Re: Got myself a Tiger Learning Computer today

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

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