Overview

The high-performance, low cost CP21xx USB to UART bridge family offers a complete plug and play interface solution that includes royalty-free driver suites and a comprehensive design ecosystem that enables customers to speed time-to-market. Crystal-less operation, in-system programming memory and small body size packages reduce cost, simplify design and shorten development time.

• Easily implement USB in your designs
• Pre-programmed with all the necessary USB software
• No need to be familiar with the USB specification
• Seamless compatibility with most operating systems
• Evaluation kits available to support your design

The CP21xx family also includes the industry's first HID USB to SMBus/I²C bridge that allows instant communication with most operating systems without installing any drivers.

Features

• USB 2.0 compliant, full-speed (12 Mbps)
• No external crystal required
• Up to 1024 Bytes of EEPROM or EPOM
• User-programmable custom Baud rates
• Supports all modem interface signals
• Baud Rates: up to 2 Mbps
• Industrial temp
• –40 to +85 °C

Applications

• USB to RS-232 converters
• USB to Dual RS-232 converters
• USB to RS-422/RS-485 converters
• Upgrade of legacy RS-232 devices
• PDA USB interface cable
• Cellular phone USB interface cable
• Barcode readers
• POS terminals
• PC peripherals
• USB converter

Recommended Hardware

• Supply Voltage
  • Self-powered: 3.0 to 3.6 V
  • USB bus powered: 4.0 to 5.25 V
• UART interface
• USB host interface
• no external oscillator needed

Reccommended Software

• Virtual  COM  Port  (VCP)  device  drivers (Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux)
• USBXpress Drivers (Microsoft Windows)

References

• manufacturer name: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
• manufacturer part name(s): CP2102; single-chip USB to UART bridge
• manufacturer part code(s): CP2102-GM

Resources

• manufaturer product page