The FTDI Chip US232 evaluation cable can be used for testing the functionality of the FT8U232AM USB UART device and drivers prior to design-in. The electronics are housed in an attractive translucent blue enclosure with a matching 1m clear translucent cable. The US232 evaluation cable includes a Drivers and Utilities CD complete with WHQL certify ed VCP drivers for Windows XP, installation guides and the FTDI Product Data CD, which contains an off-line version of the data sheets, schematics and application notes from FTDIs web site.
Data transfer rates from 300 baud to 460,800 baud
Internal 128 byte TX buffer and 384 byte RX buffer
Standard DB-9/M RS232 connector
Full Modem Support Signal Set
Hardware assisted RTS/CTS , DSR/DTR and X-On/ X-Off handshaking options
Transmit and Re