Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Book of Sigmarion II: Chapter 10 USB client mod ... setback!

Just finished soldering the wires. Tested on my Win2000 WM. The CH340 was detected, but on the HPC end, connection with PC failed to be established. I suspect it's due to the incompatible chipset or lack of driver.


Sigmarion II serial port pinout

1 = DCD

2 = RTS

3 = RxD

4 = DSR

5 = TxD

6 = CTS

7 = ?

8 = DTR

9 = GND

CH340 pinout

2 = RxD

3 = TxD

5 = GND

Wiring (Sig 2 <-> CH340)

Pin 3 (RxD) <-> Pin 3 (TxD)

Pin 5 (TxD) <-> Pin 2 (RxD)

Pin 9 (GND) <-> Pin 5 (GND)


Another question: Are RTS and CTS necessary after all? It seems CH340 does not use these pins in my simplified version.  


Or should I buy another serial to usb adapter using the more common PL2303 chipset, which was used  in numerous Sig2 cable mods in the past?






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