Building the worlds jankiest serial to USB cable from scavenged parts

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  • githublog

    I'm sick of complex blogging solutions, so markdown files in a git repo it is

  • v-usb

    A Firmware-Only USB implementation for Atmel's AVR Microcontrollers

  • You can actually bit-bang low speed USB on Arduino [0]. There is even a bootloader [1] for ATtiny. It is obviously not compatible with Arduino, but those tiny boards look too cute to ignore [2]. Also, you can use USB port both for downloading firmware and your application.

    [0] https://github.com/obdev/v-usb

    [1] https://github.com/micronucleus/micronucleus

    [2] https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/the-nanite-85/

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  • micronucleus

    ATTiny usb bootloader with a strong emphasis on bootloader compactness.

  • You can actually bit-bang low speed USB on Arduino [0]. There is even a bootloader [1] for ATtiny. It is obviously not compatible with Arduino, but those tiny boards look too cute to ignore [2]. Also, you can use USB port both for downloading firmware and your application.

    [0] https://github.com/obdev/v-usb

    [1] https://github.com/micronucleus/micronucleus

    [2] https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/the-nanite-85/

  • pico-uart-bridge

    Raspberry Pi Pico UART-USB bridge

  • I think the point was to make something in a pinch with what was already available versus making the most flexible choice.

    That being said I use, I'm not the author, https://github.com/Noltari/pico-uart-bridge to turn a Raspberry Pi Pico into a USB to dual UART adapter. It appears as a CDC-ACM device so is supported under Linux and Windows without any 3rd party drivers. I replaced my MacBook Pro with a Thinkpad years ago so I have no idea what the situation is on macOS.

  • SaaSHub

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