual serial port instead or will only a RS-232 connection work?
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Almost "old style" -
As I recall, RS-232 is based on 12volt signal levels.
That will most certainly fry your Kindle.
The serial communications details between the "old style" and current practice in low power devices is only the voltage of the signal levels.
Some devices (ahh... some cell phones) are using 1v2 ( that is: 1.2 volt) signal levels for their RS-232 serial protocol.
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As mentioned other places in this forum, FTDI makes a serial adapter cable for 1v8 to USB - it is a bit more expensive than the MicroFTX board.
When other posters at this forum introduced me to the MicroFTX board, I started using them, since they are small enough that you can usually find someplace inside the Kindle to mount it.