Fez Raptor Power Up and connect to pc

NETMF & Gadgeteer
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Hi, i bough a fez raptor and about 10 more modules the last year.I didn’t have enough time to play with these toys. I decided to power up the raptor and connect it to pc like my cerbuino bee today, and i realized that there is no power slot on the board or even seria.usb to power up the board. After i connected the serial usb module to the board and tried to connect it to pc, but with no success.

Should i use a USB Client DP Module to power up the fez raptor board? Is it the only way to power up the board and acces it for debugging and firmware update?

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Any gadgeteer board (black) will require a power module (red) to work.

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:-[ thank you. I’ve bought the almost everything except the red power module ((

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@ Alex Bilityuk - sorry about that. I always recommend to start work one of the kits.

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Hi Gus, seeing as a few people have been caught out with that one, how about a BIG RED “YOU NEED THIS TOO” on the webpage for the boards that need the module so that people are aware of it. I know that under the Relate Products it lists it but there is no notification that the board will work without it.

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+1. Even those of us that should know better have made that mistake before :’(

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@ Gus -
No problem. Module is coming in a couple of days…
I think Dave is right about the “RED WARNING”