Hi all. I just registered because I need some help.
I have a school project i witch i have to use a PIC16F874A to comunicate with a GSM module via RS232. In order to test the code I connect the pic to the serial port in the PC and use a terminal. The problem is that I do not have a serial port at home and don't feel like buying one.
Today I just remembered about a TI msp430 launchpad that I have and never used. It has usb communication.
I tough it it might be possible to use the msp430 as "bridge" for the PIC, like, I connect the TX and the RX to some msp ports and it just passes the data to the PC. And in the other way too.
Is is doable? I fairly knew to Micro controllers.
thanks in advance to all of you
I have a school project i witch i have to use a PIC16F874A to comunicate with a GSM module via RS232. In order to test the code I connect the pic to the serial port in the PC and use a terminal. The problem is that I do not have a serial port at home and don't feel like buying one.
Today I just remembered about a TI msp430 launchpad that I have and never used. It has usb communication.
I tough it it might be possible to use the msp430 as "bridge" for the PIC, like, I connect the TX and the RX to some msp ports and it just passes the data to the PC. And in the other way too.
Is is doable? I fairly knew to Micro controllers.
thanks in advance to all of you