Features

Supports Mac, Linux, Android, WinCE, Windows 7/8/8.1/10…

3 power mode : 5V output, 3.3V output, or powered by target board (3.3V-5V)

3 LEDs: TXD LED, RXD LED, POWER LED

Functional Pins

TXD, RXD, RTS#, CTS# : connected to the onboard soldered pin headers

The other Pins : accessable on the drill holes (separate pin headers are also provided for easily connecting to user system, the pitch is compatible with bread boards)

How to Use

In the case of working with a MCU:

VCCIO ↔ 3.3V or 5V output (the module is powered from USB, onboard jumper should be shorted to 3.3V or 5V)

GND ↔ GND

TXD ↔ MCU.RX (signal direction: MCU.RX << FT232 << PC.TX)

RXD ↔ MCU.TX (signal direction: MCU.TX >> FT232 >> PC.RX)

RTS ↔ MCU.CTS (signal direction: MCU.CTS << FT232 << PC.RTS)

CTS ↔ MCU.RTS (signal direction: MCU.RTS >> FT232 >> PC.CTS)

Install the Drivers
Most Linux distributions include drivers for the FTDI FT232R.
However, this is not the case in any of the versions of Windows.
Fortunately, in case of using a Windows operating system (or a Linux distribution that does not include the drivers) the solution is as simple as downloading and installing the drivers from the manufacturer’s website.
Here we select VPC Drivers (Virtual COM Ports) and select the most current driver available.
In the case of Windows, make sure to download the executable installer, instead of the compressed file, since the installation is easier.

After installing the driver, we connected the FTDI FT232R.
We go to devices, and in COM ports we locate the one corresponding to the FTDI FT232R. Right-click and choose “Properties”

Here, in advanced options we activate the option “High RST on closing”.
This will reset the Arduino when loading the program, which is necessary for the Arduino programming process.