[André Sarmento] needed to connect a computer to an RS-485 bus. A simple converter can be sourced online, but the only thing he could find locally that was even close was a USB to RS-232 converter.

Able to download firmware through USB or ST-Link/V2 from discovery boards Can act as USB to rs-485 adapter Can act as USB/RS-485 thermometer Can show one digit (or break it to 8 leds) for some ...

This breakout board pairs an SP3485 RS-485 transceiver with an FT232RL USB UART IC to convert a USB stream to RS-485. The hardware is released under Creative Commons ShareAlike 4.0 International.