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 Introduction

MMusb232 is low-cost integrated module for data transmission via USB interface. It
is based on FTDI`s FT232BM device. MMusb232 module can work with 1Mboud/s
(RS232), 3Mboud/s (RS422/RS485, TTL) data transfer speed. It’s simply device
witch represents interface between USB and Asynchronous Serial Data Transfer.
There is USB cable attached to module. Windows drivers allows emulate serial port
on PC and that provides to upgrade applications. Choosing our Minimodule is the
first step for projects, which should be done in the short time. MMusb232 could be
used as part of prototype eliminating necessity of designing circuit board and final
circuit in which module is fitted like “sandwich shape”.

MMusb232 is made in two-layer printed circuit board technology with a solid ground
plane. Module includes an integral 93C46 EEPROM on board which is programmable
via USB. All signals are drive via 24 pin, 1.1 in wide footprint. Integral power control
makes the MMusb232 a perfect choice for USB bus-powered, high power designs as
well as self- and low-powered products.

We wish you were successful at designing and using new devices

Features Summary
• Single on-board Chip USB - Asynchronous Serial Data Transfer
• Full Handshaking & Modem Interface Signals
• UART I/F Supports 7 / 8 Bit Data, 1 / 2 Stop Bits and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity
• Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (TTL)
• Data rate 300 => 1M Baud (RS232)
• Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (RS422/RS485)
• 384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer for high data throughput
• Adjustable RX buffer timeout
• Fully Assisted Hardware or X-On / X-Off Handshaking
• In-built support for event characters and line break condition
• Auto Transmit Buffer control for RS485
• Support for USB Suspend / Resume through SLP and RI pins
• Support for high power USB Bus powered devices
• Integrated level converter on UART and control signals for interfacing to 5V and 3.3V
logic
• Integrated 3.3V regulator for USB IO
• Integrated Power-On-Reset circuit
• 6MHZ resonator
• Integrated 6MHz – 48Mhz clock multiplier PLL
• USB Bulk or Isochronous data transfer modes
• 4.35V to 5.25V single supply operation
• UHCI / OHCI / EHCI host controller compatible
• USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible
• USB VID, PID, Serial Number and Product Description strings in external EEPROM
• EEPROM programmable on-board via USB
 • Standard USB connector, B type
• Two LEDs (RX, Tx)

Virtual Com Port (VCP) drivers

• Windows 98/ 98 SE / 2000 / ME / XP, MacOS, Linux 2.4 and greater

D2XX (Direct Drivers + DLL S/W)

• Windows 98 / 98 SE / 2000 / ME / XP, Linux

Application Areas
• USB to RS232, RS422/RS485 converters
• Upgrading RS232 Legacy Peripherals to USB
• Cellular and Cordless Phone USB data transfer
• cables and interfaces
• Interfacing MCU based designs to USB
• USB Audio and Low Bandwidth Video data transfer
• PDA - USB data transfer
• USB Smart Card Readers
• Set Top Box (S.T.B ) PC - USB interface
• USB Hardware Modems
• USB Wireless Modems
• USB Instrumentation
• USB Bar Code Readers

General Description
MMusb232 module is a USB interface that incorporates the functionality FT232BM into a single
24-pin module. A single USB port is converted to RS232 or RS422/RS485 interface, which
allows communicating with greater speed..

By using FTDI’s virtual COM port drivers, the peripheral looks like a standard COM port to the
application software. Commands to set the baud rate are ignored - the device always transfers
data at its fastest rate regardless of the application’s baud-rate setting. Alternatively, FTDI’s
D2XX drivers allow application software to access the device “directly” through a published DLL
based API.
MMusb232 Module Simplified Block Diagram

24-pin footprint

USB B Control
type FT232BM signals

8-bit

3.3V LDO

Resonator 6MHz

EEPROM

Figure 1. MMusb232 block diagram

Functional Block Descriptions

6MHz Oscillator
The 6MHz Oscillator cell generates a 6MHz reference clock input to the x8 Clock multiplier from an
external 6MHz ceramic resonator.

Controller includes:
• Integrated Power-On-Reset
• Integrated Level Converter on UART interface and control signals
• Improved Power Management control for USB Bus Powered, high current devices
• Lower Suspend Current
• Support for USB Isochronous Transfers
• Programmable Receive Buffer Timeout
• Improved PreScaler Granularity
• Bit Bang Mode
• Extended EEPROM Support
• USB 2.0 (full speed option)
• Multiple Device Support without EEPROM
• 3.3V LDO Regulator
• USB Transceiver
• USB DPLL
• x8 Clock Multiplier
• Serial Interface Engine (SIE)
• USB Protocol Engine
• Dual Port TX Buffer (128 bytes)
• Dual Port RX Buffer (384 bytes)
• UART FIFO Controller
• UART
• Baud Rate Generator
• RESET Generator
• EEPROM Interface

(More info: www.ftdichip.com)

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EEPROM memory
The on-board 93C46 EEPROM allows customize the USB VID, PID, Serial Number, Product
Description Strings and Power Descriptor value of the MMusb232 for OEM applications. Other
parameters controlled by the EEPROM include Remote Wake Up, Isochronous Transfer Mode. The
EEPROM is programmable in-circuit via USB using a utility program available from FTDI’s web site
(www.ftdichip.com) and www.propox.com

Module Pin-Out

Figure 2. Pin-Out

Pin Definitions

Pin Pin’s mode Description

name
1 TXL output LED Drive - Pulses Low when Transmitting Data via USB
(O.C.)
2 PCT input Bus Powered – Tie Low / Self Powered – Tie High
3 PEN output Goes Low after the device is configured via USB, then high during USB
suspend. Can be used to control power to external logic using a P-Channel
Logic Level MOSFET switch. Enable the Interface Pull-Down Option in
EEPROM when using the PEN pin in this way.
4 TXE output Enable Transmit Data for RS485
5 RI input Ring Indicator Control Input. When the Remote Wakeup option is enabled in
the EEPROM, taking RI low can be used to resume the PC USB Host
controller from suspend.
6 DCD input Data Carrier Detect Control Input
7 DSR input Data Set Ready Control Input / Handshake signal
8 DTR input Data Terminal Ready Control Output / Handshake signal
9 CTS input Clear To Send Control Input / Handshake signal
10 RTS output Request To Send Control Output / Handshake signal
11 RXD input Receive Asynchronous Data Input
12 TXD output Transmit Asynchronous Data Output
15 RST input Can be used by an external device to reset the MMusb232. If not required, tie
to VCC.
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16 RSO output Output of the internal Reset Generator. Stays high impedance for ~ 5ms after
VCC > 3.5V and the internal clock starts up, then clamps its output to the 3.3v
output of the internal regulator. Taking RESET# low will also force RSTOUT#
to drive low. RSTOUT# is NOT affected by a USB Bus Reset.
18 3V3 output 3.3 volt Output from the integrated L.D.O. regulator.
20 SLP output Goes Low during USB Suspend Mode. Typically used to power-down an
external TTL to RS232 level converter i.c. in USB <=> RS232 converter
designs.
21 RXL Output LED Drive - Pulses Low when Receiving Data via USB
(O.C.)
22 VIO input +3.0 volt to +5.25 volt VCC to the UART interface pins
23 VEX input Set main power supply, should be connect to VPO if powered from USB port
24 VPO output Power supply from USB

Technical Data
Dimensions : 45mm x 20mm x 15mm
Weight : ~ 60 g
Power supply : 5V

Mechanical Dimensions

Dimensions are in miles.

1miles – 1/1000 inch
100miles = 2,54mm

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Standard Device Configuration Examples

USB Bus Powered and Self Powered Configuration

Power
supply

15 15

22 22
23 23
24 24

Figure 3a. USB Bus Powered Figure 3b. External Powered

Figure 3a illustrates a typical USB bus powered configuration. A USB Bus Powered device gets its
power from the USB bus. Basic rules for USB Bus power devices are as follows:
a) On plug-in, the device must draw no more than 100mA
b) On USB Suspend the device must draw no more than 500uA.
a) A High Power USB Bus Powered Device (one that draws more than 100mA) should use
the on-board MOSFET to keep the current drawn by external circuitry to below
c) ~70mA on plug-in and ~200uA on USB suspend
d) A device that consumes more than 100mA can not be plugged into a USB
e) No device can draw more that 500mA from the USB Bus.
f) No device can draw more that 500mA from the USB Bus. The power descriptor in the
EEPROM should be programmed to match the current draw required by the device.
A Ferrite Bead is connected in series with USB power to prevent noise from the device
and associated circuitry (EMI) being radiated down the USB cable to the host.

Figure 3b illustrates a typical USB self powered configuration. A USB Self Powered device gets its
power from its own Power Supply and does not draw current from the USB bus. Basic rules for USB
Self power devices are as follows:
a) A Self-Powered device should not force current down the USB bus when the USB
Host or Hub Controller is powered down.
b) A Self-Powered device can take as much current as it likes during normal operation and
USB suspend as it has its own power source.
c) A Self-Powered device can be used with any USB Host and both Bus and Self Powered
USB Hubs.
The USB power descriptor option in the EEPROM should be programmed to a value of zero (self
powered).

If interface between MMusb232 and device must be 3.3v logic level, then 22 pin, should be
connected to +3.3V voltage.

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Bus powered circuit with power control – 5V power supply

FT232BM

Microcontroler

VIO
SLP
VEX
VPO

Technical support
If You have problem with MMusb232, please contact us at support@propox.com.

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Schematic

USBVCC IOVCC
FB1
FERRITE BEAD
1 2
EXTVCC
C1 C3
10nF 10uF R1
PORTVCC 470R
1
2 DM
3 DP C4 C5 C6 C7
3V3OUT
4
C11 0.1uF 0.1uF 0.1uF 0.1uF

30

26

13
33nF

3
J1 R7
USB-B See Table J2

AVCC

VCC

VCC

VCC
6 25 TXD TXLED 1 24 PORTVCC
3V3OUT TXD 1 20
R4 27R 24 RXD PWRCTL 2 23 EXTVCC
RXD 2 19
USBDP 7 23 RTS PWREN 3 22 IOVCC
USBDP RTS# 3 12
22 CTS TxDEN 4 21 RXLED
CTS# 4 17
USBDM 8 21 DTR RI 5 20 SLEEP
USBDM DTR# 5 20
20 DSR DCD 6 19 GND
R5 27R R8 See Table DSR# 6 19
5 19 DCD DSR 7 18 3V3OUT
TEST DCD# 7 18
18 RI DTR 8 17 GND
RI# 8 17
CTS 9 16 RESETO
9 16
27 RTS 10 15 RESET
XTIN 10 15
16 TXDEN RxD 11 14 GND
TXDEN 11 14
X1 15 PWREN TxD 12 13 NONE
USBEN 12 13
R6 28 14 PWRCTL
See Table XTOUT PWRCTL
4 12 TXLED DIP24
C9 6MHz C10 RESET# TXLED#
11 RXLED
27p 27p RXLED#
TEST FT232AM 31
RCCLK D1 D2
RESETO FT232 BM
32 10 SLEEP RXD TXD
EECS SLEEP#

AGND
RESET 1

GND

GND
EESK
2
EEDATA
USBVCC

U2 R2 R3

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R12 FT232AM/BM 270R 270R
See Table USBVCC

Table: Component value selector RCCLK USBVCC

R14 J5 J4
C8 See Table TxLEDEN RxLEDEN
FT232AM FT232BM See Table U1
R6 0R None EECS 1 8
CS VCC
R7 1k5 None USBVCC EESK 2 7 IOVCC IOVCC
SK NC
R8 None 1k5 EEDATA 3 6
DIN NC
C8 100nF 0R 4 5
R13 DOUT GND
R12 100k None R15
R14 100k None 10k 2k2 93C46

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