US232 User Manual and Installation Guide
Introduction
The US232 evaluation cable can be used for testing
the functionality of the FT8U232AM USB UART device
and drivers prior to design-in. The electronics are
housed in an attractive translucent blue enclosure with
a matching 1m clear translucent cable. The US232
evaluation cable includes a Drivers and Utilities
CD complete with WHQL certi ed VCP drivers for
Windows XP, installation guides and the FTDI Product
Data CD, which contains an off-line version of the data
sheets, schematics and application notes from FTDI’s
web site.
Features
• Data transfer rates from 300 baud to 460,800 baud
• Internal 128 byte TX buffer and 384 byte RX buffer
• Standard DB-9/M RS232 connector
• Full Modem Support Signal Set
• Hardware assisted RTS/CTS , DSR/DTR and X-On/
X-Off handshaking options
• Transmit and Receive LED Indicators
• Integral 1m USB Cable
• Works with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Host Controllers
• Full Speed USB data transfer rates
• USB – No IRQ or DMA resources required
• Remote Wakeup Capable
• Uses FTDI’s FT8U232AM USB UART i.c.
• Powered from USB – no external power adapter
required
• Windows ’98 / ME / 2000 / XP drivers
• MAC OS-8, OS-9 and OS-X drivers
• Drivers included in Linux release 2.40 and greater
Application Areas
• Modems
• ISDN Terminal Adapters
• Serial PDA Interfacing
• Digital Cameras
• Smart Card Readers
• Terminals
• Serial Printers
• Serial Point of Sale ( P.O.S. ) devices
• Industrial Control Devices
• RS232 Peripheral Upgrades