Virtuabotix Versalino FTDI USB to Serial Versalino/Arduino Program and Communications Board (3.3V and 5V selectable)
This is the result of our quest to make it easier to program the Versalino Uno, and our search for a way to better way to interface the computer with alternative Serial Communication devices. (Device such as theBT2S Slave, BT2S Master and other communication devicesin development.)Ultimately it became clear that none of the existing products fixed all of the problems we wanted to fix, so we decided instead to design our solution.The Versalino FTDI sets out tofix everythingwe didn't like about existing Serial UART boards while adding extra features to make things evenmore awesome.The first thing you will probably notice is that it is gear shaped; that alone does not give it any special powers, but it definitely makes it cooler.The second thing is that instead of having to scratch of leads and re-solder to change voltages we decided to put asimple switch to make it easy to go from 3.3 V to 5.0 V.The third modification is the addition of aVersalino COM compatible portwhich allows you to connect two computers directly using any Versalino COM compatible device such as our BT2S Slave and Master.It also allows you to configure those devices without the use of an Arduino/Versalinoor any of the hassles of wiring things up yourself. Using this device when paired with a COM devices allows you tocommunicate with your botin entirely different ways then you ever could before.For those who have been looking for it we are the first company who has actually included the FTDI recommended configuration for reducing the Electromagnetic Interference caused by the connection of the USB cable to the FTDI port.