“This is a reasonably priced cable, at least when sold for around £4, that functions well as a USB device under Linux to provide serial connectivity to single-board computers. The only serious disadvantage it has, based on long-term experience, is that the DuPont headers can break, making the cable unusable. More robust headers would have saved me from having to buy another cable to replace the one that broke. Documentation about the colour coding of the different wires would also be helpful.”
“I got this to to provide serial console access from a laptop running Linux Mint to a Pi Zero based weather station on an outbuilding, for when WiFi occasionally fails. The first adapter turned out to be faulty, hence 4* not 5, but was quickly replaced by Pimoroni customer support. The new one works fine, it is plug and play on Linux, and connected without difficulty to my weather station via an old telephone line, about 20m.”
