FT232BQ USB UART ( USB - Serial) I.C.
The FT232BQ is the 5 x5 mm lead free QFN32 package version of the 2nd generation of FTDI’s popular USB UART
I.C. 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, making it easy to upgrade or cost reduce
existing designs as well as increasing the potential for using the device in new application areas.
1.0 Features
HARDWARE FEATURES
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Single Chip USB Asynchronous Serial Data
VIRTUAL COM PORT (VCP) DRIVERS for
Transfer
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Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000 / ME / Server 2003 / XP
Windows XP 64 Bit
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Full Handshaking & Modem Interface Signals
UART I/F Supports 7 / 8 Bit Data, 1 / 2 Stop Bits
and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity
Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (TTL)
Windows XP Embedded
Windows CE 4.2
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Data rate 300 => 1M Baud (RS232)
Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (RS422/RS485)
384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer
for high data throughput
MAC OS-8 and OS-9
MAC OS-X
Linux 2.40 and greater
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Adjustable RX buffer timeout
D2XX (USB Direct Drivers + DLL S/W Interface)
Fully Assisted Hardware or X-On / X-Off
Handshaking
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Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000 / ME / Server 2003 / XP
Windows XP 64 Bit
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In-built support for event characters and line break
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Windows XP Embedded
Windows CE 4.2
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Auto Transmit Buffer control for RS485
Support for USB Suspend / Resume through
SLEEP# and RI# pins
Linux 2.40 and greater
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Support for high power USB Bus powered devices
through PWREN# pin
APPLICATION AREAS
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USB RS232 Converters
Integrated level converter on UART and control
signals for interfacing to 5V and 3.3V logic
Integrated 3.3V regulator for USB IO
Integrated Power-On-Reset circuit
Integrated 6MHz – 48Mhz clock multiplier PLL
USB Bulk or Isochronous data transfer modes
4.35V to 5.25V single supply operation
UHCI / OHCI / EHCI host controller compatible
USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible
USB RS422 / RS485 Converters
Upgrading RS232 Legacy Peripherals to USB
Cellular and Cordless Phone USB data transfer
cables and interfaces
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Interfacing MCU based designs to USB
USB Audio and Low Bandwidth Video data transfer
PDA USB data transfer
USB Smart Card Readers
Set Top Box (S.T.B.) PC - USB interface
USB Hardware Modems
USB VID, PID, Serial Number and Product
Description strings in external EEPROM
EEPROM programmable on-board via USB
Compact 5 x 5 mm Lead free RoHS compliant
QFN32 package.
USB Wireless Modems
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USB Instrumentation
USB Bar Code Readers
DS232BQ Version 1.8
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