FT232HQ-REEL FTDI, Future Technology Devices International Ltd, FT232HQ-REEL Datasheet
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Future Technology Devices International Ltd FT232H Single Channel Hi- Speed USB to Multipurpose UART/FIFO IC The FT232H is a single channel USB 2.0 Hi- Speed (480Mb/s) to UART/FIFO IC. It has the capability of being configured in a variety of ...
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... Linux (2.6.9 or later) 1.2 Part Numbers Part Number FT232HL -xxxx FT232HQ-xxxx Note: Packaging codes for xxxx is: - Reel: Taped and Reel (LQFP = 1500 pieces per reel, QFN = 3000 pieces per reel) -Tray: Tray packing, (LQFP = Please refer to section 8 for all package mechanical parameters. ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 1.3 USB Compliant The FT232H is fully compliant with the USB 2.0 specification and has been given the USB-IF Test-ID (TID) 40770005. The timing of the rise/fall time of the USB ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 2 FT232H Block Diagram Figure 2.1 FT232H Block Diagram A full description of each function is available in section 4. Copyright © 2011 Future Technology Devices International Limited Document No.: FT_000288 ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Table of Contents 1 Typical Applications ...................................................................... 2 1.1 Driver Support .................................................................................... 2 1.2 Part Numbers...................................................................................... 2 1.3 USB Compliant .................................................................................... 3 1.4 Applicable Documents ........................................................................ 3 2 FT232H Block Diagram ...
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... Oscillator Configuration .................................................................... 53 7 EEPROM Configuration ................................................................ 54 7.1 EEPROM Interface ............................................................................. 54 7.2 Default EEPROM Configuration .......................................................... 55 8 Package Parameters ................................................................... 57 8.1 FT232HQ, QFN-48 Package Dimensions ............................................ 57 8.2 FT232HL, LQFP-48 Package Dimensions ........................................... 58 8.3 Solder Reflow Profile ........................................................................ 59 9 Contact Information ................................................................... 61 Appendix A – List of Figures and Tables .................................................... 63 List of Tables ............................................................................................. 63 List of Figures ............................................................................................ 64 Appendix B – ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3 Device Pin Out and Signal Description The 48-pin LQFP and 48-pin QFN have the same pin numbering for specific functions. This pin numbering is illustrated in the schematic symbol shown ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.2 FT232H Pin Descriptions This section describes the operation of the FT232H pins. Both the LQFP and the QFN packages have the same function on each pin. The function of many ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.3 Signal Description The operation of the following FT232H pins are the same regardless of the configured mode:- Pin No. Name ** 40 VREGIN 37 VCCA 38 VCORE ** 39 VCCD ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Pin No. Name Type 45 EECS I/O 44 EECLK OUTPUT 43 EEDATA I/O Table 3.3 EEPROM Interface Group Pin No. Name Type 13 ADBUS0 Output 14 ADBUS1 Input 15 ADBUS2 Output ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 30 ACBUS6 I/O 31 ACBUS7 I/O 32 ACBUS8 I/O 33 ACBUS9 I/O Table 3.4 UART Interface and ACBUS Group (see note 1) Notes: 1. When used in Input Mode, the input ...
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ACBUS Signal Option If the external EEPROM is fitted, the following options can be configured on the CBUS I/O pins using the software utility FT_PROG which can be downloaded from the common to both package versions of the FT232H. ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5 Pin Configurations The following section describes the function of the pins when the device is configured in different modes of operation. 3.5.1 FT232H pins used in an UART interface The ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.2 FT232H pins used in an FT245 Synchronous FIFO Interface The FT232H can be configured as a FT245 synchronous FIFO interface. When configured in this mode, the pins used and the ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.3 FT232H pins used in an FT245 Style Asynchronous FIFO Interface The FT232H can be configured as a FT245 style asynchronous FIFO interface. When configured in this mode, the pins used ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.4 FT232H can be configured as a Synchronous or Asynchronous Bit-Bang Interface. Bit-bang mode is an FTDI FT232H device mode that changes the 8 IO lines into an 8 bit bi-directional ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.5 FT232H pins used in an MPSSE The FT232H has a Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine (MPSSE). This mode is enabled by sending a software command (FT_SetBitMode) to the FTDI D2xx driver. ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.6 FT232H Pins used as a Fast Serial Interface The FT232H can be configured for use with high-speed bi-directional isolated serial data. A proprietary FTDI protocol designed to allow galvanic isolated ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.7 FT232H Pins Configured as a CPU-style FIFO Interface The FT232H can be configured in a CPU-style FIFO interface mode which allows a CPU to interface to USB via the FT232H. ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 3.5.8 FT232H Pins Configured as a FT1248 Interface The FT232H can be configured as a proprietary FT1248 interface. This mode is enabled in the external EEPROM. When configured in this mode, ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4 Function Description The FT232H USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480Mb/s) to UART/FIFO is an FTDI‟s 6 configured in a variety of industry standard serial or parallel interfaces, such as UART, FIFO, JTAG, ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.2 Functional Block Descriptions Multi-Purpose UART/FIFO Controllers. The FT232H has one independent UART/FIFO Controller. This controls the UART data, 245 FIFO data, Fast Serial (opto isolation) or Bit-Bang mode which can ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.3 FT232 UART Interface Mode Description The FT232H can be configured as a UART with external line drivers, similar to operation with the FTDI FT232R devices. The following examples illustrate how ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.3.2 RS422 Configuration Figure 4.2 illustrates how the FT232H can be configured as a RS422 interface. Figure 4.2 Dual RS422 Configuration In this case the FT232H is configured as UART operating ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.3.3 RS485 Configuration Figure 4.3 illustrates how the FT232H can be configured as a RS485 interface. Figure 4.3 Dual RS485 Configuration In this case the FT232H is configured as a UART ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.4 FT245 Synchronous FIFO Interface Mode Description When FT232H is configured in an FT245 Synchronous FIFO interface mode the IO timing of the signals used are shown in Figure 4.4 which ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Name Min Nom t1 16.67 t2 7.5 8.33 t3 7 7.5 t10 0 t11 0 9 ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.5 FT245 Style Asynchronous FIFO Interface Mode Description The FT232H can be configured as an asynchronous FIFO interface. This mode is similar to the synchronous FIFO interface with the exception that ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.6 FT1248 Interface Mode Description The FT232H supports a half duplex FT1248 Interface that provides a flexible data communication and high performance interface between the FT232H as a FT1248 slave and ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.6.1 Bus Width Protocol Decode In order for the FT1248 master to determine the bus width within the command phase the bus width is encoded along with the actual commands on ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.6.2 FT1248: 1-bit interface The FT1248 Interface transfers data over different bus widths (1-bit, 2-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit). Figure 4.21 and Figure 4.22 illustrates the waveform detailing the FT1248 write and ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC When SS_n is inactive the write buffer and read buffer status is reflected on the MIOSIO[0] and MISO signals respectively. When the master wishes to initiate a data transfer, SS_n becomes ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.7 Synchronous and Asynchronous Bit-Bang Interface Mode The FT232H can be configured as a bit-bang interface. There are two types of bit-bang modes: synchronous and asynchronous. See application note AN2232-02 Bit ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC WRSTB# RDSTB# Figure 4.12 Synchronous Bit-Bang Mode Timing Interface Example WRSTB# = this output indicates when new data has been written to the I/O pins from the Host PC (via the ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.8 MPSSE Interface Mode Description. MPSSE Mode is designed to allow the FT232H to interface efficiently with synchronous serial protocols 2 such as JTAG and SPI (MASTER) Bus. It ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC MPSSE mode is enabled using the FT_SetBitMode D2xx driver command with a hex value of 0x02. A hex value of 0x00 will reset the device. See application note examples. The MPSSE ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.9 Fast Serial Interface Mode Description Fast Serial Interface Mode provides a method of communicating with an external device over USB using 4 wires that can have opto-isolators in their path, ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.9.1 Outgoing Fast Serial Data To send fast serial data out of the FT232H, the external device must drive the FSCLK clock. If the FT232H has data ready to send, it ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.9.3 Fast Serial Data Interface Example Figure 4.20 shows example of two Agilent HCPL-2430 (see the semiconductor section at www.avagotech.com) Hi-Speed opto-couplers used to optically isolate an external device which interfaced ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.10 CPU-style FIFO Interface Mode Description CPU-style FIFO interface mode is designed to allow a CPU to interface to USB via the FT232H. This mode is enabled in the external EEPROM. ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Data Bit Nom Max t1 TBD t2 TBD t3 TBD t4 TBD t5 TBD t6 TBD t7 TBD t8 TBD t9 TBD Table 4.8 CPU-Style FIFO Interface Operation Signal Timing. An ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.11 RS232 UART Mode LED Interface Description When configured in UART mode the FT232H has two IO pins dedicated to controlling LED status indicators, one for transmitted data the other for ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.12 Send Immediate / Wake Up (SIWU#) The SIWU# pin is available in the FIFO modes and in bit bang mode. The Send Immediate portion is used to flush data from ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 4.13 FT232H Mode Selection The FT232H defaults to asynchronous serial interface (UART) mode of operation. After a reset the required mode is determined by the contents of the external EEPROM which ...
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Modes Configurations This section summarises what modes are configurable using the external EEPROM or the application software. ASYNC STYLE Serial ASYNC UART 245 FIFO EEPROM YES YES configured Application Software NO NO configured Table 4.9 Configuration Using EEPROM and ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 5 Devices Characteristics and Ratings 5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings The absolute maximum ratings for the FT232H devices are as follows. These are in accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 5.2 DC Characteristics The I/O pins are +3.3v cells, which are +5V tolerant (except the USB PHY pins). DC Characteristics (Ambient Temperature = -40°C to +85°C) Parameter Description VCC Core Operating ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC The I/O pins are +3.3v cells, which are +5V tolerant (except the USB PHY pins). Parameter Description Voh Output Voltage High Vol Output Voltage Low Input low Switching Vil Threshold Input ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC DC Characteristics (Ambient Temperature = -40°C to +85°C) Parameter Description VPHY, PHY Operating Supply Voltage VPLL PHY Operating Supply Iccphy Current Iccphy PHY Operating Supply Current (susp) Table 5.4 PHY Operating ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 6 FT232H Configurations The following section illustrates possible USB power configurations for the FT232H. All USB power configurations illustrated apply to both package options for the FT232H device 6.1 USB Bus ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 6.2 USB Self Powered Configuration Self Powered application example 1: Self powered configuration running on 5V. Figure 6.2 Self Powered Configuration Example 1 Figure 6.2 illustrates the FT232H in a typical ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 6.2.1 Self Powered application example 2 Self powered configuration running on 3.3V Figure 6.3 Self Powered Configuration Example 2 Figure 6.3 illustrates the FT232H in a typical USB self powered configuration ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 6.3 Oscillator Configuration Figure 6.4 Recommended FT232H Oscillator Configuration Figure 6.4 illustrates how to connect the FT232H with a 12MHz ± 0.003% crystal. In this case loading capacitors should to be ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 7 EEPROM Configuration 7.1 EEPROM Interface The FT232H uses configuration data from an external EEPROM. The EEPROM must be 16 bits wide (93LC56B) and powered from the same net as the ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 7.2 Default EEPROM Configuration The external EEPROM (if it‟s fitted) can be programmed over USB using FT_Prog. This allows a blank part to be soldered onto the PCB and programmed as ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Parameter ACBUS0 ACBUS1 ACBUS2 ACBUS3 ACBUS4 ACBUS5 ACBUS6 ACBUS7 ACBUS8 ACBUS9 Table 7.1 Default External EEPROM Configuration Copyright © 2011 Future Technology Devices International Limited Value for the device. TriSt-PU Default ...
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... FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 8 Package Parameters The FT232H is available in two different packages. The FT232HL is the LQFP-48 option and the FT232HQ is the QFN-48 package option. The solder reflow profile for both packages is described in section 8.3 8.1 FT232HQ, QFN-48 Package Dimensions Figure 8 ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 8.2 FT232HL, LQFP-48 Package Dimensions Figure 8.2 48 pin LQFP Package Details Notes: 1. All dimensions are in mm. Copyright © 2011 Future Technology Devices International Limited Document No.: FT_000288 Datasheet ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 8.3 Solder Reflow Profile Figure 8.3 48 pin LQFP and QFN Reflow Solder Profile Copyright © 2011 Future Technology Devices International Limited Document No.: FT_000288 Datasheet Version 1.2 Clearance No.: FTDI ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Profile Feature Average Ramp Up Rate (T s Preheat - Temperature Min (T Min Temperature Max (T Max Time (t Min to t Max Time ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC 9 Contact Information Head Office – Glasgow, UK Future Technology Devices International Limited Unit 1, 2 Seaward Place, Centurion Business Park Glasgow G41 1HH United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 141 429 ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Distributor and Sales Representatives Please visit the Sales Network page of the FTDI Web site for the contact details of our distributor(s) and sales representative(s) in your country. System and equipment ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Appendix A – List of Figures and Tables List of Tables Table 3.1 Power and Ground .......................................................................................................... 9 Table 3.2 Common Function pins .................................................................................................... 9 Table 3.3 EEPROM Interface Group ............................................................................................... ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC List of Figures Figure 2.1 FT232H Block Diagram ................................................................................................... 4 Figure 3.1 FT232H Schematic Symbol ............................................................................................. 7 Figure 4.1 RS232 Configuration .................................................................................................... 23 Figure 4.2 Dual RS422 Configuration ............................................................................................. 24 Figure ...
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FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC Appendix B – Revision History Revision History Version draft 1.0 First draft available Version 1.0 First release Version 1.1 Changes made to ACBUS7 details. Updated the reset line of the schematics. ...