sorry not Canadian but if cost is a concern you can try looking for one of the CP210x or FTDI or CH340 boards
#can another Canadian help me if you bought one on a different site Adafruit UART
balmy creek
as an example check 3A from the experienced guide
https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/About/blob/master/HardwareExperienced.md
elfin forge
so is this basiclly the same?
balmy creek
looks right, but just to be sure what chip does it have? the retailer should have it listed somewhere
balmy creek
oh right we switched the link earlier 
yeah this is fine
elfin forge
lmao oaky ty
balmy creek
I usually buy them in bulk so I forgot what the link for 1 was
elfin forge
https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/About/blob/master/HardwareBeginner.md
so just to make sure im buying all the stuff i need its everything on this page right except swapping that one cp2102
balmy creek
you might want male to female jumper wires since the USB TTL you are getting has male connectors
otherwise yes all the other things are fine
supple nexus
you might want male to female jumper wires since the USB TTL you are getting has...
Am not OP, but I am in the same situation and a bit unsure on what to look for here?
balmy creek
are you unsure of what cables to get?
supple nexus
I was unsure if the one in the original link (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08M5GNY47?th=1) would work at all here, or if it's mandatory to get the male-to-female ones.
I don't really care which one I get either way; just want to make sure I don't order a cable that doesn't work. And I guess if one option was significantly cheaper then I'd prefer it, but that probably isn't the case here.
balmy creek
oh yeah these are male to male, so if you get something already with a male connector you have two pointy ends
hoop clips are for boards like Pro Micro that doesn't already have headers and that you don't want to do the solder work
let's take a step back and start with what your preferences and priorities are
supple nexus
let's take a step back and start with what your preferences and priorities are
Sorry for the late reply.
My goal here is to run AutoMaxLair on one Switch—possibly 2 in the future. I already have the base microcontroller setup with Teensy 2.0 and have been using it for a while with no issue. I also have a capture card, so I only need to buy the 2 items for the serial setup as far as I can tell. I'm opting to go for the easiest option listed since I don't have any experience with soldering.
Any other info I should provide?
Oh, and of course I am located in Canada. That's why I didn't just buy from the original link on the GitHub page; the shipping for that one is kind of ridiculous.
balmy creek
okay so for solderless solutions you can use the grabber cables + female to female jumper wire to connect to the UART
alternatively the solderless hammer headers work great as well
supple nexus
Wait, why female to female? Doesn't one end need to go into the holes on the Teensy?
And for the hammer headers, how would I plug them in since they are male to male?
I am getting this UART, so as far as I can tell a male to female connection is the only one that would work.
Apologies if I am asking some dumb questions here. As I said, I am pretty inexperienced with this type of thing.
balmy creek
the grabber wires hook to the Teensy on one end and has a male end, with a female to female wire you can then connect that end to the UART
the hammer headers are thicker on the short side and snap into the Teensy, leaving a male connector end on the other side
the concept is similar, you'll end up with a male end on the Teensy either way
supple nexus
Ohh, ok. So in the first case, I would need to buy two seperate items--the grabbers and the jumpers.
balmy creek
you'll need jumper wires in both cases, the difference is mostly cost and effort
supple nexus
Which one would be cheaper, then?
balmy creek
hammer headers, but both items are probably mostly shipping costs
not that major of a difference
supple nexus
Ok, I see.
So, just to confirm, these three would be all that I need?
https://a.co/d/0Wm6zP4
https://a.co/d/iNyK7cB
https://a.co/d/6auvfHN
balmy creek
those are regular header pins, you need to solder for those
look for hammer header pins that are clearly thicker on one side
balmy creek
yeah you can break them off into smaller pieces too when installing
the old version of the guide has some nice pictures
https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/Microcontroller/blob/master/Wiki/Hardware/Teensy2.md
supple nexus
Ah, that's excellent, thank you.
elfin forge
So in the guide it says plug a cord into the vcc slot but I don't know which one that is with this board
balmy creek
the guide is referencing another UART, VCC is not used in the setup so don't worry about it
elfin forge
okay ty