Deek Robot mini pro and yp-05 breakoutboard

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I am trying to go from an Arduino uno to a Deek Robot Pro Mini board. I am having a problem connecting the breakout board. I am new at this and can't find this simple piece of info. The pin outs to connect them don't seem to match up. My boards pins are

YP-05 Deek Robot Pro Mini

gnd gnd

cts gnd

vcc vcc

tx rx

rx txd

dtr dtr

Do I solder them together straight across like that? Do I connect rx to rx and tx to tx? I have an Ultrasonic theremin program on an arduino UNO. Will I have any problem using the same sketch to program this to the pro mini??

mcb1 · Answer

I am trying to go from an Arduino uno to a Deek Robot Pro Mini board This page (you might need to hit the translate button) shows the connections. Deek-Robot Pro Mini (arduino clon) ( His is a knock-off since it has Deek_Robot ) Note that from the searching there are 5v and 3v3 versions just like the Arduino Mini. Some FTDI programmers have a voltage switch, so make sure you have it set to match the board. Hopefully it works ......but :- It looks like the knock-offs may not have the right bootloader installed. https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=217246.0 Some have two capacitors swapped which means they won't work. There is an interesting comment here about identifying a genuine one. https://www.arduino-board.com/info/arduino-knockoffs Ultrasonic theremin program on an arduino UNO. Will I have any problem using the same sketch to program this to the pro mini?? Nearly all "Arduino" boards use the Atmega328 chip in various forms, so yes it should work. Sometimes there are different chips and the IDE compiles for the right one based on the 'board'. There are some boards that don't have the xtal and run at 8MHz instead of 16MHz, and for these the timing is different so some sketches may not work. Cheers Mark

genebren · Answer

It is typical to wire the tx to the rx and the rx to the tx. Vcc and gnd should also be connected (assuming that the voltages are correct, both 5V or both 3.3V). CTS and DTR are not always used, so unless you are using these handshaking lines, they may not be needed.

Good luck,

Gene

Deek Robot mini pro and yp-05 breakoutboard

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