[Ham-Mac] How to create a device driver???

[brett]

The easiest solution to that is to buy an old Apple printer cable,  
cut it a few inches before the connector, and splice it on to the usb- 
 >ttl cable. Most of the older mini-din printer cables have 18-22g  
wire that's not horrible to work with.

b

On Apr 11, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> I would consider going a different direction. I believe the Yaesu  
> interface is TTL. FTDI now has an interesting USB-TTL serial cable  
> that should be easily adapted for this use. You would need to  
> attach the proper Mini-DIN connector for the radio to the cable in  
> place of the .1" header plug that is now on the cable. This adapter  
> has some petty good MacOS X drivers, so that wouldn't be a problem.
>
> The cable is called a TTL-232R and is available from Mouser for  
> $20. FTDI's web site for the cable is:
>
> http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/EvaluationKits/TTL-232R.htm
>
> The only problem I foresee is soldering the wires onto that little  
> Mini-Din connector. That in itself may be a good reason to buy a  
> prefab cable.