On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 6:11 pm, you wrote:
> Ian Bell wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 4:17 pm, you wrote:
> > > How do they get away with this?
> > >
> > > They have an RS232 line going into a digital I/O port using just a
> > > couple of resistors.
> > >
> > > Also, the 7404 as a line driver. How much cable and speed is that good
> > > for?
> >
> > That's bloody criminal.  Note they have two 7404s in parallel.
> >
> > Ian
>
> Still, do they actualy *say* it's a **RS232** interface ?
> I could not see that...
> The only RS232 reference I could find was a RS232 *connector"
> on the lab-board you can buy as an option.
>
> If they should be critizised for anything, it shold be
> that they do not *clearly* say that it's *not* a RS232
> interface...
>
> What am I missing ?
>

That elsewhwere they say it can be connected to a PC serial port (which IS
RS232)

Ian

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