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    General Description The USBTO232 is an adapter board that converts a PC’s USB port into a standard COM port. A COM port is also known as the standard serial port that uses Recommended Standard 232 (RS-232). The USBTO232 is included with selected Maxim EV kits and EV systems that were originally designed for the PC COM port and later updated to al[...]

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    USBTO232 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Quick Start The following instructions are for installing USB drivers and the EV kit software. Once the USB drivers and EV kit software have been installed, refer to the Quick Start section of the appropriate EV kit data sheet for EV kit- specific ins[...]

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    USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Windows XP USB Driver Installation 1) Once the USBTO232 board is connected to the PC for the first time in Windows XP, a Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome window appears, as shown in Figure 1. Choose the No[...]

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    USBTO232 2) A Found New Hardware Wizard | FTDI FT8U2XX Device window (Figure 2) appears next. This win- dow asks What do you want the wizard to do? . Choose the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option and press the Next button. Figure 2. Windows XP: Found New Hardware Wizard | FTDI FT8U2XX Device Window USB-to-COM Por t Adapter B[...]

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    _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 3 ) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Search Options window (Figure 3), choose the Search for the best driver in these locations option and check the Include this location in the search checkbox. Press the Browse button and navigate to the path: C:Program Fi[...]

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    USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4) The Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete win- dow appears (Figure 4). Press the Finish button. Figure 4. Windows XP: Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete Window[...]

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    USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 5) A Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome win- dow appears again (Figure 5). Choose the No, not this time selection and press the Next button. Figure 5. Windows XP: Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome Window[...]

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    USBTO232 6 ) The next window is the Found New Hardware Wizard | USB Serial Port window (Figure 6). This window asks What do you want the wizard to do? . Choose the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option and press the Next button. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 8 _______________________________________________________[...]

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    7 ) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Search Options window (Figure 7), choose the Search for the best driver in these locations option and check the Include this location in the search checkbox. Press the Browse button and navigate to the path: C:Program FilesMAXxxxxx . Press the Next button when finished. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar[...]

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    USBTO232 8 ) The next window is the Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete window (Figure 8). Press the Finish button. 9) When finished, return to step 8 of the USBTO232 Quick Start section. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 10 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 8. Windows XP: Found [...]

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    Windows 2000 USB Driver Installation 1) Once the USBTO232 board is connected to the PC for the first time in Windows 2000, a Found New Hardware window appears, as shown in Figure 9. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Figure 9. Windows 2000: Fo[...]

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    USBTO232 2) A Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome window then appears (Figure 10). Press the Next button. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 12 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 10. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome Window[...]

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    3 ) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Install Hardware Device Drivers window (Figure 11), choose Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and press the Next button when finished. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Figure 11. W[...]

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    USBTO232 4) The Found New Hardware Wizard | Locate Driver Files window appears next (Figure 12). Check the Specify a location checkbox and press the Next button when finished. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 14 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 12. Windows 2000: Found New Hardwa[...]

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    5 ) The next window is the Found New Hardware Wizard | Path window (Figure 13). Press the Browse button and choose the path C:Program FilesMAXxxxxx . Press the OK button when finished. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Figure 13. Windows 20[...]

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    USBTO232 6) The Found New Hardware Wizard | Driver Files Search Results window is shown in Figure 14. Press the Next button after the wizard finds the driver. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 16 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 14. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Wizard | Drive[...]

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    7) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete window (Figure 15), press the Finish button. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Figure 15. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete Window[...]

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    USBTO232 8) A Found New Hardware window appears for the USB Serial Port, as shown in Figure 16. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 18 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 16. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Window[...]

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    9 ) When the Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome window appears (Figure 17), press the Next button. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Figure 17. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Wizard | Welcome Window[...]

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    USBTO232 1 0 ) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Install Hardware Device Drivers window (Figure 18), choose Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and press the Next button when finished. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 20 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 18.[...]

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    11) The Found New Hardware Wizard | Locate Driver Files window (Figure 19) appears. Check the Specify a location checkbox and press the Next button when finished. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 21 Figure 19. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware W[...]

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    USBTO232 12) At the Found New Hardware Wizard | Path win- dow (Figure 20), press the Browse button and choose the path C:Program FilesMAXxxxxx . Press the OK button when finished. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 22 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 20. Windows 2000: Found New [...]

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    13) The Found New Hardware Wizard | Driver Files Search Results window ( Figure 21) appears. Press the Next button after the wizard finds the driver. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ______________________________________________________________________________________ 23 Figure 21. Windows 2000: Found New Hardware Wizard | Drive[...]

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    USBTO232 1 4 ) The next window is the Found New Hardware Wizard | Complete window (Figure 22). Press the Finish button. 15) When finished, return to step 8 of the USBTO232 Quick Start section. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 24 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 22. Windows 2000:[...]

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    Windows 98SE USB Driver Installation 1) Once the USBTO232 board is connected to the PC for the first time in Windows 98SE, an Add New Hardware Wizard | Start window appears, as shown in Figure 23. Press the Next button to get started. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide _______________________________________________________________[...]

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    USBTO232 2) An Add New Hardware Wizard | Options window appears next (Figure 24). Choose the Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) option and press the Next button when finished. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 26 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 24. Windows [...]

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    3 ) At the Add New Hardware Wizard | Specify Location window (Figure 25), check the Specify a location checkbox and press the Browse button. Choose the path C:Program FilesMAXxxxxx R10906 (where xxxxx represents the Maxim IC part number on the EV kit being evaluated). Press the Next button when finished. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d [...]

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    USBTO232 4) The Add New Hardware Wizard | Search window appears (Figure 26). Press the Next button once the driver has been located. USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 28 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 26. Windows 98SE: Add New Hardware Wizard | Search Window[...]

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    5) The next window is the Add New Hardware Wizard | Complete window (Figure 27). Press the Finish button to complete the driver installation. 6) When finished, return to step 8 of the USBTO232 Quick Start section. USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide ____________________________________________________________________________________[...]

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    USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide 30 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 28. USBTO232 Schematic MAX213 P1 VCC VCC VCC30 5 3 1 9 20 23 22 13 14 17 19 VCCI0 U1 FT232RL U2 USBDM USBDP N.C. N.C. OSCI OSCO CBUS4 DCD# RI# CTS# DTR# AGND GND 2 5 7 1 82 12 6 GND GND TEST SLEEP# DCD[...]

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    USBTO232 USB-to-COM Por t Adapter Boar d User Guide Maxim cannot assume responsibility for use of any circuitry other than circuitry entirely embodied in a Maxim product. No circuit patent licenses are implied. Maxim reserves the right to change the circuitry and specifications without notice at any time. Maxim Integrated Products, 120 San Gabriel [...]