The mouser cable appears to be the same item and refrences the FTDI description. Sgtoma is correct in that what you need is an RS232 level converter at which time you can use an RS232 input to the PC. The cable is nice because many PC's no longer have RS232 inputs just USB and it provides a degree of isolation.
Although the cable mfg is UK based, it actually ships or at least mine did from Oregon. Whole thing took about a week using cheapest transit possible
Last edited by Barry Gordon
on January 18, 2008 01:43.