James Littlejohn

On Sep 2, 3:31*pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 2, 1:23*pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 2, 1:48*pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Volt meter? *:-) *You can see the voltage reading bounce around on the
> > > RX pin when there's data coming over. *If anything, it's the best
> > > thing to check that you're not going to blow a serial port elsewhere.
>
> > One time, I had a guy tell me he just stuck his tongue against the
> > pins to feel for it... I figure I'll use a slightly more sanitary
> > method.
>
> Ah yes.. < 12 volts -- but how many amps? ;-)
>
> -B

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