Powering Externally While Reading Serial

Yes, blatently wrong.

I was talking about a Micro and am being given information about an Uno.

I said I want to power it with 9v to Vin and was told that can't be done. I'm doing just that and the Arduino site states that can be done, so again wrong information.

I wanted to know if there was a way to power the Arduino from external power and read the Serial data via USB. Hooking the Arduino to a USB port powers it from USB, not the Vin power. Project works when powering from USB but acts oddly when powered from Vin. So seeing my Serial data is the only way to know what is happening.

If I was an electrical engineer, I would have already read the schematic and never even been on the forum.