Connecting the FTDI cable

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Harald Welte laforge at gnumonks.org
Sat Aug 13 18:02:22 UTC 2011


On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 02:32:20PM +0200, Stefan Petersen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I skimmed over the schematic and noticed that the power output from the
> FTDI cable is connected directly to the 3.3V line. In my experience the
> output from the FTDI cable is 5V even though it is the 3.3V version. I
> have actually fried some designs due to this.

thanks a lot for pointing this out!

I recommend cutting the voltage wire of the 6pin FTDI connector before
plugging the cable into the simtrace.

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