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USB to Serial TTL Cable, FTDI, 5V (DEV-09718)

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  • USB to Serial TTL Cable, FTDI, 5V - Sparkfun DEV-09718
  • USB to Serial TTL Cable, FTDI, 5V - Sparkfun DEV-09718
£20.00

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USB to Serial TTL Cable, FTDI, 5V - Sparkfun DEV-09718

This FTDI USB to Serial TTL Cable is a USB to Serial (TTL level) converter which allows for a simple way to connect TTL interface devices to USB. The I/O pins of this FTDI cable are configured to operate at 5V.
The FTDI cable is designed around an FT232RQ, which is housed in a USB A connector. The other side of the cable is terminated with a 0.1" pitch, 6-pin connector with the following pinout: RTS, RX, TX, 5V, CTS, GND (RTS is the green cable and GND is black).

This cable has almost the same pinout and functionality as our FTDI Basic Breakout board; you can use it to program your Arduino ProPro Mini, and Lilypad, etc. For use with those boards, align the black and green wires of the FTDI cable with the ‘BLK’ and ‘GRN’ labels on the PCB.
There are pros and cons to the FTDI Cable vs the FTDI Basic. The FTDI Basic has great LED indicators but requires a Mini-B cable. The FTDI Cable is well protected against the elements, but is large and cannot be embedded into a project as easily. The FTDI Basic uses DTR to cause a hardware reset where the FTDI cable uses the RTS signal.

USB to Serial TTL Cable 5V Schematic:

USB to Serial TTL Cable 5V Schematic

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Additional Information

Brand:
SparkFun
Part Number:
DEV-09718
Barcode:
5055421006037
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1 Review

  • 5
    Title of review 710

    Posted by Jim Ward on 7th Aug 2014

    Very handy cable assembly. I used this for connecting to an Arduino Mini to download the sketch and then remove it from the final unit. Very useful and a reasonable price.

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