1.5M isn't that fast, I get get that speed with the FTDI on a simple Arduino these days.
Only keeping the reset pressed all the time is a bit of depressing. :-)
Just connect ground first then RX/TX in any order and always try and restart cu/minicom/whatever and the device if you fail at first and are pretty sure TX/RX are the right way around. :-)
When you connect the wires there is a change it will push some garbage and that may 'hang' the terminal/output so don't forget to restart the software if you want to be sure.
Ps. connecting TX/RX before ground will make it 'a lot of garbage' and will hang one of the sides almost for sure. :-)
Only keeping the reset pressed all the time is a bit of depressing. :-)
Just connect ground first then RX/TX in any order and always try and restart cu/minicom/whatever and the device if you fail at first and are pretty sure TX/RX are the right way around. :-)
When you connect the wires there is a change it will push some garbage and that may 'hang' the terminal/output so don't forget to restart the software if you want to be sure.
Ps. connecting TX/RX before ground will make it 'a lot of garbage' and will hang one of the sides almost for sure. :-)