Document No.: FT_000061
FT2232H DUAL HIGH SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC
Version 2.21
Clearance No.: FTDI#77
1 Typical Applications
Single chip USB to dual channel UART (RS232,
RS422 or RS485).
Single chip USB to Host Bus Emulation (as
CPU).
Single chip USB to dual channel FIFO.
Single chip USB to dual channel JTAG.
Single chip USB to dual channel SPI.
Single chip USB to dual channel I2C.
Single chip USB to dual channel Bit-Bang.
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 Bar Code Readers
Single chip USB to dual combination of any of
above interfaces.
Single chip USB to Fast Serial Optic Interface.
Single chip USB to CPU target interface (as
memory), double and independent.
1.1 Driver Support
The FT2232H requires USB drivers (listed below) , available free from http://www.ftdichip.com, which
are used to make the FT2232H appear as a virtual COM port (VCP). This allows the user to communicate
with the USB interface via a standard PC serial emulation port (for example TTY). Another FTDI USB
driver, the D2XX driver, can also be used with application software to directly access the FT2232H
through a DLL.
Royalty free VIRTUAL COM PORT
(VCP) DRIVERS for...
Royalty free D2XX Direct Drivers
(USB Drivers + DLL S/W Interface)
Windows 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008
Windows XP and XP 64-bit
Windows Vista and Vista 64-bit
Windows XP Embedded
Windows 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008
Windows XP and XP 64-bit
Windows Vista and Vista 64-bit
Windows XP Embedded
Windows CE 4.2, 5.0, 5.2 and 6.0
Mac OS-X
Windows CE 4.2, 5.0, 5.2 and 6.0
Linux (2.4 or later) and Linux x86_64
Windows 7 and Windows 7 64-bit
Linux (2.6.39 or later)
Windows 7 and Windows 7 64-bit
For driver installation, please refer to the application note:
AN_107, “Advanced Driver Options”.
AN_103, “FTDI Drivers Installation Guide for VISTA”.
AN_119, “FTDI Drivers Installation Guide for Windows7”.
AN_104, “FTDI Drivers Installation Guide for WindowsXP”.
The following additional installation guides application notes and technical notes are also available:
AN_113, “Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To I2C Bus”.
AN_109 – “Programming Guide for High Speed FTCI2C DLL”
AN_110 – “Programming Guide for High Speed FTCJTAG DLL”
AN_111 – “Programming Guide for High Speed FTCSPI DLL”
AN 113 – “Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To I2C Bus”
AN114 – “Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To SPI Bus”
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