This is more of a note to self than anything else.<\/p>\n
I inadvertently purchased some clone Arduino Mini Pros,\u00a0insted of Minis, the difference being that that latter has a USB port onboard. Oh well, that meant securing an FTDI board or two, no problem there.<\/p>\n
When they arrived, however, the pinouts on the FTDI boards were not labelled in a corresponding manner to the boards. Which wire went where? Who knows?<\/p>\n
Some hunting later it ocurred to me that by simply plugging them both into a breadboard they would probably work just dandy. So, in went an arduino and an FTDI board head-to-head. Nada.<\/p>\n
The magic happened once I downloaded a driver from here: from\u00a0http:\/\/www.ftdichip.com\/FTDrivers.htm<\/a> and that’s all it took.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is more of a note to self than anything else. I inadvertently purchased some clone Arduino Mini Pros,\u00a0insted of Minis, the difference being that that latter has a USB port onboard. Oh well, that meant securing an FTDI board … Continue reading