usb2serial

USB2SERIAL V3.0 is an easy to use

if you're an embedded systems developer, electronics hobbyist, or microcontroller enthusiast, learning how to program a  serial port (UART) is a must. This comprehensive series of serial port programming tutorials is tailored for writing robust, cross-platform Serial Communication applications in C, C++, C#, Java, Python, and VB.NET languages.

USB2SERIAL V3.0 is a FT232 based protocol converter which can be used as the following

A short tutorial on how to setup a serial port communication between a Linux PC/Laptop and a AVR/PIC/MSP430 Microcontroller or Arduino using pySerial and Python.