USB-SERIAL DEVELOPMENT KIT
CYUSBS234 QUICK START GUIDE
Step 2: Powering the Board*
• Connect the board to the PC using the USB cable
• LEDs D2 and D4 glow to indicate that the board
is powered
Step 1: Software Installation
• Download and unzip the ISO file from
www.cypress.com/go/CYUSBS234
• Run cyautorun.exe and follow the steps in the
installer window
• Install Tera Term from the following location:
<Install directory>/Cypress/CYUSBS234 DVK/
1.0/teraterm
Step 3: Enumeration
• The device appears as a
USB Serial Port (COM#)
in the Device Manager. (To launch the Device Manager
in Windows 7, click
Start
and type Device Manager in
‘Search programs and files’ box)
Step 4: Testing Basic UART Functionality
• Connect J15.3 (TXD) to J15.2 (RXD) with the provided
jumper wire as shown above
• Run Tera Term (
Start > All Programs > Tera Term
)
• Click
Serial
and select
Port (COM#)
in the 'Tera Term:
New Connection' window, and then click
OK
• Enable local echo option (go to
Setup > Terminal
and check the local echo box)
• Type 'HELLO WORLD'. The text appears on the same
terminal and each character appears twice -
'HHEELLLLOO WWOORRLLDD'
* Connect the board to the PC only after software installation. For the latest software updates on
Windows, Linux, MAC, and Android, visit
www.cypress.com/go/usbserial
Note:
2
1
4
Kit based on USB-Serial bridge - CY7C65211
LEDs D2
and D4
3
J15
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2
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4
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