Xgecu arrived. Now we await the slow delivery via China post of the chips and adapter.
Meanwhile Delta did a spontaneous reboot - after five days not doing so.
Meanwhile Delta did a spontaneous reboot - after five days not doing so.
The old laptop may just need a new CMOS battery , though that was near the peak of bad caps in PCs.Meanwhile, I thought I would install the software and driver for the XGecu programmer to get ready. Broke out my windows laptop that I keep around for such low level tasks and found just how long it has been gathering dust. We're primarily MacOS in the house and Windows machines don't get much use. Even so, I was a bit shocked to find it was back in the days of Celeron, Windows Vista, and hard drives that I had last fired it up. Funny enough, its CMOS failed checksum. How time flies while life goes on!
I likely need to get another Windows laptop to do this little project.
Did you test if the cap was even necessary? I'm sure a powered mic already has some decoupling. I'd be tempted to use a PTC with a resistor and leave out the cap or just use a tiny ceramic.ROR!!!! That bodged on capacitor on the POE power board. I had forgotten I had added that ages ago to permit powering a microphone.
Will have to look at that. Would beat pulling down my Windows laptop that is dedicated to Smokeless Range.Just use minipro and use it natively in Mac OS.
After a few hours of fruitless work trying to get MiniPro GUI installed and running on my Mac....
1. MiniPro on MacOS will not work with the T48 programmer, not at least with the release version of MiniPro. Apparently, brewing from GitLab directly might get a revision that does support T48, but otherwise it is the land of USB error sadness.
2. OK installed the Xgpro software on a PC and got it running. Recognizes the T48 programmer (black case) and the programmer firmware update went OK. Tried to read a fresh EEPROM, but pin error after pin error. Looked ok in TSOP48 adapter. Then I notice the program is asking to use adapter ADP_F48-EX-2. On the adapter I have, it says NAND for TL866II, but on the order page it was for MiniPro Tl866Ii Plus.
The T48 is supposedly 3rd generation TL866 programmer, but maybe it expects different adapters?
I think I have the wrong adapter for TSOP48 on a T48 programmer. Ordered another adapter. Another month long slow boat from China wait!!!!!