Product Summary

The FT232BL is a USB UART IC. 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.

Parametrics

Absolute maximum ratings: (1)VCC Supply Voltage:-0.5V to +6.00V; (2)D.C. Input Voltage - USBDP and USBDM:-0.5V to +3.8V; (3)D.C. Input Voltage - High Impedance Bidirectionals:-0.5V to +(Vcc +0.5)V; (4)D.C. Input Voltage - All other Inputs:-0.5V to +(Vcc +0.5)V; (5)DC Output Current – Outputs:24mA; (6)DC Output Current – Low Impedance Bidirectionals:24mA; (7)Power Dissipation (VCC = 5.25V):500mW; (8)Storage Temperature:–65℃ to + 150℃; (9)Ambient Temperature (Power Applied):0℃ to + 70℃.

Features

Features: (1)Full Handshaking & Modem Interface Signals; (2)UART I/F Supports 7 / 8 Bit Data, 1 / 2 Stop Bits and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity; (3)Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (TTL); (4)Data rate 300 => 1M Baud (RS232); (5)Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (RS422/RS485); (6)384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer for high data throughput; (7)Adjustable RX buffer timeout; (8)Fully Assisted Hardware or X-On / X-Off Handshaking; (9)In-built support for event characters and line break condition; (10)Auto Transmit Buffer control for RS485; (11)Integrated level converter on UART and control signals for interfacing to 5V and 3.3V logic ; (12)Integrated 3.3V regulator for USB IO; (13)Integrated Power-On-Reset circuit; (14)Integrated 6MHz – 48Mhz clock multiplier PLL; (15)USB Bulk or Isochronous data transfer modes; (16)4.35V to 5.25V single supply operation; (17)UHCI / OHCI / EHCI host controller compatible; (18)USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible ; (19)USB VID, PID, Serial Number and Product Description strings in external EEPROM; (20)EEPROM programmable on-board via USB; (21)Compact 32-LD LQFP package.

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USB Interface IC USB to Serial UART IC LQFP-32

Data Sheet

0-1: $3.45
1-10: $2.97
10-50: $2.76
50-100: $2.55