Arduino programmers usb and ics arduino a000107 a board that converts a usb connection into 5v serial transmit and receive that can be connected straight to the arduino mini or any other board with an ftdi cable compatible connector the pinouts on the connector are compatible with a standard ftdi header as well as the adafruit and sparkfun usb serial adaptors the device features the atmega16u2 programmed as a usb to serial converter the same chip found on the arduino uno the module ha