I recently got a Inland Pro Mini Clone for Christmas. This is what the board looks like this:(reference to company selling a counterfeit board removed). None of the pins are labeled Vcc or Vin. Is it possible to use a multimeter to find Vcc and Vin. Thanks!
The footprint should be the same as Pro Mini but just in case double check that with a multimeter like you say.
I will consider it a fail design if the footprint does not match the the Pro Mini.
Happy programming with your new toy
The layout is different from an official Pro Mini.
Buzz from the 328P power pins to the pins on the board, see where power is.
Datasheet can be found here:
I'll try that. I found the Vcc by plugging the board in and testing each pin for voltage.
Plugging it into what?
This is getting weird.
Further discussion of any sort requires a (properly focused) photo of whatever this thing is.
Go with the flow dude.
I found the Vcc pin by plugging the board into a usb port and testing each pin for voltage with a multimeter.
Your promini clone has a USB interface on it? Or you used a module like an FTDI Basic to connect to the USB port?
Just what I said before.
This is getting weird.
Any further discussion of any sort requires a (properly focused) photo of whatever this thing is. It is a total waste of everyone's time otherwise.
There seems to have been a photo in the first post, which was removed by a moderator due to a link to some counterfeit stuff.
But indeed without that, helping is next to impossible.
OP should also communicate a bit more clear, is he talking about the pro mini or about the USB/serial converter ?
MAS3:
There seems to have been a photo in the first post, which was removed by a moderator due to a link to some counterfeit stuff.
Yeah, that's OK, but the OP can post a photo he has taken if he wants help. That will be perfectly fine by Coding Badly. No photo, no help.