· Single channel USB to serial/parallel ports with a variety of configurations.
· Entire USB protocol handled on the chip. No USB specific firmware programming is required.
· USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480Mbits/Second) and Full Speed (12Mbits/Second) compatible.
· Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine (MPSSE) to simplify synchronous serial protocol (USB to JTAG, I2C, SPI (MASTER) or bit-bang) design.
· UART transfer data rate up to 12Mbaud. (RS232 Data Rate limited by external level shifter).
· USB to asynchronous 245 FIFO mode for transfer data rate up to 8 Mbyte/Sec.
· USB to synchronous 245 parallel FIFO mode for transfers up to 40 Mbytes/Sec
· Supports a proprietary half duplex FT1248 interface with a configurable width, bidirectional data bus (1, 2, 4 or 8 bits wide).
· CPU-style FIFO interface mode simplifies CPU interface design.
· Fast serial interface option.
· FTDI’s royalty-free Virtual Com Port (VCP) and Direct (D2XX) drivers eliminate the requirement for USB driver development in most cases.
· Adjustable receive buffer timeout.
· Option for transmitting and receive LED drive signals.
· Bit-bang Mode interface option with RD# and WR# strobes
· Highly integrated design includes 5V to 3.3/+1.8V LDO regulator for VCORE, integrated POR function
· Asynchronous serial UART interface option with full hardware handshaking and modem interface signals.
· Fully assisted hardware or X-On / X-Off software handshaking.
· UART Interface supports 7/8 bit data, 1/2 stop bits, and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity.
· Auto transmit enable control for RS485 serial applications using the TXDEN pin.
· Operational mode configuration and USB Description strings configurable in external EEPROM over the USB interface.
· Configurable I/O drives strength (4, 8, 12 or 16mA) and slew rate.
· Low operating and USB suspend current.
· Supports self-powered, bus-powered and high-power bus powered USB configurations.
· UHCI/OHCI/EHCI host controller compatible.
· USB Bulk data transfer mode (512-byte packets in Hi-Speed mode).
· +1.8V (chip core) and +3.3V I/O interfacing (+5V Tolerant).
· Extended -40°C to 85°C industrial operating temperature range.
· Compact 48-pin Lead-Free LQFP or QFN package
· Configurable ACBUS I/O pins.