FTDI Basic Breakout 5V/3.3V With USB cable

This is a basic breakout board for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC. The pinout of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with official Arduino and cloned 5V Arduino boards. It can also be used for general serial applications. The major difference with this board is that it brings out the DTR pin as opposed to the RTS pin of the FTDI cable. The DTR pin allows an Arduino target to auto-reset when a new Sketch is downloaded. This is a really nice feature to have and allows a sketch to be downloaded without having to hit the reset button. This board will auto reset any Arduino board that has the reset pin brought out to a 6-pin connector. The pins labeled BLK and GRN correspond to the colored wires on the FTDI cable. The black wire on the FTDI cable is GND, green is CTS. Use these BLK and GRN pins to align the FTDI basic board with your Arduino target.  

This breakout board has been made from the design files available on Sparkfun.com. You can get the same files from the following links:

• Schematic
• Eagle Files
• FTDI Drivers
• Tutorial on buildcircuit.com 

Package includes:

• 1 x Breakout board
• 1 x USB cable