USB-UART Module Kit

For my facebook page I took (4) ODROID C4s and (4) of these cables then hooked them into the USB ports of an ODROID C2. All five ODROID were using the Ubuntu image and all I really had to do is install minicom and find the /dev/ttyUSB0 -> /dev/ttyUSB3 and setup the minicom configs and name the file the hostname of the ODROID C4. Easy. Then just call the config to terminal in. The ODROID C4 ubuntu config automatically did console redirection through this cable. In other words I ssh'd into the host ODROID C2, (4) times and opened a minicom session to each of the (4) ODROID C4s. Just to test logged in and rebooted. If you are not familiar with minicom and console redirection then you get to watch the entire video output through your ssh session. It's great and ODROID just makes it work.(ODROIDs are my favorite ARM processor boards as they work great with the Ubuntu images from Hardkernel as well as the Armbian images. These are made for IT professionals where a Raspberry Pi for example is made for people new to linux or starting out with ARM's and python.)

I have multiple oDroid HC2's in my house and wanted to get CLI access. This is the oDroid recommend solution and so I bought it. I am really happy with it, and it just works. I use it with Minicom in Linux, and it works perfectly. I recommend it to others looking for this capability.

Works just as expected. Simply plug it into odroid and laptop, open putty, select serial option and enter the appropriate COM port and BAUD rate and it connects, gave priceless insight into the initial bootloader details and makes development easy, especially when debugging networking details.

Worked perfect but didn't last very long. Got hot as hell for some reason and that was all she wrote. Going to try another one and see if it was just a fluke or these aren't very durable.

Be advised this is a hardware only kit. No instructions, nada. No link to instructions. I knew I would have to get drivers but @ $25 basic info would have been nice. I found drivers easy enough and then I had to hunt for the correct baud rate. I found a spec sheet AN197 on Silicon Labs website for the UART controller and it incorrectly states 57600. Its 115200 8N1. On a headless SBC this is a nice to have especially when there is an issue during startup. For specific drivers and info you can get them here: @ wiki.odroid.com/accessory/development/usb_uart_kit - jeez they sticker it with a label - too hard to post that info? Granted I suspect most people here are technical enough to find this information via Google as I did but the inconvenience of wasting time searching something that could have easily been providing is annoying.

I plugged this in to one of my Linux machines and it was immediately recognized as a cp210x and I was able to talk to the console on my ODroid.

Works as intended. Solid construction, serves it's propose.

It works. It just feels a bit of bulky for such small SBC.