Raspberry pi serial rs232 console

Schematic to connect the Raspberry Pi GPIO serial port to a pc with rs232 interface.
The schema use a DCE configuration, with female connector, if you want a DTE you can use a male connector and exchange pin 2 and 3.
The photos showes both installed connector but you can use only one at time, not both.




Webography:
http://codeandlife.com/2012/07/01/raspberry-pi-serial-console-with-max3232cpe/

Raspberry pi serial usb console


5V power supply

Raspberry Usb serial adapter
P1_6 GND
P1_8 RXD
P1_10 TXD

Use an external power supply, do not use the power of usb serial converter, it does not provide enough current!

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