[Vanhackspace] Looking for USB to Serial (TTL) cable

[Joel Atwater]

Actually, its easier than that: Grab an arduino, there's a 4pin usb  
header (X3) which you can solder to that gives you TTL serial. You can  
get arduinos in town from Lee's. You might have to pop the avr out.

http://www.geocities.jp/arduino_diecimila/bootloader/index_en.html

-Joel

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On 3-Apr-09, at 9:50 AM, Joel Atwater wrote:

> Yeah USB-RS-232. A Max232 is pretty easy to setup and can be found  
> locally.
>
> Or get an arduino and do software-serial.
>
> Joel
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> On 3-Apr-09, at 9:42 AM, Doug Schmidt wrote:
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>> RobotShop.ca delivers pretty quick, but they are not local. They  
>> have what you want for about $19 CAD plus shipping.
>>
>> http://www.robotshop.ca/sfe-lilypad-usb-link-mini-b-1.html
>>
>> Or you can buy a stock USB-serial adapter at NCIX, hack it open,  
>> and either find some TTL signals (maybe) or add an RS232  
>> transceiver and get your TTL levels there.
>>
>> But RobotShop will be cheaper.
>>
>> -- Doug
>>
>> On 3-Apr-09, at 9:30 AM, Randall Ross wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I figured one of you router hackers would have a source... so  
>>> here goes:
>>> I'm looking for a USB to Serial (TTL level) converter cable.  
>>> (Equivalent
>>> to TTL-232R-3V3 listed here
>>> http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/EvaluationKits/TTL-232R-3V3.htm)  
>>> for an
>>> upcoming engineering project.
>>>
>>> Know a local (Vancouver) source, or have one that you want to get  
>>> rid
>>> of? Please email me privately. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Randall.
>>>
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