Datasheet

RB-Spa-715

Lilypad FTDI Basic Breakout

Description

This is the LilyPad revision of our FTDI Basic. It is the same as our other FTDI Basic, but has a purple

LilyPad board which is half the thickness.

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 board has TX and RX LEDs that make it a bit better to use over the FTDI cable. You can actually see

serial traffic on the LEDs to verify if the board is working.

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RB-Spa-715 Lilypad FTDI Basic Breakout Description This is the LilyPad revision of our FTDI Basic. It is the same as our other FTDI Basic, but has a purple LilyPad board which is half the thickness. 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.
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This board was designed to decrease the cost of Arduino development and increase ease of use (the auto-reset feature rocks!). Our Arduino Pro boards and LilyPads use this type of connector. One of the nice features of this board is a jumper on the back of the board that allows the board to be configured to either 3.3V or 5V (both power output and IO level). This board ship as 5V, but you can cut the default trace and add a solder jumper if you need to switch to 3.3V.