SerialCoder™ IR UR5HC703-IR20
Extremely Low-Power Keyboard
Encoder Interfaces IrDA
HID & SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS, KEYCODER™ FAMILY
PRELIMINARY
DESCRIPTION
FEATURES
The SerialCoder™ IR UR5HC703-
IR20 is an extremely low-power, “off-
the-shelf” infrared serial keyboard
encoder. Robust, tiny and flexible,
the IC is a good match for any
application where a low-cost
• 8 x 16 Matrix Encoding
• IC is independent of the keyboard
layout
• Extremely low-power operation,
transparent to the host
• Typical current consumption of
less than 1µA at room
temperature; 10µA at 85°C
• Robust algorithm for ghost-key
elimination
• CMOS output-only asynchronous
serial interface to the host using
standard IrDA
• 9600 Baud 8N1 serial data format
• Very simple serial protocol — two-
byte identification string on
power-up; single-byte matrix-
position for each key-press or
key-release
wireless keyboard is attractive and
an IrDA host is available.
The IC provides extremely low-
poweroperation, transparent to the
host. Power consumption is
reduced to just the circuit’s leakage
when all keys are released. The
typical current consumption is less
than 1µA at room temperature and
10µA at 85°C.
• Low-cost wireless keyboard
solution
APPLICATIONS
• Infrared wireless keyboards
• Personal digital assistant (PDA)
keyboard
• Remote control
• Home entertainment or
automation
• Instrumentation
If a key or group of keys stays in the
depressed position for ten minutes
(with no other keyboard activity), the
IC shuts down to save power.
PIN ASSIGNMENTS
The SerialCoder™ IR is simple to
implement. It requires few external
components and utilizes a tiny, low-
profile 32-pin LQFP package that
measures 7mm x 7mm.
32
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25
24
ROW6
ROW5
ROW4
ROW3
ROW2
ROW1
ROW0
COL15
COL3
COL4
COL5
COL6
VDD2
RESET
VSS2
VDD
UR5HC703-IR20-FG
LQFP
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16
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SerialCoder is a trademark of Semtech
Corporation. All other trademarks belong to their
respective companies.
Copyright ©1999-2001 Semtech Corporation
DOC5-703-IR20-DS-101
www.semtech.com
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