Sparkfun Usb to TTL Cable with Raspberry Pi

Introduction 
In this tutorial we will be connecting a raspberry pi (I am using model b, but the A,B, or B+ will also work) to a computer using a serial cable, Enjoy



Parts
1. Raspberry pi https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/233
2. USB to TTL Serial Cable https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12977
3. Putty http://www.putty.org/

Steps

1: First step is to download Putty at http://www.putty.org/

2; Wire up the raspberry pi. First connect the red wire to the left side of the GPIO Pins if the ethernet connector is facing top left. Then go two pins over and put the black connector then the brown and then the orange

4; Go to computer then go into windows manage then select device manager and then open up the ports menu and see what port the raspberry pi is on.

5: Open up putty and then select serial change COM1 to what it said in device manager then change the baud rate to 115200

6: Then click start and then when a command prompt interface comes up press enter then enter in your username and password the default is Pi and Raspberry.