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263 orders since Jul 27, 2012

United States of America

Ships from United States of America.

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Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.67)

Shipping: (4.33)

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Peter | Dec. 8, 2015

Great product for hacking Kindle

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

This product works very well for hacking Kindle as it supports 1.8V rs232 signals. I earlier bought something simular from China, but it just did not work as it drew too much current from the RS232 port of the device.

This adapter worked just fine!

Downside was the high shipment cost which were almost as expensive as the adapter itself

Tiberiu | Feb. 3, 2015

Great little product

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

Lightning fast shipping on this one, overseas.
Great little product, good quality board.
As for documentation you can find all that you need on the creator's website and also on-line from the chip manufacturer. No headaches whatsoever, on W7

Chris | Dec. 23, 2014

Great board

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

Bought one of these to test some custom drivers I wrote for the chipset, the board works great. Very fast shipping as well, I was expecting to wait a while but the board arrived within a day or two of my ordering it.

Tom | March 26, 2014

The best TTL serial to USB period.

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

Supported on all platforms, huge fifo, with FTDI's versatility, combined with a tiny but very friendly board with solder jumpers so you can use it on practically anything - 3.3 or 5v power or I/O, just do a quick pass of the soldering iron.

Update: it works well with https://www.tindie.com/products/smokingresistor/s1216f8-gps-board-with-50-hz-update-rate/ which can go at 921600 baud - and needs the much higher baud rates. Make sure to configure the voltage out at 3.3v.

David | Feb. 11, 2014

MicroFTX

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

I'm very happy with the purchase. I had tried to integrate USB into a design a few years back and got stuck integrating the software drivers. The board was extremely easy to integrate and it works flawlessly.

Evan | Jan. 8, 2014

Great, and works perfectly.

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

I ordered with fast shipping, and it got here quick. Works just as described and I used it to configure xbee Modules that I was previously having difficulty with. Thanks!

Mark | Dec. 9, 2013

MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout is wonderful

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

The MicroFTX USB breakout board works flawlessly and is as small as practical. I have used other USB-serial boards, and this one is by far the best. I have never had a single problem with them. They just work perfectly all the time. I have used other USB-serial boards that have caused me nothing but trouble, but this one has always performed like a dream. I highly recommend them. They are cute and small, and the maker, Jim, is a cool guy. What more can I say?

Don | Oct. 27, 2013

Jim is great

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

Contacted me to say it wouldn't ship immediately. Upgraded the shipping at no extra charge and it arrived exactly when he said it would. Thanks for the great communication! P.S. Board works great too

Nicolas | Oct. 16, 2013

The smallest and most usefull USB-Serial you'll ever buy

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

It's tiny but still usable on a breadboard or perfboard, very versatile and easy to configure thanks to the solder bridges, and you've got the possibility to activity led. Perfect for most of my needs.
The size permits to use it in even the most cramped embedded system, add a COM port on routers and so on.
Excellent build quality, worth the cost. Review Image

Mark | July 18, 2013

Very nice little boards

For MicroFTX USB-Serial (5 Pack)

These little boards worked perfectly for me. I resoldered the jumpers to 3.3V, plugged one it, and Windows 7 Starter on my little workbench netbook went right out and found the drivers...I opened the device manager and the COM port my machine decided to use was right there. No problems at all. So far it has worked flawlessly, which I cant say for some cheaper boards I got on eBay that periodically disable all the COM ports on my netbook.

All in all, I am pleased and impressed with how small these boards are and how well they work. Very nice.

Brian | June 24, 2013

Great USB-serial converter

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

This is the cutest board I've ever owned. It's become my standard for all embedded systems projects I work on now because of its size and price. Perfect to have when you just need TX, RX and GND (which is 99% of the time). What a great price too. I ended up buying like 10 of these guys.

Kean | April 6, 2013

Tiny but excellent - depending on application

For MicroFTX USB-Serial (5 Pack)

These are great little USB to 3.3V serial converters based on the new FTDI FT230X chip. They are really small, which could be nice for some applications where space or weight is an issue.

They worked fine for me, but I'll make some observations that may benefit others as they don't suit all applications:
- I'm used to soldering small parts, but some people might find these tricky to wire up
- The FT230X doesn't supply the DTR signal as used with Arduino bootloader
- Come preconfigured for 5V out, but the logic is 3.3V level but 5V tolerant (I typically use 3.3V circuits anyway - tested one with an MSP430)
- On Windows 7 I had to specifically configure the device advanced settings to enable VCP mode before the COM port appeared (different to FT232 or FT2232 which I use a regularly)
- These are priced well because the FT230X is so much cheaper than FT232 (planning to start using FT230X and FT231X myself now)
- They really are tiny! ;-)

Bradie | Jan. 30, 2013

First tindie buy...what a buy!

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

Bought this as a fundraiser expecting to wait an age for it to be delivered, Within a week of shipping, it was here! (UK)

Haven't had a chance to fully implement this into my project yet, though testing it with a multimeter, all readings are good! Cant wait to use this in conjunction with a Femtoduino.

Alejandro | Jan. 22, 2013

This USB to Serial board rocks!

For MicroFTX USB-Serial Breakout

I bought a couple of these just to try them out. I was surprised how easy it was to hook up a Femtoduino to one of these bad boys. Did I mention how fast sketches load? Blazing fast. "Yesterday Shipping" fast. Yep, I'm going to recommend these to everyone. Do yourself a favor. Buy more than one.
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