USB/Serial Converter - FT232RL

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This USB cable adds a DB9 serial port to your computer or laptop. Works with MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Note that this provides (approximately) +-10V serial (RS232)...

$42.80 AUD, inc GST

$38.91 AUD, exc GST

Available with a lead time
Expect dispatch between Apr 26 and Apr 29

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10-25 $37.35 (exc GST)
25+ $36.18 (exc GST)

This USB cable adds a DB9 serial port to your computer or laptop. Works with MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Note that this provides (approximately) +-10V serial (RS232) not 5V serial (TTL), good for old devices like GPS, handhelds, programmers, etc with chunky DB9's on the side. Some cheaper RS232 cables 'cheat' and only give you 0-5V which wont work with some devices - this one has a true voltage doubler/inverter to make it more compatible.

These are tested and work great with bit-bang serial devises MiniPOVs, DASA programmers and Serial SpokePOV adapters - note that they are slow in comparison to hardware serial ports due to the high overhead of USB.

New! Adafruit just upgraded Adafruit's adapters to be way more awesome. They're now FTDI-chip based for better performance and reliability. The drivers are rock solid and available for pretty much every operating system you will run across. Even better, inside are three visible LEDs: a power LED (letting you know its plugged in and working) and RX/TX LEDs that you can use to help debug your connection. These are now Adafruit's favorite RS232 adapters!

Using Adafruit's older "gray" PL2303 converter? It comes with a CD but Adafruit strongly suggest using the most recent drivers from the Prolific Website if you're running windows and the 'fixed' driver for Mac OSX. If you're using Windows 7 and you have issues, try the Prolific driver version 1.013

This is only for the older "PL2303" based converter!

Technical Details

Cable Length: 1.37m / 54.25"

If you're having some issues with Win 7/8 driver installation, please try the following:

start win 7 or win 8, click start menu, input CMD and run to start the command window. Type in the following command: bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
then input: bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
then re-start computer, computer will go into testing mode, install the driver from the CD. When ready, run CMD againa and run input: bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
then run: bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF

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