1.1 Features Summary
1.1 Hardware Features
• Single chip USB to dual channel serial / parallel
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ports with a variety of configurations.
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• Entire USB protocol handled on the chip...no USB- •
specific firmware programming required.
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• FT232B-style asynchronous serial UART interface •
option with full hardware handshaking and modem
interface signals.
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UART Interface supports 7 / 8 bit data, 1 / 2 stop
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bits, and Odd / Even / Mark / Space / No Parity
• Fully assisted hardware or X-On / X-Off software •
handshaking.
• Transfer Data Rate 300 to 1 Mega Baud (RS232). •
• Transfer Data Rate 300 to 3 Mega Baud (at TTL
levels and RS422 / RS485).
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• Auto transmit enable control for RS485 serial
applications using TXDEN pin.
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• In-built support for event characters and line break •
condition.
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• Transmit and receive LED drive signals on each
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channel.
• FT245B-style FIFO interface option with bi-
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directional data bus and simple 4 wire handshake •
interface.
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• USB to parallel FIFO transfer data rate up to 1
megabyte / second.
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• Adjustable receive buffer timeout.
• Enhanced bit-bang Mode interface option with RD# •
and WR# strobes.
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• New synchronous bit-bang mode interface option
with RD# and WR# strobes.
• New Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine
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(MPSSE) interface option.
FT2232D Dual USB UART / FIFO I.C.
New CPU-style FIFO interface mode option.
New MCU host bus emulation mode option.
New fast opto-Isolated serial interface mode option
High I/O pin output drive option.
Interface mode and USB Description strings
configurable in external EEPROM.
EEPROM Configurable on board via USB
Support for USB suspend and resume conditions
via PWREN#, and SI/WU pins.
Support for bus powered, self powered, and high-
power bus powered USB configurations.
Integrated power-on-reset circuit, with optional
reset input and reset Output pins.
5V and 3.3V logic I/O Interfacing with independent
level conversion on each channel.
Integrated 3.3V LDO regulator for USB I/O
Integrated 6MHz – 48Mhz clock multiplier PLL
USB Bulk data transfer mode.
4.35V to 5.25V single supply operating voltage
range.
Low operating and USB suspend current.
UHCI / OHCI / EHCI host controller compatible.
USB 2.0 Full Speed (12 Mbits / Second)
compatible.
Extended -40°C to 85°C industrial operating tem-
perature range.
Compact 48-LD Lead Free LQFP package
FTDI’s royalty-free VCP and D2XX drivers
eliminate the requirement for USB driver
development in most cases.
Dedicated Windows DLLs available for USB to
JTAG, USB to SPI, and USB to I2C applications.
1.2 Driver Support
Royalty-Free VIRTUAL COM PORT
(VCP) DRIVERS for...
• Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, Server 2003, XP.
• Windows Vista / Longhorn*
• Windows XP 64-bit.*
• Windows XP Embedded.
• Windows CE.NET 4.2 & 5.0
• MAC OS 8 / 9, OS-X
• Linux 2.4 and greater
Royalty-Free D2XX Direct Drivers
(USB Drivers + DLL S/W Interface)
• Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, Server 2003, XP.
• Windows Vista / Longhorn*
• Windows XP 64-bit.*
• Windows XP Embedded.
• Windows CE.NET 4.2 & 5.0
• MAC OS-X
• Linux 2.4 and greater
The drivers listed above are all available to download for free from the FTDI website. Various 3rd Party Drivers are
also available for various other operating systems - see the FTDI website for details.
* Currently Under Development. Contact FTDI for availability.
DS2232D Version 0.91
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