Overview

The CP2102 USB UART Board (type A) is an accessory board that features the single-chip USB to UART bridge CP2102 onboard.

CP2102 features:

• Single-Chip USB to UART Data Transfer
  • No external resistors required, no external crystal required
  • On-chip power-on reset circuit and voltage regulator
  • Integrated 1024-Byte EEPROM
• USB Function Controller
  • USB Specification 2.0 compliant; full-speed (12 Mbps)
  • USB suspend states supported via SUSPEND pins
• UART
  • All handshaking and modem interface signals
  • Data formats supported:
    • Data bits: 5, 6, 7, and 8
    • Stop bits: 1, 1.5, and 2
    • Parity: odd, even, no parity
  • Baud rates: 300 bps to 1 Mbits
  • 576 Byte receive buffer; 640 byte transmit buffer
  • Hardware or X-On/X-Off handshaking supported
  • Event character support
• Virtual COM Port Device Drivers
  • Windows 8/7/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000
  • MAC OS-X/OS-9
  • Linux 2.40 or higher
• USBXpress Direct Driver Support
  • Windows 7/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000
  • Windows CE
• Temperature Range
  • –40 to +85 °C

Features

• Supports Mac, Linux, Android, WinCE, Windows 7/8/8.1/...
• Voltage output support: 5V or 3.3V
• Integrated USB protection device: SP0503
• 3 LEDs: TXD LED, RXD LED, POWER LED
• Pins accessible on pinheaders: TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS
• Other pins are accessible on drilled holes, easily connected to user application system (separate pinheaders are provided)

How to Use

In the case of working with a MCU:

• VCCIO: 3.3V or 5V output (the module is powered from USB, onboard jumper should be shorted to 3.3V or 5V)
• GND: connects to GND
• TXD: connects to MCU.RX (signal direction: MCU.RX << CP2102 << PC.TX)
• RXD: connects to MCU.TX (signal direction: MCU.TX >> CP2102 >> PC.RX)
• RTS: connects to MCU.CTS (signal direction: MCU.CTS << CP2102 << PC.RTS)
• CTS: connects to MCU.RTS (signal direction: MCU.RTS >> CP2102 >> PC.CTS)

Note: VCP examples and USBXpress driver program library are provided.

Dimension

1. CP2102 USB UART Board (type A) × 1
2. 4-pin male pinheader & 4-pin female pinheader × 2
3. 6-pin custom connector jumper wire × 1