The CNT-003 is designed for Arduino and has a built-in 100nF capacitor on DTR.
KERNEL=="ttyUSB*",\ ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4",\ ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60",\ ATTRS{serial}=="009D5022",\ GROUP="dialout",\ MODE="0660",\ RUN+="/bin/ln -sf %k /dev/ttyCP2104"
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2104_USB_to_UART_Bridge_Controller_009D5022-if00-port0
GPIO bit-bang on the CNT-003 is supported using the CP210x_VCP_Linux_3.13 kernel driver.