Ah , meant to say earlier. Yes I did at one point have the loopback working but it has since stopped working. I was able to receive callbacks from arduino after soldering the pins but I tried again later on in the day and found that it wouldn't work. Still seems like a funky connection but I can't imagine where. When I am uploading sketches everything is completely still now since it is breaboard mounted.
the ftdi is directly connected to the breadboard and , via jumper leads , onto the correct lines on the breadboard as per the diagrams. The arduino gets the signal through its own header pins now.
I was looking through the forum when I spotted this thread:
He is using the same FTDI board as me so I am just interested as to why his works and mine dosent. The only difference I can see is that he is using a cap on rst. I was under the impression that the duino had a 0.1mfd cap on RST but there are 2 RST pins on the board. so it got me thinking , what if the pin I have been using all along is the one that dosent have the cap on it?
So I'm going to try that later this week when I can get down to maplin as the web isnt too great for small components like caps.
ok added the capacitor and was able to upload a sketch but , interestingly , wasnt able to use the serial monitor... wierd... but as long as i can upload sketches , I'm not too bothered
