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Installation Instructions
for the
SmartieParts 9x Programmer Board
This page was written for Rev. 2.4 hardware. For Rev 2.1 click here. For
Rev 2.2-2.3 click here.
Below is a pictorial showing the installation of our
9x Solderless Programmer
Board. Click the thumbnails to see the full image. For Windows PCs you will
also need to install drivers. For Mac or Linux users, please consult your
friendly neighborhood Google search (or Bing, if you want to be ironic).
Contents: Your package includes one each of: A) the 9X SmartieParts
programmer board; B) USB connector cable; C) bag of hardware containing 3
screws, 3 spacers and 1 nylon support; D) aux ISP cable; E) jumper cable;
and F) LED cable. If you are missing anything please
contact
us.
Step 1: Turn your 9x radio over and remove the 6 case screws with a basic
Philips style screw driver (the only tool you'll need for this whole process!)
Step 2: The two halves of your radio are connected with a single cable
highlighted below. Carefully disconnect that cable by gently pulling while
wiggling the connector side to side.
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Summary of Contents for SmartieParts 9x
- Page 1 F) LED cable. If you are missing anything please contact Step 1: Turn your 9x radio over and remove the 6 case screws with a basic Philips style screw driver (the only tool you'll need for this whole process!) Step 2: The two halves of your radio are connected with a single cable highlighted below.
- Page 2 Step 4b: If you prefer not to modify your backlight as described above, that's fine. You may install it as per the panel's instructions instead, which means you remove the 9x 6-wire cable and plug it into the LED harness.
- Page 3 Then you'll be plugging the white connector of the LED harness into the center SmartieParts board 6-wire socket (see Step 12 below). Note that in this case your backlight will be on full time with the radio and you won't have the benefits our circuitry provides.
- Page 4 Step 8: Press the included nylon support (from kit part 'C') through the top- right hole as shown. Step 9: Position the three included nylon spacers (from kit part 'C') over the indicated screw holes as shown, then use the included longer screws and gently but firmly fasten the board down.
- Page 5 Step 11: Connect the USB connectors to the add-on board like so. Step 12: unplug the 6-wire cable from your 9x main board and plug it into the middle 6-wire socket on the SmartieParts board. Then plug the included jumper harness into the right socket so that it makes the connection back to the main board as shown.
- Page 6 use with the included Aux ISP cable (kit part 'D'). The black connector end plugs into your TelemetrEZ as shown (note that the black wire indicates "Pin 1" and corresponds with the tiny triangle printed on the TelemetrEZ board). Battery Concerns: The following picture shows that the USB header can be used with the standard 8xAA battery holder, although it is a pretty tight fit.
- Page 7 Some technical jargon to help other firmware authors: The light is powered when the 9x outputs a low (zero volt) signal on PB7 (aka "pin 17") . A high (5v) signal turns the light off. Sending a PWM of varying duty cycle will dim the light from 0 to 100% (frequency of 400hz if frequency can be set independent of duty cycle).
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