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This document introduces the features and characteristics of FTDI USB-RS232 adaptor cables

The FT232R is a USB to serial UART interface with optional clock generator output, and the new FTDIChip-ID™ security dongle feature. In addition, asynchronous and synchronous bit bang interface modes are available.

The FT245R is a USB FIFO interface chip developed by Future Technology Devices International Ltd., and it incorporates the FTDIChip-ID™ security dongle feature. The chip integrates the external EEPROM, clock circuit, and USB resistors, simplifying USB to parallel FIFO interface designs. It supports asynchronous and synchronous bit bang interface modes. Compared with its predecessors, the FT245R adds a new function, making it a “2-in-1” chip for certain application areas. A unique number (the FTDIChip-ID™) is burnt into the device during manufacture and can be read over USB, serving as a security dongle to protect customer application software from being copied. The FT245R is available in Pb-free (RoHS compliant) compact 28-Lead SSOP and QFN-32 packages.

The MM232R is a USB-to-serial UART development module that incorporates clock generator output and FTDIChip-ID™ security dongle. It uses FTDI's FT232RQ chip, the latest device to be added to FTDI's range of USB UART interface Integrated Circuit Devices.

The UM245R is a development module which uses FTDI’s FT245RL, the latest device to be added to FTDI’s range of USB UART interface Integrated Circuit Devices. The FT245R is a USB to parallel FIFO interface, with the new FTDIChip-ID™ security dongle feature. In addition, asynchronous and synchronous bit bang interface modes are available. USB to parallel designs using the FT245R have been further simplified by fully integrating the external EEPROM, clock circuit and USB resistors onto the device. The FT245R adds a new function compared with its predecessors, effectively making it a “2-in-1” chip for some application areas. A unique number (the FTDIChip-ID™) is burnt into the device during manufacture and is readable over USB, thus forming the basis of a security dongle which can be used to protect customer application software from being copied. The UM245R is supplied on a PCB which is designed to plug into a standard 15.0mm (0.6”) wide 24 pin DIP socket. All components used, including the FT232RL are Pb-free (RoHS compliant).

UM232R is a new development module from FTDI, which integrates the external EEPROM, clock circuit and USB resistors onto the device, further simplifying USB to serial interface designs. It also adds two new functions compared with its predecessors, effectively making it a “3-in-1” chip for some application areas.

This document introduces the features and characteristics of the FT232RL USB to RS232 evaluation module.

Vinculum VNC1L is the first of FTDI's Vinculum family of Embedded USB host controller integrated circuit devices

The FT245BL is the lead free version of the 2nd generation of FTDI’s popular USB FIFO I.C. This device not only adds extra functionality to its FT8U245AM 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.

FT232BM USB UART ( USB - Serial) I.C.