urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2017-07-14T05:17:54-06:00 SparkFun Electronics M-Short urn:uuid:9fef25d8-73d3-b481-af90-f8ba8bad33b0 2016-09-06T09:21:50-06:00 <p>You need a standard USB cable, to connect to a computer, but plain jumper wires will work to connect this to the ESP8266.</p> Customer #840537 urn:uuid:44aeb29e-d812-5be3-2f8c-7e77f37ec501 2016-09-03T18:17:29-06:00 <p>Hope this isn&rsquo;t a dumb question, but is a cable necessary or can I use breadboard wires? ie there&rsquo;s nothing special about that cable is there? I intend to use this with an esp8266. Thanks-</p> Customer #80830 urn:uuid:5605300b-16d4-6363-f779-444483f55507 2016-02-22T12:18:30-07:00 <p>What would be really nice if the CTS was replaced by the RTS. Or at least a jumper to allow it to be changed. Then an auto reset like the ThingDev could be used to program the ESP8266 boards with the Arduino IDE. Or even better a board with the auto-reset built in, such that the ESP8266 RESET AND GPIO0 connect where the DTR and CTC are now!</p> MikeGrusin urn:uuid:7a4ba883-06b7-a1c7-5d5e-d574365f865a 2016-02-22T10:15:58-07:00 <p>The 5V FTDI BOB doesn&rsquo;t have the same issue, as it can give you 500mA directly off the USB bus. We made this one because the older 3.3V FTDI BOB could only source 50mA (from the internal regulator on the FTDI chip), which isn&rsquo;t enough for many projects.</p> Narrab urn:uuid:65484d37-b736-d043-93bc-eab76ff10385 2016-02-22T10:06:03-07:00 <p>Any plans to make these in 5v version?</p> ForeEyes urn:uuid:a97c65a8-1b25-ad4f-e160-8252a1df3563 2016-02-21T18:11:16-07:00 <p>Thank you</p> .Brent. urn:uuid:18955cd6-2e36-6564-4f89-ec045080b0a2 2016-02-21T16:21:05-07:00 <p>Those are all noise filters and impedance matching for longer cables. Ferrite beads are for stopping EMI, and often don&rsquo;t help the design work better. Not necessary on prototyping hardware like this.</p> ForeEyes urn:uuid:56f5e007-1ec9-9207-5a43-bac0d53b8824 2016-02-20T06:18:18-07:00 <p> Hi, i am just wondering why there are no res/cap pairs on the data lines? The other ft231 board has them, and the thing dev board has them plus a fuse plus resistors on the tx and rx lines. The example circuit in the datasheet also shows the res/cap pairs and a ferrite bead. What am i missing?? Are they not necessary? Please help&hellip;</p> Customer #372924 urn:uuid:ede5186b-1c43-e92f-d8de-85deeb1d0640 2016-02-19T11:49:54-07:00 <p>Just an FYI - FTDI has a custom USB implementation and requires drivers that FTDI have released. So that means the newer processors that have USB OTG host aren&rsquo;t going to be able to use these FTDI proprietary chips. It would be nice if chips using the USB open data standard CDC-ACM were used.</p> M-Short urn:uuid:6c8c2f04-ae74-45d5-0736-ff88e7b656ac 2016-02-19T10:39:54-07:00 <p>I do have mixed feelings about these connectors, but we definitely have been working on getting better mechanical support. There should be small vias in the pads to allow better solder connections, and there are plastic feet that go into the board. They are definitely better than they use to be, but being careful with them is always advised.</p> Lefty4000 urn:uuid:8aaa6bd4-1723-4867-9825-7053f7cc6a84 2016-02-19T09:33:56-07:00 <p>I would be wary of these micro-USB connectors that don&rsquo;t have any through hole solder joints. Just having the two solder points on top without any mechanical support make them incredibly weak.</p> M-Short urn:uuid:9abeb725-8000-7e7e-eac6-318b4b480c2c 2016-02-19T08:52:45-07:00 <p>You are correct, that is an FT231, I&rsquo;ll see about getting that fixed.</p> .Brent. urn:uuid:f21276d1-304c-e80c-7625-80900fb90b43 2016-02-19T08:52:37-07:00 <p>They have also been tested with our Thing line. You should be safe depending on your actual ESP8266 based board.</p> .Brent. urn:uuid:08999870-be6c-0d49-5141-7c286f4c5f38 2016-02-19T08:51:25-07:00 <p>You are correct. I&rsquo;ve notified someone with the power to fix that.</p> M-Short urn:uuid:07f08d01-4131-4c6a-410d-82d1e9bd84ff 2016-02-19T08:50:10-07:00 <p>I was actually playing with an ESP8266 module last week and borrowed one of these for my testing. It worked great.</p> Customer #539933 urn:uuid:83e9cbf3-be28-1001-5b72-d741302e94c8 2016-02-19T07:46:36-07:00 <p>It should be able to power the ESP8266. The spec sheet from Espressif mentions a typical current draw of 215mA but most people say to budget for a max of 500mA.</p> Diego Spinola urn:uuid:f41f591f-8955-5bcf-9198-d904f4984359 2016-02-18T20:02:53-07:00 <p>&ldquo;This is SparkFun Beefy 3 FTDI Basic Breakout for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC&rdquo; &hellip; but that&rsquo;s not an FT232 right?</p> Drew Folta urn:uuid:56c69f21-94dc-600d-220a-d9ddfb7ad444 2016-02-18T17:04:03-07:00 <p>Will this power an ESP8266?</p>