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FT232R USB UART I.C.

Incorporating Clock Generator Output

and FTDIChip-ID™ Security Dongle

The

FT232R is the latest device to be added to FTDI’s range of USB UART interface Integrated Circuit Devices. 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. USB to serial

designs using the FT232R have been further simplified by fully integrating the external EEPROM, clock circuit and

USB resistors onto the device.

The FT232R adds two new functions compared with its predecessors, effectively making it a “3-in-1” chip for some

application areas. The internally generated clock (6MHz, 12MHz, 24MHz, and 48MHz) can be brought out of the

device and used to drive a microcontroller or external logic. 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 FT232R is available in Pb-free (RoHS compliant) compact 28-Lead SSOP and QFN-32 packages.

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