#334 MCP2200/DevKit Exploring the capabilities of the MCP2200 USB-to-UART transceiver and program it from a MacOSX host. Notes The MCP2200 is a USB-to-UART (Universal Serial Bus-to-Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) serial converter device. Grundig serial number calculator. It is getting a bit on the old side, only supporting USB 2.0, and all the software support provided is Windows-only. Nevertheless, I got hold of the MCP2200 Breakout Module to find out more. The module is Microchip's development and evaluation platform for the MCP2200. It includes USB mini connector, 3.3 and 5V supply regulation, and breaks out all the chip pins to pin headers.

I was particularly intersted to see how far I could get under MacOSX, including configuration over the HID Interface. The answer is pleasantly: all the way! Unboxing It's a helluva box for such a small component! With pins installed (headers are not included in the dev kit), the eval board is breadboard-compatible: USB Connection First up, I was pleased to see the chips recognised without any trouble (or drivers) on MacOSX.

It is meant to be compatible with 10.7 and up. Heres how it appears in Disk Utility: MCP2200 USB Serial Port Emulator: Product ID: 0x00df Vendor ID: 0x04d8 (Microchip Technology Inc.) Version: 1.01 Serial Number: Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Microchip Technology Inc. Programma dlya tancevaljnogo kovrika na russkom yazike. Location ID: 0x14530000 / 31 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 100 Basic UART Operation On MacOSX, the programmer shows up as a character device: $ ls -1 /dev/cu* /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem /dev/cu.usbmodem1412 /dev/cu.usbmodem14511 #.

Bus Powered or self powered USB Driver and Software Support; Windows XP(SP2 and later)/Vista/7. Universal Serial Bus (USB) Supports Full-Speed USB (12 Mb/s). This board is powered from the host’s USB port. Two of the MCP2200 GPIO pins (GP6 and GP7) are connected to LEDs used to indicate the USB to UART traffic when the associated pins. May need mcp2200 usb serial port emulator return emualtor this isn’t solved soon. I had a look at some of its configuration flags and it requires the legacy mode.