Description
This FT232RL chipset based module makes interface conversion between Computer USB port and serial UART (TTL). It is shown as Virtual Com Port (VCP) on your computer. Drivers are available for Windows, Linux, Mac. It can be used for development, serial communication with micro-controllers (Microchip PIC, Atmel AVR, 8051, ARM…) , communication bridges and so on.
Features
- USB port
- FT232RL chip
- Rx and Tx led
- Select-able TTL level with jumper – 3.3 or 5 V
- Size: 41 mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
- They are mapped: CTS, GND, RXD, VCC, RTS, TXD lines
Connection
Connection with the target device. The Rx and Tx lines of the both devices must be swapped as it is shown on the figure bellow.
Application examples
- USB to RS232 / RS422 / RS485 Converters
- Upgrading Legacy Peripherals to USB
- Cellular and Cordless Phone USB data transfer cables and interfaces
- Interfacing MCU / PLD / FPGA based designs to USB
- USB Audio and Low Bandwidth Video data transfer
- PDA to USB data transfer
- USB Smart Card Readers
- USB Instrumentation
- USB Industrial Control
- USB MP3 Player Interface
- USB FLASH Card Reader / Writers
- Set Top Box PC – USB interface
- USB Digital Camera Interface
- USB Hardware Modems
- USB Wireless Modems
- USB Bar Code Readers
- USB Software / Hardware Encryption Dongles
Drivers
Drivers are available for the following operating systems:
- Windows 8
- Windows 8 x64
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 7
- Windows 7 x64
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 x64
- Windows Vista
- Windows Vista x64
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 x64
- Windows XP
- Windows XP x64
- Windows ME
- Windows 98
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Mac OS 9
- Mac OS 8
- Windows CE.NET (Version 4.2 and greater)
- Android
