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		esel2k on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 30 Years of iRobot I tried playing around with the connector but my chip was getting superhot. So I gave up. What hardware component did you use? I might want to try again now. Thanks

neilv on April 28, 2020 [–]

Level converter chip? FTDI chip? I used various iRobot cables, plus sometimes generic FTDI-based RS232-to-USB adapter. If you're making your own cable, be advised that some of the pinouts are bad. Various cable-related tidbits are at: https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/roomba/#%28part._.Cables%...

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