[Arm-dev] cheap adapter for the serial ports

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/05/2016 03:12 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>  Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> You can get the converters really cheap on ebay.  Every board I have has
>> one permanently installed, so I can always get into the console.  I buy
>> them in a 5 unit lot from a china supplier at $5 for the lot.
> Could you please share the name/URL of the supplier you use, please ?

Sure,

I just ordered to restock my supply:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PCS-NEW-CP2102-USB-2-0-to-UART-TTL-6PIN-Module-Serial-Converter-Free-Cables-GM/262136735143?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D782c6d9e9b6347849be5bcf90bc3e659%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D271855289144

But simply put

USB TTL

Into your ebay search and you will find plenty of these.  Choose what 
best fits your sourcing, quantity, delivery schedule, style.

All my arm boards have one permanently installed for console access.  I 
only need 3 wires:  TX, RX, GRD.

This is why I am upset with the pcDuino Nano Lite in that I cannot get 
one working on it.  I am actually going to rate this board as a "don't 
buy" for a server platform becuase of it.  I look at this as a much 
better way to manage a lot of servers than a KVM box that I use to use 
with my Intel servers.

Yes I can and do use SSH a lot, but there are times when things are not 
working that you want that physical connection.

I also use screen in an SSH session to run a big command, so if I loose 
my SSH session, I don't have the command prematurely ended. REALLY worth 
doing on a remote 'yum update'!