Topic: Matrix Chip + The Chameleon Anyone? (Read 98 times)

Dissolved · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2003, 10:46:00 PM »

I shouldnt have said it like that, but im wondering if anyone has used Both these chips togther and if its worth it?

Dissolved · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2003, 11:01:00 PM »

ok, Sorry for being a tard. just still trying to learn this stuff. im a bit confused on getting the Chameleon as i dont see any people useing one, and the only 2 ive seen had problems getting it to run. Maybe they are dumb or something. But im just looking for the best i can buy. Price doesnt bother me too much.
Thanks

ravencry · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2003, 03:50:00 AM »

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE X2 POGO PIN ADAPTER ON CHAMELEON!

X2 POGO PIN ADAPTER IS 5V !!! IT WILL FRY YOUR CHAMELEON (its 3.3V)

and please stop posting things you dont know about
it will only cause damage

Just wait for the Chameleon solderless adapter

zqx · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2003, 06:34:00 AM »

well that's good to know....it is getting pretty hard to distinguish fact fom fiction.......clold said it so confidently in his post...that's why I asked if it could be used unmodified

dzv · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2003, 07:25:00 AM »

Ravencry, the X2 pogo pin adaptor is just a passthrough adaptor for the LPC bus. It basically give you a pin header without having to solder. You won't fry your Chameleon by plugging it into the X2 pogo adaptor.

WiLD · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2003, 09:12:00 AM »

Ok - quick note to anyone that is thinking about using their Chameleon as a Matrix 'Add-On' chip.

DON'T!

If you do that, you're just killing a perfectly good Matrix mod chip. The Chameleon adds no functionallity to the Matrix, it kills the Matrix and uses it as a pogo-pin adapter. I understand the confusion of a lot of newbies out there, as the Chameleon is marketed as a Matrix 'Add-On'. 100% of the Chameleon features are available without the Matrix.

If you really need the solderless option, just buy the Matrix and use that. For most people out there, the added features of the Chameleon are going to sit unused. If you have to have the latest and greatest, wait for the Chameleon Pogo adapter that'll surely be out soon.

WiLD

clold · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2003, 11:59:00 AM »

LOL @ ravencry. X2 adaptor has NO active components on it. What, the circuit traces on the PCB are designed for prefferential 5V treatment? Go away, man.

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