Getting prepared to flash...

[agusta600gt]

hello everyone...i hope im on the right place to post this thread.

im getting ready to flash my newly arrived t9x with the sparkfun pocket avr.

the only thing that stops me from starting is that i cant find the wire location with the stock grey connector that came with the pocket avr.



thanks for helping me out

[Spoogy]

hello everyone...i hope im on the right place to post this thread.

im getting ready to flash my newly arrived t9x with the sparkfun pocket avr.

the only thing that stops me from starting is that i cant find the wire location with the stock grey connector that came with the pocket avr.


thanks for helping me out

What wire you are talking about and what about it's location?? Maybe it is just me but I cannot understand you "problem".

[MikeB]

Are you looking for a 10 pin connector to plug into? THe 9x does not come with one fitted, you need to wire one onto the pads on the board.

Mike.

[agusta600gt]

hehe on the other way,it may be me that didnt explain well.

i want to connect the AVR on the transmitter but all the wires are grey except one that is red.where do i solder the red one...and wich one goes where

[agusta600gt]

i know mike but i have the grey plug...where does the red goes on the board...and the other ones,wich one and where.

all the other sheme ive seen are with colored wires

[Crucial]

If you flip the AVR programmer over there should be a diagram showing the pinout for the grey cable.



These should correspond to the diagrams you have seen showing the colored wires and where they solder to the main board.

Look here for a better explanation of the solder points on your 9X main board
http://code.google.com/p/th9x/wiki/inst ... Programmer

This is for the th9x version of the software but the hookups to the radio are the same.

[Spoogy]

And here's another picture from my Turnigy. Here you can see connection pads numbered on the circuit board (this is rev. 2).

You can make anykind of cross-connection betveen transmitter and programming card what you like. Only what you have to take care is that right signal from programming card goes to the right pad on transmitter circuit board.

At the picture the text says: "pin order in programming card", but that is for those cheap usb-stick like programmign cards. Check the bottom of your card as suggested above for the correct pin order.

[agusta600gt]

Thanks a lot for all your help...

ITS DONE....it worked at first try now i have to tame this thing hahaha

cheers

[cre8tiveleo]

...all the wires are grey except one that is red.where do i solder the red one...and wich one goes where

I know you've got it working, but a rule of connectors.. red wire (red strip or dotted line on a wire)represents pin 1, then the next wire 2,3..4..5 and so on. It's a standard. I didn't notice anyone really clarifying that for you.

Cheers

[drcigg]

I am confused. In your picture you list pin 1,2, 4,5, 7, 9. Does that mean pin 3,6,8 aren't used? I checked the previous thread B12 started with the cheap usb programmer and I am even more confused now. I bought the one listed in that thread.

[MikeB]

Pin 3 is labelled N.C. this stands for Not Connected.
You only need 1 GND pin so 4 is used for that, and 6, 8 and 10 are not needed.
Atmel also define a 6 pin version of the program header.

Mike.

[drcigg]

thank you that makes sense now. I will give it a whirl soldering it up and hopefully get it flashed soon.