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On the top of the adapter you can see I have used a piece of wire with a connector on it. Multimeter (optional) to test the voltage has been dropped to 1.8v.In Australia you can get them from Ja圜ar, I use this one. “Helping Hands” (optional) Particularly useful is the magnifier with a light.

Kindle fire pc connection cable serial#

Superglue to glue the LDO chip onto the serial connector.

Small guage wire to solder the connections from the LDO to the serial adapter, something like speaker wire or USB wire from an old computer.

Solder, I used a solder wire that was 60/40 alloy, 0.71mm diameter, 2.2% flux, 15 gram weight.

I am in Australia so I picked mine up from Ja圜ar, doesn’t need to be expensive a basic one will do.

1.8v LDO Regulator (Low Dropout Voltage Regulator).

I know the PL2303 chip will also work as I have seen others use that one.

USB to Serial TTY running an FTDI chip FT232RL.

I found it difficult to find a 1.8v USB to Serial and the ones I did find were expensive so I made one myself for under $10.

Kindle fire pc connection cable how to#

How to make a cheap 1.8v USB to Serial cable In this post I’ll walk you through how to make your own inexpensive 1.8v serial cable with a jumper so you can use it for all 3 of the common voltages and use cases. If you can find a 1.8v version they tend to be pretty expensive. This presents a problem because almost all the serial connectors you’ll find for sale run at 3.3 volts or 5 volts (due to the popularity of Arduino projects at the moment). The serial port you connect must run at this voltage or you risk damaging your Kindle’s board and components. The most important point to consider before you connect a serial cable to your Kindle is the voltage level the Kindle runs at, which is 1.8 volts. Whether that is something as simple as needing a new battery or a more complicated problem like file system corruption or firmware issues.Įven if you don’t have an immediate problem to fix, perhaps you are just curios to see what your Kindle does when it boots up or run some diagnostics on it to discover what state it is in. Access to the command line will give you valuable insight as to what errors are being reported and guidance as to what your most likely path to fixing your Kindle will be.

Kindle fire pc connection cable software#

Troubleshooting a Kindle that has some sort of hardware or software problem is a lot easier if you can connect a serial port to it and see what the operating system is doing in the background. Why should i connect a serial port to a Kindle?