[GreenKeys] ESP8266 WiFi Module UART

[Steve Garrison]

Eric, do you have the Digikey part number handy?  What was the price at the time you ordered?

Thanks!  May try a little microsurgery myself.

Steve G./N4TTY
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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 22:44, epvgk at limpoc.com wrote:
> 
> Regarding the cheapo 99c "CP2102" USB to serial modules we were talking about
> last week: 
> 
> I ordered a few real CP2102 chips and did some microsurgery to remove the fake
> chips that come with the modules and install real ones from Digikey.  They are a 
> leadless and fine-pitch chip package, but the swap was not horrible, and it 
> does work as expected afterward including using the SiLabs programming utility 
> to set 600 and 1800 bps to 45 and 75 baud (which are all the teletype-compatible 
> speeds I tried). 
> 
> Another amusing thing I noticed was that the real CP2102 chips show their serial
> number as "001" and the fake ones are "31337001" 
> 
> anyway, it's possible and not that painful. 
> 
> eric. 
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