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hello people

new here and new to electronics and arduino. ive been messing around with a magnetic card reader
which has rs232 output ive opened up the module and it has a ttl to rs232 converter chip on board.

can i get the ttl before it goes into the rs232 driver and connect to arduino?

what would the sketch be?

thanks in advance

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> can i get the ttl before it goes into the rs232 driver and connect to arduino?

Yes.  Find the datasheet for the chip and figure out which pins are inputs.

> what would the sketch be?

That depends on what data the reader sends.  You need to know the baud rate.  I would use SoftwareSerial to read from the card reader and use Serial to send that data to Serial Monitor to read.

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thanks john

thats all i needed to know

neil