FT232BL USB UART ( USB - Serial) I.C.
The FT232BL is the lead free version of the 2
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generation of FTDI’s popular USB UART I.C. This device not only
adds extra functionality to its FT8U232AM predecessor and reduces external component count, but also maintains a
high degree of pin compatibility with the original, making it easy to upgrade or cost reduce existing designs as well as
increasing the potential for using the device in new application areas.
1.0
Features
HARDWARE FEATURES
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Single Chip USB
Asynchronous
Serial Data
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Full Handshaking & Modem Interface Signals
UART I/F Supports 7 / 8 Bit Data, 1 / 2 Stop Bits
and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity
Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (TTL)
Data rate 300 => 1M Baud (RS232)
Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (RS422/RS485)
384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer
for high data throughput
Adjustable RX buffer timeout
Fully Assisted Hardware or X-On / X-Off
Handshaking
In-built support for event characters and line break
condition
Auto Transmit Buffer control for RS485
Support for USB Suspend / Resume through
SLEEP# and RI# pins
Support for high power USB Bus powered devices
through PWREN# pin
Integrated level converter on UART and control
signals for interfacing to 5V and 3.3V logic
Integrated 3.3V regulator for USB IO
Integrated Power-On-Reset circuit
Integrated 6MHz – 48Mhz clock multiplier PLL
USB Bulk or Isochronous data transfer modes
4.35V to 5.25V single supply operation
UHCI / OHCI / EHCI host controller compatible
USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible
USB VID, PID, Serial Number and Product
Description strings in external EEPROM
EEPROM programmable on-board via USB
Compact Lead free RoHS compliant 32-LD LQFP
package.
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Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000 / ME / Server 2003 / XP
Windows XP 64 Bit
Windows XP Embedded
Windows CE 4.2
MAC OS-8 and OS-9
MAC OS-X
Linux 2.40 and greater
Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000 / ME / Server 2003 / XP
Windows XP 64 Bit
Windows XP Embedded
Windows CE 4.2
Linux 2.40 and greater
USB
RS232
Converters
USB
RS422 / RS485 Converters
Upgrading RS232 Legacy Peripherals to USB
Cellular and Cordless Phone USB data transfer
cables and interfaces
Interfacing MCU based designs to USB
USB Audio and Low Bandwidth Video data transfer
PDA
USB data transfer
USB Smart Card Readers
Set Top Box (S.T.B.) PC - USB interface
USB Hardware Modems
USB Wireless Modems
USB Instrumentation
USB Bar Code Readers
D2XX (USB Direct Drivers + DLL S/W Interface)
APPLICATION AREAS
DS232BL Version 1.8
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