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FT232R

USB UART IC

The FT232R is a usb uart ic from FTDI. View the full FT232R datasheet below including electrical characteristics, absolute maximum ratings.

Manufacturer

FTDI

Overview

The 48-pin LQFP and 48-pin QFN have the same pin numbering for specific functions. This pin numbering is illustrated in the schematic symbol shown in Figure 3.1

Features

USB Hi-Speed to UART/FIFO Interface . The FT232H provides USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480Mbits/s) to flexible and configurable UART/FIFO Interfaces.

Functional Integration . The FT232H integrates a USB protocol engine which controls the physical Universal Transceiver Macrocell Interface (UTMI) and handles all aspects of the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface. The FT232H includes an integrated +1.8V/3.3V Low Drop-Out (LDO) regulator. It also includes 1Kbytes Tx and Rx data buffers. The FT232H integrates the entire USB protocol on a chip with no firmware required.

MPSSE . MultiProtocol Synchronous Serial Engines (MPSSE), capable of speeds up to 30 Mbits/s, provides flexible synchronous interface configurations.

FT1248 interface. The FT232H supports a new proprietary half-duplex FT1248 interface with a variable bi-directional data bus interface that can be configured as 1, 2, 4, or 8-bits wide and this enables the flexibility to expand the size of the data bus to 8 pins. For details regarding 2-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit modes, please refer to application note AN_167_FT1248_Serial_Parallel Interface Basics available from the FTDI website.

Data Transfer rate. The FT232H supports a data transfer rate up to 12 Mbaud when configured as an RS232/RS422/RS485 UART interface upto 40 Mbytes/second over a synchronous 245 parallel FIFO interface or up to 8 Mbyte/Sec over a asynchronous 245 FIFO interface. Please note the FT232H does not support the baud rates of 7 Mbaud 9 Mbaud, 10 Mbaud and 11 Mbaud.

Latency Timer. A feature of the driver used as a timeout to transmit short packets of data back to the PC. The default is 16ms, but it can be altered between 0ms and 255ms.

Bus (ACBUS) functionality, signal inversion and drive strength selection. There are 11 configurable ACBUS I/O pins. These configurable options are:

  1. TXDEN - transmit enable for RS485 designs.
  2. PWREN# - Power control for high power, bus powered designs.
  3. TXLED# - for pulsing an LED upon transmission of data.
  4. RXLED# - for pulsing an LED upon receiving data.
  5. TX&RXLED# - which will pulse an LED upon transmission OR reception of data .
  6. SLEEP# - indicates that the device going into USB suspend mode.
  7. CLK30 / CLK15 / CLK7.5 30MHz, 15MHz and 7.5MHz clock output signal options.
  8. TriSt-PU - Input pulled up, not used
  9. DRIVE 1 - Output driving high
  10. DRIVE 0 - Output driving low
  11. I/O mode - ACBUS BitBang

The ACBUS pins can also be individually configured as GPIO pins, similar to asynchronous bit bang mode. It is possible to use this mode while the UART interface is being used, thus providing up to 4 general purpose I/O pins which are available during normal operation.

The ACBUS lines can be configured with any one of these input/output options by setting bits in the external EEPROM see section 3.4.

Applications

  • Single chip USB to UART (RS232, RS422 or RS485)
  • USB to FIFO
  • USB to FT1248
  • USB to JTAG
  • USB to SPI
  • USB to I 2 C
  • USB to Bit-Bang
  • USB to Fast Serial Interface
  • USB to CPU target interface (as memory)

Pin Configuration

This section describes the operation of the FT232H pins. Both the LQFP and the QFN packages have the same function on each pin. The function of many pins is determined by the configuration of the FT232H. The following table details the function of each pin dependent on the configuration of the interface. Each of the functions is described in the following table (Note: The convention used throughout this document for active low signals is the signal name followed by #).

Pins marked * are EEPROM selectable

PinPinPin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)Pin functions (depends on configuration)
Pin #Pin NameASYNC Serial (RS232)SYNC 245 FIFOSTYLE ASYNC 245 FIFOASYNC Bit-bangSYNC Bit-bangMPSSEFast Serial interfaceCPU Style FIFOFT1248
13ADBUS0TXDD0D0D0D0TCK/SKFSDID0MIOSI0
14ADBUS1RXDD1D1D1D1TDI/DOFSCLKD1MIOSI1
15ADBUS2RTS#D2D2D2D2TDO/DIFSDOD2MIOSI2
16ADBUS3CTS#D3D3D3D3TMS/CSFSCTSD3MIOSI3
17ADBUS4DTR#D4D4D4D4GPIOL0** TriSt-UPD4MIOSI4
18ADBUS5DSR#D5D5D5D5GPIOL1** TriSt-UPD5MIOSI5
19ADBUS6DCD#D6D6D6D6GPIOL2** TriSt-UPD6MIOSI6
20ADBUS7RI#D7D7D7D7GPIOL3** TriSt-UPD7MIOSI7
21ACBUS0* TXDENRXF#RXF#ACBUS0ACBUS0GPIOH0** ACBUS0CS#SCLK
25ACBUS1** ACBUS1TXE#TXE#WRSTB#WRSTB#GPIOH1** ACBUS1A0SS_n
26ACBUS2** ACBUS2RD#RD#RDSTB#RDSTB#GPIOH2** ACBUS2RD#MISO
27ACBUS3* RXLED#WR#WR#ACBUS3ACBUS3GPIOH3** ACBUS3WR#ACBUS3
28ACBUS4* TXLED#SIWU#SIWU#SIWU#SIWU#GPIOH4SIWU#SIWU#ACBUS4
29ACBUS5** ACBUS5CLKOUTACBUS5** ACBUS5** ACBUS5GPIOH5** ACBUS5** ACBUS5ACBUS5
30ACBUS6** ACBUS6OE#ACBUS6ACBUS6ACBUS6GPIOH6** ACBUS6** ACBUS6ACBUS6
31ACBUS7PWRSAV#PWRSAV#PWRSAV#PWRSAV#PWRSAV#***PWRSAV#PWRSAV#PWRSAV#
32ACBUS8** ACBUS8** ACBUS8** ACBUS8** ACBUS8** ACBUS8GPIOH7 ** ACBUS8**** ACBUS8ACBUS8
33ACBUS9** ACBUS9** ACBUS9** ACBUS9** ACBUS9** ACBUS9** ACBUS9ACBUS8 ** ACBUS9** ACBUS9ACBUS9

Pins marked ** default to tri-stated inputs with an internal 75KΩ (approx) pull up resistor to VCCIO.

Pin marked *** default to GPIO line with an internal 75KΩ pull down resistor to GND. Using the EEPROM this pin can be enabled USBVCC mode instead of GPIO mode.

Electrical Characteristics

The I/O pins are +3.3v cells, which are +5V tolerant (except the USB PHY pins).

DC Characteristics (Ambient Temperature = -40°C to +85°C)

Table 5.2 Operating Voltage and Current (except PHY)

ParameterDescriptionMinimumTypicalMaximumUnitsConditions
VCOREVCC Core Operating Supply Voltage1.621.81.98V
VCCIO*VCCIO Operating Supply Voltage2.973.63VCells are 5V tolerant
VREGIN 5 VoltsVREGIN Voltage regulator Input3.655.5V5 volt input to VREGIN
VREGIN 3.3 VoltsVREGIN Voltage regulator Input3.33.33.6V3.3 volt input to VREGIN
IregRegulator Current54mAVREGIN +5V
IregRegulator Current52mAVREGIN +3.3V
Icc1Core Operating Supply Current24mAVCORE = +1.8V Normal Operation
Icc1rCore Reset Supply Current4.3mAVCORE = +1.8V Device in reset state
Icc1sCore Suspend Supply Current330μAVCORE = +1.8V USB Suspend

*NOTE: Failure to connect all VCCIO pins of the device will have unpredictable behaviour.

Table 5.2 Operating Voltage and Current (except PHY)

The I/O pins are +3.3v cells, which are +5V tolerant (except the USB PHY pins).

ParameterDescriptionMinimumTypicalMaximumUnitsConditions
VohOutput Voltage High2.4VCCIOVCCIOVIoh = +/-2mA I/O Drive strength* = 4mA
VohOutput Voltage High2.4VCCIOVCCIOVI/O Drive strength* = 8mA
VohOutput Voltage High2.4VCCIOVCCIOVI/O Drive strength* = 12mA
VohOutput Voltage High2.4VCCIOVCCIOVI/O Drive strength* = 16mA
VolOutput Voltage Low00.4VIol = +/-2mA I/O Drive strength* = 4mA
VolOutput Voltage Low00.4VI/O Drive strength* = 8mA
VolOutput Voltage Low00.4VI/O Drive strength* = 12mA
VolOutput Voltage Low00.4VI/O Drive strength* = 16mA
VilInput low Switching Threshold0.8VLVTTL
VihInput High Switching Threshold2VLVTTL
VtSwitching Threshold1.5VLVTTL
Vt-Schmitt trigger negative going threshold voltage0.81.1V
Vt+Schmitt trigger positive going threshold voltage1.62.0V
RpuInput pull-up resistance4075190Vin = 0
RpdInput pull-down resistance4075190Vin =VCCIO
IinInput Leakage Current-10+/-110μAVin = 0
IozTri-state output leakage current-10+/-110μAVin = 5.5V or 0

Table 5.3 I/O Pin Characteristics VCCIO = +3.3V (except USB PHY pins)

  • The I/O drive strength and slow slew-rate are configurable in the EEPROM.

FT232H SINGLE CHANNEL HI-SPEED USB TO MULTIPURPOSE UART/FIFO IC

DC Characteristics (Ambient Temperature = -40°C to +85°C)

ParameterDescriptionMinimumTypicalMaximumUnitsConditions
VPHY, VPLLPHY Operating Supply Voltage3.03.33.6V3.3V I/O
IccphyPHY Operating Supply Current---3060mAHi-speed operation at 480 MHz
Iccphy (susp)PHY Operating Supply Current---1050μAUSB Suspend

Table 5.4 PHY Operating Voltage and Current

ParameterDescriptionMinimumTypicalMaximumUnitsConditions
VohOutput Voltage HighVCORE- 0.2V
VolOutput Voltage Low0.2V
VilInput low Switching Threshold-0.8V
VihInput High Switching Threshold2.0-V

Absolute Maximum Ratings

The absolute maximum ratings for the FT232H devices are as follows. These are in accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134). Exceeding these values may cause permanent damage to the device.

ParameterValueUnitConditions
Storage Temperature-65°C to 150°CDegrees C
Floor Life (Out of Bag) At Factory Ambient (30°C / 60% Relative Humidity)168 Hours (IPC/JEDEC J- STD-033A MSL Level 3 Compliant)*Hours
Ambient Operating Temperature (Power Applied)-40°C to 85°CDegrees C
MTTF FT232HLTBDHours
MTTF FT232HLTBDHours
VCORE Supply Voltage-0.3 to +2.0V
VCCIO IO Voltage-0.3 to +4.0V
DC Input Voltage - USBDP and USBDM-0.5 to +3.63V
DC Input Voltage - High Impedance Bi-directionals (powered from VCCIO)-0.3 to +5.8V
DC Output Current - Outputs16mA
  • If devices are stored out of the packaging beyond this time limit the devices should be baked before use. The devices should be ramped up to a temperature of +125°C and baked for up to 17 hours.

Typical Application

  • Single chip USB to UART (RS232, RS422 or RS485)
  • USB to FIFO
  • USB to FT1248
  • USB to JTAG
  • USB to SPI
  • USB to I 2 C
  • USB to Bit-Bang
  • USB to Fast Serial Interface
  • USB to CPU target interface (as memory)

Package Information

Figure 8.1 48 pin QFN Package Details

Related Variants

The following components are covered by the same datasheet.

Part NumberManufacturerPackage
FT232FTDI
FT232HFTDI
FT232HLFTDI
FT232HQFTDI
FT232HQ-XXXXFTDI
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