Which PC or Linux software would I use for programming a Boefeng UV-5RE Plus?
How would I make a programming cable to connect to USB/Serial conversion board (ebay FTDI board, size of finger)?
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I use chirp (http://chirp.danplanet.com) to program it's memories. A simple USB-UART chip like this
..is all that I use to connect to the pc.
With regards to pinouts, use:
The above schematic shows connectivity for the UV-5R and the UV-3R. You can safely leave out the UV-3R stuff..
Courtesy of: http://www.uv3r.com/uv5r.html
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Not to mention that Baofeng more often than not includes a perfectly good FTDI USB data cable with the various UV-5Rs. A lot more handy than a serial adapter that is fragile. I use Chirp as well.
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