Adafruit RS232 Pal Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters MAX3232E

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Adafruit RS232 Pal Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters MAX3232E

Name: Adafruit RS232 Pal Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters MAX3232E
Brand: Adafruit
SKU: AF5987
Price: 4.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

SKU: AF5987

GTIN:>4060137098000

HAN: 5987

Category: USB/I2C/SPI/UART

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Manufacturer information:

Adafruit Industries LLC
Varick St. 150
New York
New York, Vereinigte Staaten, 10013
[email protected]
https://eckstein-shop.de/Adafruit-Marken

Responsible person:

Eckstein GmbH
Am Ostbahnhof 3
Niedersachsen
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Deutschland, 38678
[email protected]
https://eckstein-shop.de

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GTIN:	4060137098000
HAN:	5987
Category:	USB/I2C/SPI/UART
Storage Tiers:	Neu
Shipping weight:	0,01 kg
Item weight:	0,00 kg
Dimensions ( Length × Width × Height ):	2,04 × 1,78 × 0,30 cm

Product Description

If you're looking to interface with telco, retro or industrial equipment you'll probably run into RS-232 interfaces. The Adafruit RS232 Pal - Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters is your friend in such cases, giving you two duplex channels of level shifting and taking care of the high/negative voltage generation all in a low cost breakout board. We use the trusty MAX3232E, a classic chip that is part of the MAX232 lineage so you know it will work great for all your RS-232 needs, up to 250Kbps.

RS-232 is what we had before USB: a 9 or 25 pin D-Sub connector that would allow data plus flow control lines. Many folks may remember these interfaces were used for mice, modems, barcode scanners, tele-types and more. We still find devices sold that have RS-232 ports, although many folks use a USB to RS-232 adapter these days.

If you want to use a microcontroller or microcomputer to chat with a RS-232 then thankfully all you need is a serial port / UART (something just about any microcontroller has) and a level shifter. The level shifter is required because while most UARTs are 0-3.3V or 0-5V logic level, RS-232 requires +-6 to +-10V, yep the signal voltage goes negative! That means a specialized shifter is required, one that can generate the extra high and low voltages and also safely convert the logic levels.

Sure you could buy a raw MAX232 chip and wire up the necessary capacitors, but this board does it all for you plus it can run on 3.3V power and logic, which many older chips can't do. It also can do 2 duplex channels, so you can have both RX and TX plus two flow control pins like RTS and CTS.

This breakout comes fully assembled with a UART side for low voltage power/logic level and an RS-232 side for high voltage signals plus the doubled and negative voltage rails in case you need to reference them. We also include a bit of header so you can solder it to a breadboard in a few minutes.

MAX3232E Specifications:

ESD protection for RS-232 bus pins
- ±15 kV (HBM)
- ±8 kV (IEC61000-4-2, Contact discharge)
- ±15 kV (IEC61000-4-2, Air-gap discharge)
Meets or exceeds the requirements of TIA/EIA-232-F and ITU V.28 standards
Operates with 3-V to 5.5-V VCC supply
Operates up to 250 kbit/s
Two drivers and two receivers
Low supply current: 300 ?A (typical)
Accepts 5-V logic input with 3.3-V supply

Product Dimensions: 20.4mm x 17.8mm x 3.0mm / 0.8" x 0.7" x 0.1"

Product Weight: 1.3g / 0.0oz

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MAX3232E

Manufacturer according to GPSR
Adafruit Industries LLC, Varick St. 150, 10013 New York, New York, Vereinigte Staaten, [email protected], https://eckstein-shop.de/Adafruit-Marken
Responsible person according to GPSR
Eckstein GmbH, Am Ostbahnhof 3, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Niedersachsen, Deutschland, [email protected], https://eckstein-shop.de

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Adafruit RS232 Pal Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters MAX3232E

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MAX3232E

Adafruit RS232 Pal Two Channel UART to RS-232 Level Shifters MAX3232E

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