CP2101 USB to serial IC
Sparkfun makes an excellent breakout board for Silicon Laboratories' CP2101 IC. It looks like this board could be used to connect a PC to your microprocessor through a USB port without having to use a MAX232 IC to convert the TTL voltage levels to the serial port voltage levels and then a USB to serial converter. Drivers are available so the PC sees the CP2101 as a COM port so hyper-terminal could be used to communicate with the microP.
The 'S' in USB stands for serial, it should would be nice to connect a PC to a microP using only one piece of hardware. Am I right about the CP2101 providing this ability?
Any opinions would be appreciated.
The 'S' in USB stands for serial, it should would be nice to connect a PC to a microP using only one piece of hardware. Am I right about the CP2101 providing this ability?
Any opinions would be appreciated.
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Jun 24, 2009. 3:31 AMøPossum
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The FTDI chips have better drivers than the SiLabs CP21xx chips.
Jun 24, 2009. 8:58 AMøPossum
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The cable version is really cool. Available from DigiKey, Mouser, and others.
Jun 24, 2009. 9:46 AMnolte919 (author)
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Wow, the cable version is pretty cool. I knew there had to be an easy way to connect my projects to a PC for serial communication. Thanks again.
Jun 24, 2009. 7:07 AMnolte919 (author)
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Right on! Thanks! It's cheaper too. I really appreciate it!!
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