- Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:07 am
#182644
I decided to play around with my GT-511C3 for a while. I hooked it up to my Arduino Yun (All my other boards were ~10 feet away from me) and used the "blink" code in this tutorial. Nothing happened. I, not thinking, decided to switch the TX and RX lines. It is a 3V3 model, but the Yun is a 5V model. Previously, the RX line of the GT-511C3 was being reduced to 3.2V, but when I switched them, it was 5V. The power LED went out, and I realized my mistake. I then switched them back. Surprisingly, it turned back on. I then read that SoftwareSerial had bugs with the Yun, and that I needed to use AltSoftSerial. Not wanting to do that, I used my Uno. It didn't show any problems initializing a connection (I think), but the scanner LED didn't turn on. Did I blow it (I didn't see/smell any magic smoke coming from it)? If so, can I use any parts from it?