FT232 USB Mini UART Board

Features

• Original FT232RL on board
• Supports Mac, Linux, Android, WinCE, Windows 7/8/8.1/10
• 3 power modes : 5V output, 3.3V output, or powered by target board (3.3V-5V)
• 3 LEDs: TXD LED, RXD LED, POWER LED
• Functional Pins
• TXD, RXD, RTS#, CTS# : Connected to on-board pin headers
• Further Pins : Accessible per drilled holes (separate pin headers can be used for easy connection to user system; the pitch is compatible with bread boards)

Usage

• VCCIO ↔ 3.3V or 5V output (the module is powered from USB, onboard jumper should be shorted to 3.3V or 5V)
• GND ↔ GND
• TXD ↔ MCU.RX (signal direction: MCU.RX << FT232 << PC.TX)
• RXD ↔ MCU.TX (signal direction: MCU.TX >> FT232 >> PC.RX)
• RTS ↔ MCU.CTS (signal direction: MCU.CTS << FT232 << PC.RTS)
• CTS ↔ MCU.RTS (signal direction: MCU.RTS >> FT232 >> PC.CTS)

Dimensions

Further Resources

• FT232R USB UART IC Data Sheet (PDF)...
• Virtual COM Port (VCP) Drivers Download...
• FT232 USB UART Board Schematics...
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