Well, it's kind of a "good news" and "bad news" situation, I'm afraid...
The PL-2303 circuit board on the "business end" of the cable includes pads for 3.3v (<50ma), 5v (<100ma), RTS, CTS, etc. but since the cable is molded you have to cut away the blue plastic molding and the black rubber potting underneath to access to the circuit board. Here's what you end up with;
It seems that each new generation of clone cables are cheaper then the last. If you check out the original Jonathan Thomson article that caught my attention you'll find that earlier versions of the cable had a removable shell at the USB end and had more wires to work with and so that's kind of a bummer(!).
Regards, Mike
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