BRINGING A USB-TO-UART PROTOCOL CONVERTER TO LIFE

摘要

Did you know that Microchip offers a USB 2.0 to UART protocol converter? It's called the MCP2200. The MCP2200 is not totally limited to performing USB-to-serial conversion duty. Outfitted in 7.5 mm (.300 inches) SOIC packaging, the MCP2200 resembles a PIC in form and function by providing an octet of GPIO (General-Purpose Input/Output) pins and EEPROM. In this edition of Design Cycle, you and I are going to scratch-design a plug-in USB converter module based on the MCP2200. After we bring the MCP2200 hardware to life, we'll configure the MCP2200 and put it to work in front of the UART of a USB-challenged microcontroller.