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BBUSB - USB THINGIE

Wouldn’t it be great if you could hook your PC directly to a breadboard for serial communications, AND supply power to your projects, AND have some general-purpose I/O pins available to play with? Well, the USB THINGIE (aka BBUSB) is a breadboardable USB device that can do all that (AND more). This little board has extra long and sturdy legs that firmly insert into a breadboard giving you a very low cost method for communicating with, powering, and controlling your breadboard projects.

Smiley Micros BBUSB - USB THINGIE has:
· FTDI FT232R single chip USB solution.
· Easy to use, royalty-free drivers for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
· PC Virtual COM Port drivers for legacy RS232 type serial communications with microcontroller UARTs.
· Up to 500mA 5V or 3.3V for powering your breadboard.
· Bit-bang mode using special free drivers and software.
· Unique serial number for security dongle applications using FTDIChip-ID™.
· Clock generator to drive microcontrollers (6, 12, 24, and 48 MHz).
· LED drivers to show serial traffic.
· Cute as a puppy.

The Smiley Micros Breadboard USB Quick Start Guide assumes that you are already somewhat familiar with USB RS232 Converters and Virtual COM Port drivers like those from FTDI or Silicon Labs. Please read Breadboard USB Quick Start Guide.pdf and if you aren’t quite sure what to do, then we strongly recommend that you purchase our Virtual Serial Port Cookbook, CD, and Project Kit which will help you get started from scratch.

Breadboard USB Quick Start Guide.pdf

You might also want to see the Nut And Volts June 2008 article:
The Serial Port is Dead! Long Live the Serial Port!

BBUSB

USB THINGIE (aka BBUSB)

UNITED STATES:
$19.90 + Shipping* United States - Add $7.00

Canada or Mexico:
$19.90 + Shipping* Canada or Mexico - Add $12.00

All** other Countries:
$19.90 + Shipping* All other Countries - Add $15.00

FOR ORDERING MORE THAN ONE BBUSB, CONTACT marcia@smileymicros.com ABOUT SHIPPING CHARGES.

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