Product Summary

The FT232BL is the lead free version of the 2nd generation of FTDI’s popular USB UART I.C. The FT232BL not only adds extra functionality to its FT8U232AM 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.

Parametrics

FT232BL absolute maximum ratings: (1)Storage Temperature: –65℃ to + 150℃; (2)Floor Life (Out of Bag) at Factory Ambient: 192 Hours (Level 3 Compliant); (3)Ambient Temperature (Power Applied): 0℃ to + 70℃; (4)M.T.B.F. (at 35℃): 247484 Hours ≈ 28 Years; (5)VCC Supply Voltage: -0.5 to +6.00V; (6)D.C. Input Voltage - USBDP and USBDM: -0.5 to +3.8V; (7)D.C. Input Voltage - High Impedance Bidirectionals: -0.5 to +(Vcc+0.5)V; (8)D.C. Input Voltage - All other Inputs: -0.5 to +(Vcc +0.5)V; (9)DC Output Current – Outputs: 24mA; (10)DC Output Current – Low Impedance Bidirectionals: 24mA; (11)Power Dissipation (VCC = 5.25V): 500mW; (12)Electrostatic Discharge Voltage (Human Body Model) (I < 1uA): +/- 3000V; (13)Latch Up Current (Vi = +/- 10V maximum, for 10 ms): +/-200mA.

Features

FT232BL features: (1)Single Chip USB Asynchronous Serial Data Transfer; (2)Full Handshaking & Modem Interface Signals; (3)UART I/F Supports 7 / 8 Bit Data, 1 / 2 Stop Bits and Odd Even/ Mark/ Space/ No Parity; (4)Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (TTL); (5)Data rate 300 => 1M Baud (RS232); (6)Data rate 300 => 3M Baud (RS422/RS485); (7)384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer for high data throughput; (8)Adjustable RX buffer timeout; (9)Fully Assisted Hardware or X-On / X-Off Handshaking; (10)In-built support for event characters and line break condition; (11)Auto Transmit Buffer control for RS485; (12)Support for USB Suspend / Resume through SLEEP# and RI# pins.

Diagrams

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0-1: $3.45
1-10: $2.97
10-50: $2.76
50-100: $2.55