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NOTE
ForyourcomputertocommunicatewithaFTDIserial-to-USBadapter,you
needtoinstalldrivers.YoucanfindthemostrecentversionsforWindows,OSX,
andLinuxat
www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
.Thisisalsolinkedfromthe
Chapter6pageontheExploringArduinowebsite.
On some boards, usually to reduce board size, the FTDI chip is external to the
main board, with a standardized 6-pin “FTDI connector” left for connecting to
either an FTDI cable (A USB cable with an FTDI chip built in to the end of the
cable) or a small FTDI breakout board. Figures 6-3 and 6-4 show these options.
Figure 6-3:
FTDI cable
Figure 6-4:
SparkFun FTDI adapter board
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