
Fire Bird V ATMEGA2560 Hardware Manual
3.19.7 FT232 USB to serial converter on UART 2 of the ATMEGA2560 microcontroller
FT232 is a USB to TTL level serial converter. It is used for adding USB connectivity to the
microcontroller adapter board. With onboard USB circuit Fire Bird V can communicate serially
with the PC through USB port without the use of any external USB to Serial converter.
Microcontroller socket uses USB port from the main board. Data transmission and reception is
indicated suing TX and RX LEDs which are located near the FT232 IC. Refer to figure 3.58 for
LED's locations. To enable USB to serial communication, jumper J1 should be configured in a
particular way. Refer to section 3.19.6 for correct jumper settings.
Figure 3.68: FT232 Schematic
Note:
Using bootloader from NEX Robotics, Robot can be programmed directly via USB port
without any need of external ISP programmer. How to use Bootloader GUI is covered in the
software manual.
3.19.8 TTL to RS232 converter on UART 1 of the ATMEGA2560 microcontroller
MAX202 IC is used for conversion of the TTL level signal of the UART 1 to the RS232 level. It
is connected to the DB9 female serial connector on the main board. For more details on the
hardware connections refer to section 3.16.
Figure 3.69: MAX202 TTL to RS232 converter
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