FIT0416 USB to TTL Serial Cable

As Makers, we all love experimenting and playing around with all of the different Arduino Boards and other microcontrollers, especially since the industry has greatly advanced over the past few years, helping to improve both accessibility and affordability for anyone who wants to learn and develop their Electronics skills. However, while some microcontrollers are built for easy communications, with built-in communications chips and often a simple USB-B port for interfacing with computers and other devices, some don’t include that luxury, and require some extra hardware to get working properly, in order to debug, code and otherwise control the microcontrollers from development environments. Fortunately though, while this used to be quite a complex task in the past, with some Makers even having to create their own converter breakout boards, nowadays we have a variety of options that make this all easier, and these are typically known as Debuggers or Programmers.

This FIT0416 USB to TTL Serial Cable is a fantastic example of how life for Makers has become easier than ever before, as this cable is essentially a Programmer/Debugger in the disguise of just an ordinary USB cable, featuring a built-in USB to TTL conversion chip so that you can simply plug the jumpers onto the right pins, connect the USB to a computer or similar device, and immediately start programming and debugging the board that the pins are connected to. This is dramatically more simplified than methods of the past, and even wins out against other simplified debugging styles like FTDI Boards, helping to make coding, programming and digital electronics far more accessible to many more people. So if you’ve been wanting to experiment with boards like the Arduino Pro Mini, but have always been concerned about connections and communications techniques, the FIT0416 USB to TTL Serial Cable is here to help by making it much simpler, easier to grasp for anyone who’s still learning, and overall more accessible.

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