New "driver" for VC0706 ( raspberry, mac, linux.. )

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New "driver" for VC0706 ( raspberry, mac, linux.. )

Post by jake1981 »

I wrote a linux/mac "driver" that supports higher speeds like 115200 as well, planning to port it to arduino as well, when I have time from my other projects. It's partially based and looks partially identical as Adafruit's library, but it is a complete rewrite, just didn't want to rename all the variables, why to invent a wheel again when it already is there..

I used wiringPi serial library aswell as it works well and is small and simple..

Anyway, fetch it here:
https://github.com/oskarirauta/VC0706

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Re: New "driver" for VC0706 ( raspberry, mac, linux.. )

Post by adafruit_support_rick »

The problem is that the VC0706 doesn't retain the baud-rate settings when you change them. Every time it resets, it goes back to 38400. I found that it resets at odd times - not just on power cycles. I couldn't make a driver that worked reliably at 115200.

I'm certainly going to have to check your driver out!

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