urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2017-07-14T04:58:57-06:00 SparkFun Electronics Customer #24438 urn:uuid:da6737ff-ed15-bac3-4f3d-517586c5dee5 2015-11-28T09:55:39-07:00 <p>Just wanted to say that this is a great board to use with a Pi Zero. The 5v VCC will power the board and the I/O is at the 3.3v that the Pi needs. Just connect up VCC to pin 4, GND to pin 6, RXD to pin 8 and TXD to pin 10 and use your favorite serial program to connect at 115200 baud. This also works with other Pi boards as well, though I&rsquo;m not sure if the bigger boards can source enough power from this cable or not.</p> bboyho urn:uuid:fbdb9461-e3c1-0f9a-be44-43116a9f43f0 2015-06-24T13:51:42-06:00 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Someone in catalog noticed this comment. I haven&rsquo;t heard of any issues with this particular product before. From our tests before with this product (including several other FTDI chips populated on boards), they should be populated with genuine FTDI chips. Please contact us at techsupport@sparkfun.com so we can look into this further. An order number in the email would also be helpful if you ordered it from our storefront.</p> Kamiquasi urn:uuid:d32a9ef0-d537-3ba2-bc3e-bd6bf2658c37 2015-06-22T19:38:30-06:00 <p>From <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1629" rel="nofollow" >FTDI Drivers and Counterfeit Chips</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>If you think something you purchased from SparkFun is affected by this please <a href="techsupport@sparkfun.com" rel="nofollow" >contact our tech support team</a> immediately. They’re really good at what they do, and they’ll get your problem sorted out in no time</p></blockquote> cinderblock urn:uuid:21af09ed-241c-421f-a1c4-907b2a04f84b 2015-06-22T16:11:01-06:00 <p>I&rsquo;m trying to use my Sparkfun branded (molded SF logo in plug) FTDI cables and they&rsquo;re not getting detected by Windows drivers. Upon inspection, my FTDI cables have had their USB PIDs reset to 0000. This is a problem that others online have had, apparently because of knock off FTDI chips being used. There are instructions on resetting the PID which I&rsquo;m trying now. Sparkfun, any comment on this?</p> l0gikG8 urn:uuid:e139e960-928c-b9fc-ba5c-b2cee2183009 2015-05-27T16:25:15-06:00 <p><a href="http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial" rel="nofollow" >Yes</a> - Be sure to align pin 1 of the cable which is the black (ground) wire to pin 1 on the J1 Serial Header which is designated by a white dot. You don’t have to worry about the 5V Vcc on pin 3 of this FTDI adapter as pin 3 on the BBB is not connected.</p> sparkfan1 urn:uuid:723f301a-9696-23db-4053-93730c346a02 2015-05-26T17:34:24-06:00 <p>will this cable work with a beaglebone black?</p> Customer #139578 urn:uuid:5f9b65a6-1865-a0df-d1fa-c343e6e97f31 2014-12-21T01:35:40-07:00 <p>Works great with my old YellowJacket boards. I also note that on my Beablebone Blacks (the reason I bought 2 of these) the power not connected so you can happily use these with the BBB.</p> Customer #479657 urn:uuid:b55c5280-8a1e-b174-d804-a9630342f8a1 2014-10-21T12:41:45-06:00 <p>Will this show up as an FTDI device when USB is plugged in, even if the breakout side is not plugged into anything? On the Redboard for example, it will show up specifically as a UART IC, but that&rsquo;s because it is wired in that configuration. Does that mean it wouldn&rsquo;t be recognized if it wasn&rsquo;t connected to any external circuit?</p> kenfoland urn:uuid:93e60322-9527-3b8f-70d6-b93599e9e325 2014-08-16T11:26:42-06:00 <p>This is an excellent interface cable that is easy to use with very flexible end-user configurable options. Just one precaution, though. Don&rsquo;t change to the external clock setting. It has no external clock components and the cable will be rendered useless, as it is at least. I intend this cable as an interface to program JP1.2/3 remote controls. And, in that use the 5VDC VCCOUT is of no consequence. The VCCIO lines supply 3.3VDC TTL signals. When I needed it, it was on sale for $11 and at that price it was a fantastic deal.</p> Customer #315392 urn:uuid:d7fc9fe8-d8ca-822d-6b30-ff54491f62c4 2014-03-11T20:27:24-06:00 <p>So will this be able to register serial communication from an Arduino Mega&rsquo;s alternate serial ports properly? The Mega runs at 5V logic, but I was wondering if I could use this cable to simply pipe the output from my Mega&rsquo;s Serial1 port to my computer&rsquo;s USB port.</p> Customer #525619 urn:uuid:5caa27b3-69aa-872a-3cd6-da452c2d13f7 2014-03-10T18:14:30-06:00 <p>What&rsquo;s the point of this cable? Why are you selling it?? I just fried a $40 sensor because any sane person would assume that a cable labeled/moulded 3.3V would deliver 3.3V Vcc.</p> Customer #442252 urn:uuid:3cf06255-ffb0-8565-97e1-f4cd99163fe6 2013-05-30T01:45:40-06:00 <p>Hi , i didn&rsquo;t understood if the cable is compatible with arduino pro mini or the &ldquo;FTDI Basic Breakout&rdquo;</p> <p>will it work with arduino pro mini as it is or i would need to connect another capacitors and resistors?</p> Beelzebot urn:uuid:19ff24c1-c6f4-4aca-01ea-29058ae8c245 2013-02-26T20:09:20-07:00 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Would this work with the Propeller P8X32A Breakout ?</p> JoeWeatherBalloon urn:uuid:6f8a586c-ed81-91f0-ccac-06149c25bf5c 2013-01-18T17:50:35-07:00 <p>What might I expect for a maximum current from this cable? In my application, I have a peripheral 3.3 volt device that may draw up to 1.2 A but it has a variety of settings. I can limit the current in the device so that I might experiment while source it through this cable.</p> Customer #201591 urn:uuid:1820fbb0-4231-9c04-fca9-ae53a69bff24 2012-06-09T15:22:43-06:00 <p>Can you check the schematic link ?</p> tingui509 urn:uuid:5b46ad67-5268-8062-250d-04f08f7b874c 2012-04-30T18:42:27-06:00 <p>not have the cable that is transparent and brings LED indication of tx and rx</p> thomasa88 urn:uuid:75c62032-6260-3e24-cb96-792877082d61 2012-03-28T10:02:41-06:00 <p>Taking a quick peek at the ft232r datasheet ( http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/DataSheets/ICs/DS_FT232R.pdf ) it states that any IO must be below VCC+0.5V. Does this mean that I can connect it to a 5V i/o device or are the levels too low for that? It seems to me like I shouldn&rsquo;t be able to damage the cable, since there are 10k resistors between the 3.3V regulator and the UART pins.</p> <p>edit. Saw the other question on 5V, however, I&rsquo;m still curios of where the problem is.</p> MikeGrusin urn:uuid:18cb9ec6-50ed-793e-a9b7-b67bf7e91a34 2012-03-12T14:58:25-06:00 <p>The X-10 transceiver will provide you with a zero-crossing detection signal, which you&rsquo;ll need to synchronize your transmission to. You could use the CTS line on this cable to get that signal back to your computer. Since you&rsquo;re a noob (nothing wrong with that!), be aware that this kind of &ldquo;raw&rdquo; X-10 communications requires a bit of timing finesse to pull off. To make your life easier, you might look into other X-10 transceivers that handle more of the job for you, such as the <a href="http://www.smarthome.com/2413S/PowerLinc-Modem-INSTEON-Serial-Interface-Dual-Band/p.aspx" rel="nofollow" >Powerlinc modem from Smarthome</a>. (This is for US power systems, but you may be able to find the same or a similar product for Europe.) Good luck!</p> mgimeno urn:uuid:7c5370a6-e589-8add-3bd5-213d2257632c 2012-03-11T04:51:05-06:00 <p>I need a usb to ttl cable. I need RX, TX, GND and the most important: a pin to control ZERO CROSSING, since my purpose is to connect a pc through usb to XM10e (ttl-cmos) and so be able to send X10 commands through europe wire system.</p> <p>What cable do I need? Thank you so much for your help, since as you see, I&rsquo;m bit noob :)</p> Customer #239563 urn:uuid:f7ad953f-48a9-222f-7704-209711cf9a96 2012-02-24T09:17:53-07:00 <p>It would be nice to have a version terminated with the type of jumpers that will fit on header pins. Since these are 3.3 v they are likely used with development boards or custom boards.</p> <p>Ideally, there would be six jumpers having the same colors documented in the schematic. An adapter jumper that would mate with the existing inline connector would also work.</p> <p>I made my own but did not have all the right colors.</p> <p>John</p> invertedsquirrel urn:uuid:69ea18a3-32b9-8015-cca2-563969a1b552 2012-02-04T09:12:12-07:00 <p>When I got this product I was surprised to see a sparkfun logo molded into the boot. You guys are getting fancy.</p> TheBadWolf urn:uuid:1cb31ffb-4288-2ba7-d418-f8bdf45a8d79 2011-12-15T14:11:15-07:00 <p>nvm,problem found. My embeded USB hub in the front pannel is busted. threw it to the back one and it&rsquo;s fine now.</p> TheBadWolf urn:uuid:a1e1dc2a-aaaf-b1d5-5360-d2513553669d 2011-12-15T13:42:07-07:00 <p>I can&rsquo;t get this to work. w7 keep throwing &ldquo;Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)&rdquo; at me.</p> <p>Tried FTDI installer/files and no luck. When updating,state I already ahve the latest&hellip;</p> <p>what&rsquo;s wrong with that cable?</p> Pearce urn:uuid:c203bbf1-6199-504d-8e9a-fd84adbc4aec 2011-09-15T17:33:37-06:00 <p>This is for 3.3V logic boards, for 5V you need to go with the 5V cable. You can use an FTDI Basic and utilize the solder jumper on the back to switch between 5v and 3.3v.</p> abanie urn:uuid:9d3d0904-4dda-cbc3-14df-0000c5a6c8b8 2011-09-15T16:13:08-06:00 <p>is this good to use with 3.3v board and 5v board?</p> RobertC. urn:uuid:b0ab2949-8b9c-dc3b-883a-4aa82ac5e5ca 2011-08-03T08:32:27-06:00 <p>Yes, you can use this. This IS the FTDI cable. You could use this or the FTDI basic. They both do the same thing, they are just in different form factors.<br/> And yes, same question and answer for programming a pro-mini.</p> Dougie urn:uuid:bccebf8f-9419-f7a1-a833-813a1be3d823 2011-08-02T17:42:37-06:00 <p>n00b?: if I want to program an atmega328 on a breadboard do I use this? Or the ftdi cable? Or both?? Same questions if I am trying to program an arduino pro mini?</p> cinderblock urn:uuid:be453e32-cf56-5b13-2d0d-63b65aedcc64 2011-05-02T14:45:10-06:00 <p>I know this is old but my solution is to pull the VCC out of the socket (you can do it without damaging anything if you&rsquo;re careful) and plug it in to a pin added to the external supply input. That way the 5V from the USB will go through the nice onboard 3v3 regulator.</p> Customer #735 urn:uuid:82650a63-8eb1-9af6-c8f0-77f04fe01479 2011-03-08T16:54:49-07:00 <p>How long have you guys had these things? I&rsquo;d suggest moving them to a broader prototyping category for sure. They&rsquo;re damn convenient for a lot more things than just arduino. I don&rsquo;t think you meant to hide them from the rest of us.</p> Customer #150158 urn:uuid:660d4dd1-d1ec-2690-0a00-383cc6c36e3c 2011-01-27T22:37:53-07:00 <p>Hi,<br/> So I have been using this cable with my Fio, and I just noticed with this plugged in the 3v3 pin on shows 5 volts. Is that a problem? I see above that it mentions this cable won&rsquo;t damage Arduino Pro, which is also 3v3 for vcc, right? Is the 3v3 mainly just important for the level on the rx/tx lines?<br/> Thanks!<br/> Justin</p> TLAlexander urn:uuid:f06b8e5c-db2d-59f7-d111-5ac40b14685c 2010-12-31T18:33:29-07:00 <p>Buy the 3.3v version from mouser: 895-TTL-232R-3V3<br/> -Taylor</p> N8B urn:uuid:4c400529-af84-b56e-ab27-6545546e6b3c 2010-07-29T15:01:51-06:00 <p>The El Cheapo solution would be a resistor divider, the true solution would be a regulator. Both of which are going to be tough to work elegantly into the cable.</p> Dinuka urn:uuid:23404d82-6292-592c-7b34-78b22b4ee5e9 2010-07-28T11:09:55-06:00 <p>can somebody suggest a method to convert this to 3.3V Vcc. I&rsquo;m using this to connect to the Razor 9DOF and it requires 3.3V Vcc</p> RobertC. urn:uuid:c4068be1-a082-7f8b-9442-920c31a184f2 2010-05-26T08:48:41-06:00 <p>You probably could. Although you will be much better off using the XBEE explorer board:<br/> <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8687" rel="nofollow" >http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8687</a></p> larissa urn:uuid:998318bf-aecb-4c27-0711-cf78fe04c370 2010-05-26T06:54:40-06:00 <p>Can I use this cable to configure an Xbee PRO?</p> neufuture urn:uuid:54bf5440-0f27-9d75-d632-453d69a87e38 2010-04-06T21:04:27-06:00 <p>Thanks for adding this!</p> pburgess urn:uuid:c084d13c-b537-a2a1-4a05-ff2dccbd0a41 2010-04-06T00:34:27-06:00 <p>skystorm: indeed it is, though you&rsquo;ll be limited to 4 bits when using this or the basic breakout board. The BOB-00718 (full breakout board) can bang all 8 bits, but then lacks the convenience of directly interfacing to certain Arduino boards and other things that use the same pinout (some XBee adapters, serial RFID readers, etc.)</p> skystorm urn:uuid:7ae83366-fcfe-e2fd-eb3e-6dffb72f0565 2010-04-06T00:01:12-06:00 <p>Is it possible use for bit-bang programming?</p>