Microchip: MCP2200EV-VCP MCP2200 USB to RS232 Demo Board

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Kit Overview

The MCP2200EV-VCPMCP2200EV-VCP is a USB-to-RS232 development and evaluation board for the MCP2200MCP2200 USB-to-UART device. The board allows for easy demonstration and evaluation of the MCP2200. The accompanying software allows the special device features to be configured and controlled.

The board is powered from USB and has a test point associated with each GPIO pin. In addition, two of these pins are connected to LEDs which can be used to indicate USB-to-UART traffic when the associated pins are configured as TxLED and RxLED pins respectively.

The accompanying PC software is used to evaluate/demonstrate the MCP2200MCP2200 as a Virtual Com Port (VCP) device. The software also allows I/O control and custom device configuration. A DLL is included to allow development of custom configuration and I/O control software.

The MCP2200MCP2200 is a USB-to-UART serial converter which enables USB connectivity in application that have a UART interface. The device reduces external components by integrating the USB termination resistors. The MCP2200 also has 256-bytes of integrated user EEPROM. The MCP2200 has eight general purpose input / output pins. Four of the pins have alternate functions to indicate USB and communication status.

The Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) Responds to SET LINE CODING commands to dynamically change baud rates, Baud rate range of 300-1000k. The control module is the heart of the MCP2200MCP2200. All other modules are tied together and controlled via the control module. The control module manages the data transfers between the USB and the UART, as well as command requests generated by the USB host controller, and commands for controlling the function of the UART and I/O.

Key Applications: USB to RS232 Connectivity

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Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Microchip: User Guide for MCP2200EV-VCP USB to RS-232 Demo Board
User Guide	Microchip: Quick Start Guide to Development Tools
Datasheet	Microchip: Datasheet for MCP2200
Product Brief	Microchip: Product Brief MCP2200 HID Interface Command Description
Revision Note	Microchip: Revision Note for MCP2200

Design Elements

Type	Description
Schematics	Microchip: Schematic File for MCP2200EV-VCP
Application Library	Microchip: Software Code for MCP2200 Configuration Utility v1.3
Application Library	Microchip: Software Code for MCP2200 Production Utility v1.1
Application Library	Microchip: Software Code for MCP2200 User DLL
Application Library	Microchip: Software Code for MCP2200 Windows Driver and Installer

Video

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www.youtube.com/watch	www.youtube.com/watch

Kit Features

Features of MCP2200EV-VCPMCP2200EV-VCP:

Powered via USB
Test points for all GPIO pins
Mini-USB connector
RS-232 transceiver
RS232 device and 9-pin D-sub connector for connecting to RS232 applications
Tx and Rx LEDs for indicating USB-to-UART traffic (when enabled)
Software for configuring special features of the device

Features of MCP2200MCP2200:

Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- Supports full-speed USB (12 Mb/s)
- Implements USB protocol composite device:
  - Communication Device Class (CDC) for
  - Communications and configuration
  - Human Interface Device (HID) for I/O control
- 128-byte buffer to handle data throughput at any UART baud rate:
  - 64-byte transmit
  - 64-byte receive
- Fully configurable VID and PID assignments, and string descriptors
- Bus powered or self-powered
- USB 2.0 Compliant: TID 40001150
USB Driver and Software Support
- Uses standard Windows® drivers for Virtual Com Port (VCP): Windows XP (SP2 or later), Vista, 7
- Configuration utility for initial configuration
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
- Responds to SET LINE CODING commands to dynamically change baud rates
- Supports baud rates: 300-1000k
- Hardware flow control
- UART signal polarity option
General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Pins
- Eight general purpose I/O pins
EEPROM
- 256 bytes of user EEPROM
Other
- USB activity LED outputs (TxLED and RxLED)
- SSPND output pin
- USBCFG output pin (indicates when the enumeration is completed)
- Operating voltage: 3.0-5.5V
- Oscillator input: 12 MHz
- ESD protection: > 4 kV HBM
- Industrial Operating Temperature: -40°C to +85°C

Kit Contents

The Microchip's MCP2200EV-VCPMCP2200EV-VCP MCP2200MCP2200 USB to RS232 Demo Board supplied with below contents:

1x MCP2200MCP2200 USB to RS232 Evaluation Board (MCP2200EV-VCPMCP2200EV-VCP)
1x Mini-USB Cable

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