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PG302 Device Programmer - $69

(includes shipping) Features - Speeds - Device List - Software - PC Interface - Ordering Information

Features:
-Programs many popular 8051 microcontrollers from Atmel, AMD, Dallas, Intel and Phillips, as well as AVR microcontrollers from Atmel. -Comes with High Quality 3M Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) Socket. (Don't Buy a Programmer without a ZIF socket!) -Complete control of power to socket. Power is only applied to target chip during an operation.

No need to turn off power when inserting/removing chip. -Tested and Certified by Atmel. -Price includes power supply (US and Canada), DB9 cable, software and USPS Priority Mail shipping (in the US). UPS and FedEx shipping are also available.

Supported Devices:
The PG302 with no adapters lets you program the following microcontrollers: Atmel: AT89C1051, AT89C2051, AT90S1200, AT90S2313, AT89C4051

Add the ADT87 Adapter for $21 to program the following microcontrollers:

AMD: 87C51, 87C52, 87C521, 87C541 Atmel: 89C51, 89C52, 89C55, 87F51, 87F52 Dallas: 87C520 Intel: 8751BH, 8752BH, 87C51, 87C51FA, 87C51FB, 87C52, 87C54 Phillips: 87C51, 87C51FA, 87C51FB, 87C52, 87C504, 87C524, 87C528, 87C550, 87C575, 87C576, 87C652, 87C654

Add the ADT32K Adapter for $25 to program the following microcontrollers:

Atmel: 89C51RC, 89C55WD Add the ADT90 Adapterfor $19 to program the following microcontrollers: Atmel: 90S4414, 90S8515, 89S53, 89S8252

Other AVR chips (2323, 2333, 2343, 4433, 4434, 8535) can be programmed indirectly. Click here for more information. The PG302 also supports in circuit programming with the ISP302. The PG302 communication protocol is provided in the document at

http://www.iguanalabs.com/pg302pro.htm . Custom programs can be written using this protocol for custom applications.

Speeds
Sample speeds for fully programming some microcontrollers. Atmel AT89C2051, 11 seconds (2K file, test.hex) Atmel AT90S2313, 17 seconds (2K file, test.hex) Atmel AT89C52, 44 seconds (8K file, 89C52.hex)

PC Interface:
Connects to your computer's serial port (Comm 1, 2, 3 or 4) with a standard DB9 Male to DB9 Female cable. (Cable Included) No PC Card Required. Uses Intel Hex Data Format (Default output of most assemblers and compilers.)

The PG302 comes with everything you need:

6 Ft DB9 Serial Cable Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP Software on CD (Free Updates From Web Site) CD also includes many tools and data sheets. Click here to see CD contents. Power Supply included for orders going to US and Canada Linux Driver for 2051s (with C Source Code) Free USPS Priority Mail Shipping! (US orders only. Allow 4 days for delivery) The PG302 is carefully built and tested here at Iguana Labs. We are now in our 8th year of production!

Full Warranty - If you are not completely satisfied, you may return it within 30 days for a full refund. Parts and Labor are covered for three years.
Links - Ordering Information - International Distributors - More About Iguana Labs and PG302 Software If you would like to learn how to use microcontrollers, get our Microcontroller Beginner Kit which

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Microcontroller Experimenter Board

(click picture for larger view) The ExpBoard is a prototyping/experimenting board that comes completely assembled and ready to use. It includes a built in programmer for the target microcontroller which can be an 8051 based microcontroller or an AVR based microcontroller. The documentation works through some simple projects that show how to program the microcontroller and use it in some simple circuits with a speaker, a 7 segment display, input switches, the serial port, and the optional LCD Module. The web version of the instruction manual is at http://www.iguanalabs.com/expboard .

Features
Crystal socket allows for experimenting with different oscillator speeds. Complete programming features for the target microcontroller as taken from our PG302 device programmer. Can be expanded with modules that plug into sockets (in place of 7 segment displays). Works with the 8051 based AT89S8252 and the AVR based AT90S8515 microcontrollers Several sample programs included.

2 Serial Ports - One exclusively for programming the chip and one just for the microcontroller 2 Status LEDs for each serial port. One for the transmit line and one for the receive line. Power Indicator LED

The ExpBoard has:

2 - 7 Segment Displays 1 - 11.0592 MHz Crystal with 8252 or 8 MHz Crystal with 8515 1 - AT89S8252 Microcontroller (Advanced version of the popular 8051 microcontroller with 8K Flash Program Memory and 2K EEPROM (non-volatile RAM)) 3 - Normally Open Push Button Switches 2 - Status LEDs for each Serial Port 1 - Speaker (plugs into 3.5 mm Jack)

Also Comes With:

Power Supply (US and Canada Orders Only) 6 Ft DB9 Cable Printed Manual CD with Software for Windows (Free Updates From Web Site) and ExpBoard Software

(includes compiler, assembly language editor, and more) Click here to see list of CD contents. Free Shipping! (USPS Priority Mail (2-4 Days). US Orders Only. Faster shipping methods are also available.) Technical Support (During business hours, call 800-297-1633 or send an email to [email protected])

PC Interface:
Connects to your computer's serial port (Comm 1, 2, 3 or 4) with a standard DB9 Male to DB9 Female cable. (Cable Included) Uses Intel Hex Data Format (Default output of most assemblers and compilers.)

Expansion Modules
Currently there is one expansion module available for the ExpBoard. It is the LCD Module. The LCD Module plugs into U1 of the ExpBoard and can be mounted on the ExpBoard as shown below.

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Files: Schematic (click below)

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Source File Description

ledtest.asm ledproj2.asm sounds.asm One Blinking LED Eight Blinking LEDs 500 Hz Tone

Hex File
ledtest.hex ledproj2.hex sounds.hex sounds2.hex

sounds2.asm 250 Hz Tone 440 Hz Tone sound440.asm (Musical A Note) Alternating sounds3.asm Tone and Silence sounds4.asm Alternating Tones

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sound/index.htm

sounds3.hex

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sounds4.hex sounds5.hex sounds6.hex sounds7.hex sounds8.hex

sounds5.asm Spaceship? sounds6.asm Spaceship?2 sounds7.asm Weird sounds8.asm Laser Gun Fight?

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Numbers on 7 Segment Display Switch as Input Light Sensor Send Data to PC Serial Port Send Data to PC Serial Port Receive Data From PC Serial Port Write Data to LCD

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7seg.hex switch.hex light.hex adcproj.hex spexp.hex

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exp.htm

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1051 Pinout - Microcontroller AT90S1200 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller AT90S2313 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller AT90S8515 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller 2051 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller 8051 Pinout - Microcontroller 89C51 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller 89C52 Pinout and Description - Microcontroller STK12C68 Pinout and Description - NonVolatile 8k x 8 SRAM 7400 Pinout - Quad 2 Input NAND 7402 Pinout - Quad 2 Input NOR 7404 Pinout - Hex Inverter 7408 Pinout - Quad 2 Input AND 7414 Pinout - Hex Inverter Schmitt Trigger 7432 Pinout - Quad 2 Input OR 7447 Pinout - Seven Segment LED Driver 74138 - 1 of 8 Decoder/Demulitplexer 74193 Pinout - 4 Bit Binary Up/Down Counter 74367 Pinout - Noninverting Buffer 74393 Pinout - Dual 4 Bit Binary Counter 74573 Pinout - 8 Bit Latch (3 State Output) ADC0800 Pinout - 8 Bit ADC ADC0804 Pinout - 8 Bit ADC LM741 - Standard OpAmp LM7805 - 5 Volt Regulator MAX232 - RS232 Receiver/Transmitter Seven Segment LED Display Suggest A New Entry

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Assemblers and other free tools TASM Assembler 8051 / 2051 / 6502 / 6800 / 6805 / TMS32010 / TMS7000 / 8048 / Z80 Metalink Assembler ASM Editor - Great Color syntax highlighting for 8051 assembly language, AVR assembly language and others! Acebus 8051 Integrated Editor, Simulator, and Assembler - Fully Functional Evaluation Version BascomLT Basic Compiler - Mostly Functional Evaluation Version 8051 Basic Compiler - Allows you to write programs in basic 8051 C Compiler - Franklin's Eval version is fully functional (for small programs).

8051 Simulator - DOS based Simulator allows you to run hex files and see all register contents. 8051 Disassemblers - Two are included in this file About the 8051 8048 and 8049 Assembler AVR Tools - Assembler and Simulator for Atmel's AVR Microcontrollers AVRASM - Command Line Assembler for AVRs WinBoard PCB Schematic Software - Free version is limited to boards with less than 100 pins. PKZIP Tools - Popular tools for zipping and unzipping Chip Pinouts - Easy to use (no big PDFs) Free Tutorials for Electronics

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Paul's Page - Lots of resources for 8051s/2051s Bascom LT - Low Cost Basic Compiler for 8051 family 8052.com - Great source for 8051 based tutorials and code, etc. 8051 Projects

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Adapters For PG302

ADT87, $21.00 ADT32K, $25.00 ADT90, $19.00 ISP302, $8.00

Kits
Beginner's Kit, $24.00, - Learning to use Transistors and LEDs + Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks... Microcontroller Beginner Kit, $89.00 - Beginner's Kit + PG302 and More ExpBoard, $79.00 - Experimenter Board for 8051s and 8515s (assembled and tested) LCD Module, $25.00 - LCD Display for ExpBoard (assembled and tested) 555Kit, $3.00, - Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks... 5voltKit, $1.50, - 5 Volt Regulator Kit -5&10Kit, $4.00, - Negative 5 Volts DC and Negative 10 Volts DC Kit 2051Kit, $7.50, - Learning to use a 2051 Microcontroller 8951Kit, $7.50, - Learning to use a 8951 Microcontroller 8952Kit, $8.00 8515Kit, $8.50 - Basic parts needed for an 8515 system MAX232Kit, $5.00 - Basic parts needed for communicating to a PC ADC2051Kit, $15.00 - Data Collection (Analog to Digital Conversion and sending data to a PC) LightKit, $15.00 - Light Sensor Printed Copy of Kit Instructions, $1.00 each

Microcontrollers
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Testing the PG302.
Here is a sample hex file that can be used for 2051s or the various versions of 8051s. ledtest.hex The tutorial at http://www.iguanalabs.com/1st2051.htm gives the basic steps of how to program a chip.

Error Messages
'Comm Port Not Available' 1.) Do you get the same message if the PG302 is not plugged into the PC? If so, the problem is probably in the PC system set up or PC hardware. 2.) If this occurs before any programming occurs, it may mean another program or device (modem?) may be using the comm port. 3.) If this occurs during programming, it probably indicates a problem with the hex file. Try the test file above. If the file above works but you can't get your hex file to work, try sending it to us and we will check to see if it is a valid hex file.

'Programmer Not Responding' 1.) If the programmer was working but seems to have died, try unplugging the power and plugging it back in. The on board firmware may have gotten confused due to a bad hex file, power glitch, etc... 2.) No power to unit. Check if there is a DC voltage coming from the power supply. (The voltage should be around 15 to 16 Volts) Check if there is 5 Volts on pin 20 of the AT89C2051 (with respect to ground on pin 10). 3.) Hex File is empty. If the Hex file is blank, the software may give this error. 4.) Comm port not set up correctly Check the settings under Control Panel, Ports, ... Try setting it to 9600 baud, No Parity, 8 bits, 1 stop bit. 5.) Try a terminal program In the terminal program, set up the Comm port for 9600, N, 8, 1. Type a '1' in the window (to send a 1 to the programmer). The programmer should respond with a Y. 6.) To check if the adapter may be causing a problem, you can try running the unit with out an adapter or chip in the 20 pin ZIF socket. If the programmer is working correctly, it should go through the programming sequence (0 to 100% in the progress bar) and then say 'Device Not Equal to File'.

'Device Not Equal to File' 1.) Make sure the correct chip type is selected. The current chip type is shown in the upper right corner of the PC software. 2.) The file may be too large. Try a small test program like the one at the top of the page. 3.) The chip you are trying to program may be a bad chip (unlikely put possible). Try another chip if you have one. 4.) The chip may be backwards. Pin 1 should go next to the handle. When using an adapter, Pin 1 should go next to the handle of the adapter.

Adapters
Which adapter is which? The ADT87 is the adapter with two 14 pin chips on the bottom (usually 74HC573 or 74HCT573). The ADT90 is almost bare on the bottom except for two small brown capacitors and a crystal.

Frequently Asked Questions

1.) Can the PG302 read chips that have already been programmed? Yes as long as the lock bits have not been set. If the chip is from a commercial product, the lock bits have probably

been set. 2.) How do I read a chip that has already been programmed? You should be able to read a chip by using the read option in the PG302 software. Press Read and then type in the name of a new file and then press Save. If you are trying to read a chip that was programmed by someone else, it may have the lock bits set (especially chips from commercial products). If the lock bits are set, the checksum will be the same as it is for a blank chip. We don't know of any way to read a chip that has had the lock bits set. 3.) I can program the Flash on an AVR chip but I can't seem to program the EEPROM. The EEPROM is much smaller. Make sure the file is not too big. (If the file is too big it probably just says 'Device Not Equal to File') 4.) Can the PG302 program Atmel's 29Cxxx chips? No. 5.) How do I erase the lock bits on an AT90S2313-10PC? Due to a manufacturing defect, some 2313 chips will not let you erase the lock bits once the lock bits have been set. However it is possible to erase the lock bits if Vcc is lowered to less than 4 volts. To accomplish this with the PG302, Put the 2313 on a breadboard,

Connect jumper wires from the 20 pin ZIF socket to the 2313 on the breadboard.

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What are the power supply specifications? The power supply should provide at least 15VDC (but not more than 24VDC). Most power supplies put out more than the voltage rating on the box. We have seen power supplies that are rated at 24VDC but actually put out 33VDC even when running the PG302. If the power supply is putting out more than 24VDC, the power regulator (the 7805) will probably overheat and may fail. An unregulated power supply of 12VDC usually works. The power supply should be able to provide at least 200mA of current. Plug size should be 2.1 mm x 5.5mm. (where 2.1 is the diameter and 5.5 is the length.) Center positive, Outside negative

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Introduction
Calculators look at a list of inputs and produce an output. Computers do the same thing. We use truth tables to show this list of inputs and outputs. Inputs are limited to two possibilities, either 0 or 1. This is the meaning of digital. The name digital (or binary) means two values. A 0 is called False and a 1 is called True.

Theory
The simplest truth table is for one input and one output. In this case there are two possible truth tables. These are shown below.

Input 0 1 Figure A

Output 0 1

Input 0 1 Figure B

Output 1 0

For Figure A it is the same as having a wire connecting the input and the output. Whatever appears on the input is transferred to the output. For Figure B, the opposite happens. This is called a NOT operation (NOT gate). The output is not the input. The output is True (1) if the input is not True (1). The output is False (0) if the input is not False (0). To learn how to build a NOT gate, go to LED and Transistor Kit. Another way to look at a truth table is as a list of possible events and what will happen in each case. Suppose your friend John might come to visit. If he comes you will not watch Matlock. If he does not come you will watch Matlock. Then the table would look like the following.

Event

Result

John Comes John Doesn't Come

You Don't Watch Matlock You Watch Matlock

NOT GATE
We will build a device with one input and one output. We will give the device an input, either True (1) or False (0). The device will give us an output (either True or False) to tell us what happened as a result of our input. Later we will build devices with more inputs and outputs so it can do more complex things for us. When we build this first device we will use 0 volts for False (0) and we will use 5 volts for True (1). If the input to our device is 0 volts then the output will be 5 volts. If the input is 5 volts then the output will be 0 volts. This will be our first logic gate, the not gate. It is also called an inverter. Logic gates are devices that are built to do truth tables. Computer chips like the Pentium are made of logic gates.

AND GATE
Now lets look at a device with two inputs and one output. First, we will look at a device that does an AND operation. Our inputs will be A and B. Our output will be C. If A and B are both True (1) then the output, C, will be True (1). Otherwise C will be False (0). This operation is shown in the truth table given below.

Input A False False True True

Input B False True False True

Output False False False True

Input A 0 0 1 1

Input B 0 1 0 1

Output 0 0 0 1

The table gives a list of all possible combinations of inputs and the resulting output for each combination. This is not the only possible combination of outputs, but this paticular combination is called an AND gate.

OR GATE
Another possibility for a device with two inputs and one output is an OR operation. For inputs A and B and output C : If A or B is True (1) then C is True (1). Otherwise C is False (0). To build the truth table, we first look at the inputs. A can be True or False. B can be True or False. First we make a table of all possible combinations of A and B.

A False

B False

False True True

True False True

Now we can determine the output by saying for each combination, if A or B is true then the output, C, is True. Then we have the following table.

A False False True True

B False True False True

C False True True True

Then to convert this to a form we can build (using 5 Volts for True and 0 Volts for False) we make the following table.

A False (0V) False (0V) True (5V) True (5V)

B False (0V) True (5V) False (0V) True (5V)

C False (0V) True (5V) True (5V) True (5V)

A 0V 0V 5V 5V

B 0V 5V 0V 5V

C 0V 5V 5V 5V

Boolean Algebra
These three gates (the NOT gate, the OR gate, and the AND gate) are the basic building blocks of digital design. They are all that is needed to build the most complex computers that exist. To build complex designs, a type of math has been developed to deal with binary numbers. It is called Boolean Algebra. It gives you a way to combine these three gates into bigger designs. The three basic operations have symbols. A NOT operation is represented by a line over a letter. Instead of using this line we will just say bar. For example Abar means 'not A'. So if Abar is 1 then A is 0. If Abar is 0 then A is 1. An OR operation is represented by a + sign. For example, A + B = A OR B. An AND operation is represented by a *. For example, A * B means A AND B.

Examples
1.) If A = 1 (5V) and B = 0 (0V) then what is A * B? Since 1 is a True and 0 is a False then we can say the problem is ~ True * False = ?. If we put in AND for * then the problem

is ~ True AND False = ?. To answer this we can look back at the truth table for the AND operation and see that True AND False is False. Another way to find the answer is to look at the definition of the AND operation. It says if A and B are True then the output is True. Otherwise the output is false. In the above example since B is False the output is False so A * B = False (A * B = 0). 2.) If A = 1 (5V) and B = 0 (0V) then what is A + B? To do this problem we can say that A = 1 = True and B = 0 = False. Then the problem is ~ True OR False = ? We can either look at the truth table for the OR operation or we can look at the definition of the OR operation which says. If A or B is True then the output is True. Otherwise the output is False. Since A is True in our question then the output is True. So True + False = True (1 + 0 = 1).

Try doing the following problems using the truth tables and the definitions above. The answers are given below.
1.) A = 1 (5V) and B = 0 (0V). What are the answers for the following problems? a.) A + B = ? b.) A * B = ? c.) Abar = ? d.) Bbar = ? 2.) A = 0 (0V) and B = 0 (0V). What are the answers to the following problems? a.) A + B = ? b.) A * B = ? c.) Abar = ? d.) Bbar = ? 3.) A = 1 and B = 1. What are the answers to the following problems? a.) A + B = ? b.) A * B = ? c.) Abar = ? d.) Bbar = ? 4.) A = 0 and B = 1. What are the answers to the following problems? a.) A + B = ? b.) A * B = ? c.) Abar = ? d.) Bbar = ?

Answers:
1. a.) 1 (5V) b.) 0 (0V) c.) 0 (0V) d.) 1 (5V) 2. a.) 0 (0V) b.) 0 (0V) c.) 1 (5V) d.) 1 (5V) 3. a.) 1 (5V) b.) 1 (5V) c.) 0 (0V) d.) 0 (0V) 4. a.) 1 (5V) b.) 0 (0V) c.) 1 (5V) d.) 0 (0V)

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Making an LED Blink - 8951

Step 1.) The first step is to build the circuit. At this point you should be familiar with the parts used. (2 resistors, 3 capacitors, 1 LED). You can either put these parts together using a breadboard or wirewrap. This design is intended for use with an Atmel 89C51. Most microcontrollers (such as a normal 8051 or 8751) can not handle the current required to turn an LED on and off but the ATMEL part has this capability.

Vcc = 5V and Gnd = 0V

The only thing we want to do with this project is to make the LED blink. By doing this, you will be able to learn the basic process of compiling a program written in assembly language and then programming the resulting file into the microcontroller. First we will assume we already have the assembly code written. ledtest.asm is the assembly language program we are going to use. (This file is included with TASM ) Step 2.) Compiling the Code Move the assembly language program (ledtest.asm) to the directory where you have TASM. Bring up a DOS prompt, change to the directory where the TASM files are, and compile the code using the command tasm -51 ledtest.asm ledtest.hex This will create a file called ledtest.hex. Close the DOS prompt window now. Step 3.) Downloading the code to the Microcontroller. Make sure the serial cable and the power supply are connected to the PG302 programmer. Put your microcontroller into the PG302 programmer. Run PG302. From the Setup Menu, select the type of device (microcontroller) you are using From the Setup Menu, select the Comm port you are using. Press PROGRAM DEVICE. Press BROWSE. Find ledtest.hex and click on it (single click). Press OK to select the file.

Press OK to program the file into the microcontroller. Now the program should be loaded into the microcontroller. Make sure the power is off for the circuit you have built. Move the microcontroller back to the circuit you have built. Turn on the power to the circuit. If the LED starts blinking, then you have succesfully built your first microcontroller project. For more information on using microcontrollers, look at the Microcontroller Beginner Kit (click here). The parts for this project are available. See 8951Kit.htm for the parts list and look for 8951Kit on Order Form for pricing information or call 800-297-1633. You may also be interested in the ExpBoard. It is a fully assembled board designed for experimenting with microcontrollers. Click here for more information. Send Questions to [email protected]

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Table of Contents
Microcontroller Beginner Kit, Parts List Overview of Instruction Book

Chapter 1: Basic Electronics 1.1 Basic Definitions and Concepts 1.2 Basic Components 1.3 Finding the Value of a Resistor by Color Codes 1.3.1 Resistor Color Codes 1.3.2 Resistor Rules 1.4 Finding Voltage and Current Using Ohm's Law 1.5 Using a Bread Board 1.6 Transistors and LEDs 1.6.1 The Transistor

1.6.2 Introduction to Digital Devices - The Inverter 1.7 Oscillators, Pulse Generators, Clocks... Capacitors and the 555 Timer IC 1.7.1 The Capacitor 1.7.2 The 555 Timer Chapter 2: Microcontrollers 2.0.1 PG302 Setup 2.0.2 AY Pad Software Setup 2.0.3 TASM Software Setup 2.0.4 Chapter 2 Summary 2.1 Building a 5 Volt Power Supply 2.2 The 2051 Microcontroller 2.3 Making an LED Blink 2.3.1 Partial Instruction Set for 2051 Microcontroller 2.4 A Simple Microcontroller System 2.5 Making Sound with a Speaker 2.6 Using a 7 Segment Display 2.7 Using a Switch as an Input to the Microcontroller

Microcontroller Beginner Kit, Parts List

1 PG302, including DB9 Cable, Software (on CD), and Power Supply. 1 Breadboard

1 IC Extractor (4 inch metal gadget) 1 Power Supply Adapter (Use with the PG302 power supply to run the projects on the breadboard.) Resistors: (light tan with colored stripes) (Section 1.3 shows how to find the resistor value from the stripes) 10 - 100 ohm resistors 10 - 330 ohm resistors 5 - 510 ohm resistors 5 - 2,200 ohm resistors 5 - 8,200 ohm resistor 5 - 10,000 ohm resistors 5 - 15,000 ohm resistor 5 - 100,000 ohm resistors Capacitors 2 - 33pf capacitors (small brown flat disks) 2 - 10uf capacitor (small can shaped component) 2 - 220uf capacitor (larger can shaped component) 10 - LEDs (small green components) 5 - NPN Transistors (small black components with 3 legs) 1 - 11.0592 MegaHertz Crystal (metal, silver colored component) 1 - LM7805, 5 Volt Regulator (black 3 leg component) 2 - 555, Timers (black 8 leg components) 2 - AT89C2051, Microcontrollers (black 20 leg component)

1 - Speaker (with wires for breadboard) 1 - 7 Segment Display 2 - Normally Open Push Button Switches Jumper Wires for Breadboard The CD has all the software needed for PG302 Device Programmer and the microcontroller projects. Click here to see list of CD contents.

Overview of Instruction Book

The Microcontroller Beginner Kit includes all the parts necessary to do most of the projects offered by Iguana Labs. If you have no experience with electronics, start by reading the tutorials listed below. If you are already familiar with basic electronics you can skip to Chapter 2. 1.1 Basic Concepts 1.2 Basic Components 1.3 Finding the Value of a Resistor 1.4 Using Ohms Law 1.5 Using a Breadboard After reading Sections 1.1 through 1.5 you can start playing with the components by working through the first project in Section 1.6, LEDs and Transistors. Next work through section 1.7, the Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks... project. Chapter 2 starts with an introduction to microcontrollers and then explains how to set up the software we will use. This chapter assumes that you are familiar with computers (creating folders and files, using the CD drive, copying and pasting files, etc.) Section 2.1 builds the 5 volt power supply. You will use the 5 volt power supply for the microcontroller projects. Section 2.3 is a simple project that shows the process we go through to program a microcontroller. Section 2.4 goes through a slightly more complex project. Section 2.5 shows how to make sound with the microcontroller using a speaker. Section 2.6 shows how to use a 7 segment display to display numbers. Section 2.7 introduces inputs to the microcontroller using switches.

Chapter 1: Basic Electronics

1.1 Basic Definitions and Concepts
Introduction
Welcome to the exciting world of electronics. Before we can build anything we need to look at a couple of concepts. Anytime you have an electrical circuit, you have voltage and current. We build circuits to control voltage and current.

Current
Current is what flows through a wire. Think of it as water flowing in a river. The current flows through wires from one point to another point just like water in a river. Current flows from points of high voltage to points of low voltage. Current can be shown in circuit diagrams by using arrows as in Figure 1. The arrow shows which way the current is flowing. An I is included beside the arrow to indicate current.

Figure 1

The unit of measurement for current is the Ampere, or Amp for short, and abbreviated as A. Common currents are 0.001 Amps (0.001A) to 0.5 Amps (0.5A). Since currents are usually small, they are often given in the form of milliAmps (abbreviated mA.) The milli means divided by 1000, so 0.001 Amps equals 1 milliAmp (1 mA) since 1 / 1000 = 0.001. Also, 0.5 Amps equals 500 milliAmps (500mA) since 500 / 1000 = 0.5. Voltage
Voltage is a measure of how much electricity is at a point. If we continue the river comparison, a point at the top of a hill would be at a high voltage level and a point at the bottom of a hill would be at a low voltage level. Then, just as water flows from a high point to a low point, current flows from a point of high voltage to a point of low voltage. If one point is at 5 volts and another point is at 0 volts then when a wire is connected between them, current will flow from the point at 5 volts to the point at 0 volts. (Voltage is measured in volts.) A measurement of voltage is much like a measurement of height. It gives you the difference in voltage between those two points. If point A is at 10 volts and point B is at 2 volts then the voltage measured between A and B is 8 volts (10 -2). This is

similar to measuring height. We measure the height of hills the same way. We say the sea level is at zero feet and then compare other points to that level. On top of Marys Peak you are 4000 ft high (compared to sea level). In the same way we call the lowest voltage in a circuit zero volts and give it the name ground. Then all other points in the circuit are compared to that ground point. Rivers always flow towards sea level and currents always flow towards ground. A battery is similar to a dam. On one side is a lot of stored up energy. When a path is formed from that side to the other side then current flows. If there is no path then current does not flow and the energy just stays there waiting for a path to form to the other side. The path can be a big path with lots of current flowing or a small path with just a little bit of current flowing. With a dam, a little bit of water flow could go on for a long time, but flow through a big path that lets all the water go at once would only last a short while. A battery is the same. If there is a big path from the high voltage side to the low voltage side then the battery will not last long.

Open Circuit
An open circuit is when two points are not connected by anything. No current flows and nothing happens. If a wire in your vacuum cleaner breaks it can cause an open circuit and no current can flow so it does not do anything. There may be a voltage between those two points but the current can not flow without a connection.

Short Circuit
A short circuit (or short) is when two points with different voltage levels are connected with no resistance (see resistors) between two points. This can cause a large amount of current to flow. If a short circuit happens in your house, it will usually cause a circuit breaker to break or a fuse to blow. If there is nothing to limit the current, the wires may melt and cause a fire. This situation is something like a dam breaking. There is a large amount of energy suddenly free to flow from a high point to a low point with nothing to limit the current. There are two basic ways that components can be connected. One is in series and the other is in parallel. We will refer to these types of connections later when we are building circuits.

Series Connection
A series connection is when two components are joined together by a common leg and nothing else is connected to that point as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

Parallel Connection
A parallel connection is when two components are joined together by both legs as shown below.

Figure 3

1.2 Basic Components

Resistors
Resistors are components that have a predetermined resistance. Resistance determines how much current will flow through a component. Resistors are used to control voltages and currents. A very high resistance allows very little current to flow. Air has very high resistance. Current almost never flows through air. (Sparks and lightning are brief displays of current flowing through air. The light is created as the current burns parts of the air.) A low resistance allows a large amount of current to flow. Metals have very low resistance. That is why wires are made of metal. They allow current to flow from one point to another point without any resistance. Wires are usually covered with rubber or plastic. This keeps the wires from coming in contact with other wires and creating short circuits. High voltage power lines are covered with thick layers of plastic to make them safe, but they become very dangerous when the line breaks and the wire is exposed and is no longer separated from other things by insulation. Resistance is given in units of ohms. Common resistor values are from 100 ohms to 100,000 ohms. The letter k is often used with resistors to mean 1000. For example, a 10,000 ohm resistor is written as 10k ohms. Each resistor is marked with colored stripes to indicate its resistance. To learn how to calculate the value of a resistor by looking at the stripes on the resistor, go to the resistor values tutorial, Section 1.3, which includes more information about resistors.

Variable Resistors
Variable resistors are also common components. They have a dial or a knob that allows you to change the resistance. This is very useful for many situations. Volume controls are variable resistors. When you change the volume you are changing the resistance which changes the current. Making the resistance higher will let less current flow so the volume goes down. Making the resistance lower will let more current flow so the volume goes up. The value of a variable resistor is given as its highest resistance value. For example, a 500 ohm variable resistor can have a resistance of anywhere between 0 ohms and 500 ohms. A variable resistor may also be called a potentiometer (pot for short). No variable resistors are included in this kit.

Diodes
Diodes are components that allow current to flow in only one direction. They have a positive side (leg) and a negative side. When the voltage on the positive leg is higher than on the negative leg then current flows through the diode (the resistance is very low). When the voltage is lower on the positive leg than on the negative leg then the current does not flow (the resistance

is very high). The positive leg of a diode is the one with the line closest to it. Usually when current is flowing through a diode, the voltage on the positive leg is 0.65 volts higher than on the negative leg.There are no standard diodes in this kit but a special kind of diode called an LED is included.

LEDs
Light Emitting Diodes are great for projects because they provide visual entertainment. LEDs use a special material which emits light when current flows through it. Unlike light bulbs, LEDs never burn out unless their current limit is passed. A current of 0.002 Amps (2 mA) to 0.02 Amps (20 mA) is a good range for LEDs. They have a positive leg and a negative leg just like regular diodes. To find the positive side of an LED, look for a line in the metal inside the LED. It may be difficult to see the line. This line is closest to the positive side of the LED. Another way of finding the negative side is to find a flat spot on the edge of the LED. This flat spot is on the negative side. Also, the positive leg is usually longer than the negative leg (this is true for the LEDs in this kit). When current is flowing through an LED the voltage on the positive leg is about 1.4 volts higher than the voltage on the negative side. Remember that there is no resistance to limit the current so a resistor must be used in series (see Series Connection in Section 1.1) with the LED to avoid destroying it.

Switches
Switches are devices that let you control whether two points in a circuit are connected or not, depending on the position of the switch. For a light switch, ON means connected (current flows through the switch, lights light up and people dance.) There is practically no resistance through the switch when it is turned on. When the switch is OFF, that means there is an open circuit (no current flows, lights go out and people settle down. This effect on people is used by some teachers to gain control of loud classes.) When the switch is ON it looks and acts like a wire. When the switch is OFF there is no connection.

1.3 Finding the Value of a Resistor by Color Codes

To calculate the value of a resistor using the color coded stripes on the resistor, use the following procedure. Step One: Turn the resistor so that the gold or silver stripe is at the right end of the resistor. Step Two: Look at the color of the first two stripes on the left end. These correspond to the first two digits of the resistor value. Use the table below to determine the first two digits. Step Three:

Look at the third stripe from the left. This corresponds to a multiplication value. Find the value using the table below. Step Four: Multiply the two digit number from step two by the number from step three. This is the value of the resistor in ohms. The fourth stripe indicates the accuracy of the resistor. A gold stripe means the value of the resistor may vary by 5% from the value given by the stripes.

1.3.1 Resistor Color Codes (with gold or silver strip on right end)
Color Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Gray White Gold Silver Color First Stripe 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Second Stripe 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5% 10% Third Stripe x1 x10 x100 x1,000 x10,000 x100,000 x1,000,000 Fourth Stripe

Follow the procedure above with the examples below and soon you will be able to quickly determine the value of a resistor by just a glance at the color coded stripes.

Example 1:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as brown, black, orange, gold. Find the resistance value.

Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is brown which has a value of 1. The second stripe is black which has a value of 0. Therefore, the first two digits of the resistance value are 10. Step Three: The third stripe is orange which means x 1,000. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 10 x 1000 = 10,000 ohms (10 kilo ohms = 10 k ohms). The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 9,500 ohms and 10,500 ohms. (Since 5% of 10,000 = 0.05 x 10,000 = 500)

Example 2:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as orange, orange, brown, silver. Find the resistance value. Step One: The silver stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is orange which has a value of 3. The second stripe is orange which has a value of 3. Therefore, the first two digits of the resistance value are 33. Step Three: The third stripe is brown which means x 10. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 33 x 10 = 330 ohms. The silver stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 10% meaning the actual value will be between 297 ohms and 363 ohms. (Since 10% of 330 = 0.10 x 330 = 33)

Example 3:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as blue, gray, red, gold. Find the resistance value. Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is blue which has a value of 6. The second stripe is gray which has a value of 8. Therefore, the first two digits of the resistance value are 68. Step Three: The third stripe is red which means x 100. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 68 x 100 = 6800 ohms (6.8 kilo ohms = 6.8 k ohms). The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 6,460 ohms and 7,140 ohms. (Since 5% of 6,800 = 0.05 x 6,800 = 340)

Example 4:

You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as green, brown, black, gold. Find the resistance value. Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is green which has a value of 5. The second stripe is brown which has a value of 1. Therefore, the first two digits of the resistance value are 51. Step Three: The third stripe is black which means x 1. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 51 x 1 = 51 ohms. The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 48.45 ohms and 53.55 ohms. (Since 5% of 51 = 0.05 x 51 = 2.55)

1.3.2 Resistor Rules

There are some more rules that may be useful when working with resistors. You do not need to know them but if you need a resistor with a value that you do not have, you may be able to use the following information to create the value of resistor you need.

First Rule for Resistors : Series Connection

When two resistors are connected in series, as shown in Figure 4, the new resistance between points A and B is R1 + R2.

R1 + R2

A
Figure 4

The resistors add together. For example if R1 = 500 ohms and R2 = 250 ohms then the resistance between points A and B would be R1 + R2 = 500 + 250 = 750 ohms. Section 1.5 has a picture that shows what a series connection of two resistors looks like on a breadboard.

Second Rule for Resistors : Parallel Connection

When two resistors are connected in parallel, as shown in Figure 5, the new resistance is smaller than either R1 or R2. The new resistance between points A and B is (R1 x R2) / (R1 + R2).

A
Figure 5

For example, if R1 = 500 and R2 = 250 then the resistance between points A and B = (500 x 250) / (500 + 250)= (125,000) / (750) = 167 ohms. If R1 = R2 then the new resistance is just R1 / 2. Using these two rules, resistors can be combined to form new resistance values. Section 1.5 has a picture that shows what a parallel connection of two resistors looks like on a breadboard.

1.4 Finding Voltage and Current Using Ohm's Law

Now that you are familiar with resistance, we can explore how resistors are used to control voltage and current in electric circuits. There is a simple relationship between current, voltage and resistance. This relationship is called Ohms Law. The formula is the following. Difference in Voltage = Current * Resistance or DV = I * R (in units of measurement, it looks like Volts = Amps * Ohms ) This is Form 1 of Ohm's Law. To find current and resistance the following forms can be used. They are the same as the above formula but in a different form. Form 2: Current = Difference in Voltage / Resistance

or I = DV / R (units are Amps = Volts / Ohms) Form 3: Resistance = Difference in Voltage / Current or R = DV / I (units are Ohms = Volts / Amps) These formulas are always used for situations where there are two points with a resistor between them. DV is the difference in voltage between the two points and current is what flows between the two points. These simple relationships allow us to calculate many things. Given any two of the three values (Current, Resistance, and Difference in Voltage) the third can be found. The most common calculation is for current. Voltage is easy to measure and the resistance can be found from the resistor (see color codes). Once these values are known, current can be calculated using Form 2 of Ohms law, I = DV / R. For example, consider the problem shown in Figure 6. One side is at 0 volts (ground) and the other side is at 5 volts (with a multimeter, black probe on right side, red probe on left side). The squiggly line is the symbol we use to represent a resistor.

Figure 6

The voltage difference between Point A and Point B is 5 - 0 = 5 volts (DV=5). Assume the resistor between the two points has a value of 500 ohms (R=500). We know that current flows from a point of high voltage to a point of low voltage so we can draw an arrow from the higher voltage to the lower voltage.

Figure 7

Now we can find the current flowing through the resistor by using Form 2 of Ohm's Law. I = DV / R If we put in values for DV and R we get I = DV / R = 5 / 500

I = 5 / 500 = 0.01 Amps I = 0.01 Amps = 10 milliAmps 10 milliamps can be abbreviated as 10 mA This means the current is 10 mA. ( I = 10mA ) Now to check our answer we can use Form 1 and Form 3 of Ohms law. We have to use the value of current in Amps for these formulas. So if we have I = 0.01 Amps and Resistance = 500 ohms then by using Form 1 of Ohms law we can find: DV = I * R DV = I * R = 0.01 * 500 DV = 0.01 * 500 = 5 volts So DV = 5 volts 5 volts is the voltage we started with so the value we found for the current must be correct. We can also check the answer with Form 3 by using I = 0.01 Amps and DV = 5 volts. R = DV / I R = DV / I = 5 / 0.01 R = 5 / 0.01 = 500 ohms So R = 500 ohms Now consider the problem shown in Figure 8. The voltage on one side is 10 volts and the voltage on the other side is 3 volts. Therefore the voltage difference between the two points is 10 - 3 = 7 volts (DV = 7 V). The resistor is 400 ohms (R = 400).

Figure 8

Then the current flowing from left to right is I = DV / R I = DV / R = 7 / 400 I = 7 / 400 = 0.0175 Amps I = 0.0175 Amps = 17.5 milliAmps I = 17.5 milliAmps = 17.5 mA This means the current flowing from the left to the right is 17.5 mA. Now suppose we have two points with a voltage difference of 5 volts. Point A is at 5 volts and Point B is at 0 volts (ground). (Notice that the voltage difference is the important part. If Point A is at 7 volts and Point B is at 2 volts then the voltage difference is the same, 7 - 2 = 5 volts.) Now suppose we want a current to flow between Points A and B and we want the current to be 0.02 Amps ( I = 0.02 Amps = 20 mA). Now we need to find the value of the resistor so we use Form 3 of Ohms Law. Resistance = Difference in Voltage / Current or R = DV / I (Ohms = Volts / Amps) DV / I = 5 / 0.02 = 250 ohms This means that putting a resistor with a value of 250 ohms between Points A and B will make a current flow from Point A to Point B and the current will be 0.02 Amps (20 mA). Now using the values of voltage and resistance, check the value of the current using Form 2 of Ohms law. 0.2 Amps = 5 Volts / 250 Ohms (Amps = Volts / Ohms)

1.5 Using a Bread Board

To build our projects, we will use a breadboard like the one shown below.

The bread board has many strips of metal (copper usually) which run underneath the board. The metal strips are laid out as shown below.

These strips connect the holes on the top of the board. This makes it easy to connect components together to build circuits. To use the bread board, the legs of components are placed in the holes. The holes are made so that they will hold the component in place. Each hole is connected to one of the metal strips running underneath the hole. Each strip forms a node. A node is a point in a circuit where two components are connected. Connections between different components are formed by putting their legs in a common node. On the bread board, a node is the row of holes that are connected by the strip of metal underneath. The long top and bottom row of holes are usually used for power supply connections. The row with the blue strip beside it is used for the negative voltage (usually ground) and the row with the red strip beside it is used for the positive voltage. The circuit is built by placing components and connecting them together with jumper wires. Then when a path is formed from the positive supply node to the negative supply node through wires and components, we can turn on the power and current flows through the path and the circuit comes alive. A series connection of 2 resistors on a breadboard looks like the picture below on the left and a parallel connection of 2 resistors looks like the picture below on the right.

For chips with many legs (ICs), place them in the middle of the board (across the middle dividing line) so that half of the legs are on one side of the middle line and half are on the other side. A completed circuit might look like the following. This circuit uses two small breadboards.

1.6 Transistors and LEDs

Now we know enough that we can start to build circuits. But first we will look a little closer at a component that was introduced in Section 1.2.

The LED

An LED is the device shown above. Besides red, they can also be yellow, green and blue. The letters LED stand for Light Emitting Diode. If you are unfamiliar with diodes, take a moment to review the components in Basic Components, Section 1.2. The important thing to remember about diodes (including LEDs) is that current can only flow in one direction. To make an LED work, you need a voltage supply and a resistor. If you try to use an LED without a resistor, you will probably burn out the LED. The LED has very little resistance so large amounts of current will try to flow through it unless

you limit the current with a resistor. If you try to use an LED without a power supply, you will be highly disappointed. So first of all we will make our LED light up by setting up the circuit below.

Step 1.) First you have to find the positive leg of the LED. The easiest way to do this is to look for the leg that is longer. Step 2.) Once you know which side is positive, put the LED on your breadboard so the positive leg is in one row and the negative leg is in another row. (In the picture below the rows are vertical.) Step 3.) Place one leg of a 2.2k ohm resistor (does not matter which leg) in the same row as the negative leg of the LED. Then place the other leg of the resistor in an empty row. Step 4.) Unplug the power supply adapter from the power supply. Next, put the ground (black wire) end of the power supply adapter in the sideways row with the blue stripe beside it. Then put the positive (red wire) end of the power supply adapter in the sideways row with the red stripe beside it. Step 5.) Use a short jumper wire (use red since it will be connected to the positive voltage) to go from the positive power row (the one with the red stripe beside it) to the positive leg of the LED (not in the same hole, but in the same row). Use another short jumper wire (use black) to go from the ground row to the resistor (the leg that is not connected to the LED). Refer to the picture below if necessary. The breadboard should look like the picture shown below.

Now plug the power supply into the wall and then plug the other end into the power supply adapter and the LED should light

up. Current is flowing from the positive leg of the LED through the LED to the negative leg. Try turning the LED around. It should not light up. No current can flow from the negative leg of the LED to the positive leg. People often think that the resistor must come first in the path from positive to negative, to limit the amount of current flowing through the LED. But, the current is limited by the resistor no matter where the resistor is. Even when you first turn on the power, the current will be limited to a certain amount, and can be found using ohms law.

Revisiting Ohm's Law

Ohm's Law can be used with resistors to find the current flowing through a circuit. The law is I = VD/R (where I = current, VD = voltage across resistor, and R = resistance). For the circuit above we can only use Ohm's law for the resistor so we must use the fact that when the LED is on, there is a 1.4 voltage drop across it. This means that if the positive leg is connected to 12 volts, the negative leg will be at 10.6 volts. Now we know the voltage on both sides of the resistor and can use Ohm's law to calculate the current. The current is (10.6 - 0) / 2200 = 0.0048 Amperes = 4.8 mA This is the current flowing through the path from 12V to GND. This means that 4.8 mA is flowing through the LED and the resistor. If we want to change the current flowing through the LED (changing the brightness) we can change the resistor. A smaller resistor will let more current flow and a larger resistor will let less current flow. Be careful when using smaller resistors because they will get hot. Next, we want to be able to turn the LED on and off without changing the circuit. To do this we will learn to use another electronic component, the transistor.

1.6.1 The Transistor

Transistors are basic components in all of today's electronics. They are just simple switches that we can use to turn things on and off. Even though they are simple, they are the most important electrical component. For example, transistors are almost the only components used to build a Pentium processor. A single Pentium chip has about 3.5 million transistors. The ones in the Pentium are smaller than the ones we will use but they work the same way. Transistors that we will use in projects look like this:

The transistor has three legs, the Collector (C), Base (B), and Emitter (E). Sometimes they are labeled on the flat side of the transistor. Transistors always have one round side and one flat side. If the round side is facing you, the Collector leg is on the left, the Base leg is in the middle, and the Emitter leg is on the right.

Transistor Symbol

The following symbol is used in circuit drawings (schematics) to represent a transistor.

Basic Circuit
The Base (B) is the On/Off switch for the transistor. If a current is flowing to the Base, there will be a path from the Collector (C) to the Emitter (E) where current can flow (The Switch is On.) If there is no current flowing to the Base, then no current can flow from the Collector to the Emitter. (The Switch is Off.) Below is the basic circuit we will use for all of our transistors.

To build this circuit we only need to add the transistor and another resistor to the circuit we built above for the LED. Unplug the power supply from the power supply adapter before making any changes on the breadboard. To put the transistor in the breadboard, seperate the legs slightly and place it on the breadboard so each leg is in a different row. The collector leg should be in the same row as the leg of the resistor that is connected to ground (with the black jumper wire). Next move the jumper wire going from ground to the 2.2k ohm resistor to the Emitter of the transistor. Next place one leg of the 100k ohm resistor in the row with the Base of the transistor and the other leg in an empty row and your breadboard should look like the picture below.

Now put one end of a yellow jumper wire in the positive row (beside the red line) and the other end in the row with the leg of the 100k ohm resistor (the end not connected to the Base). Reconnect the power supply and the transistor will come on and the LED will light up. Now move the one end of the yellow jumper wire from the positive row to the ground row (beside the blue line). As soon as you remove the yellow jumper wire from the positive power supply, there is no current flowing to the base. This makes the transistor turn off and current can not flow through the LED. As we will see later, there is very little current flowing through the 100k resistor. This is very important because it means we can control a large current in one part of the circuit (the current flowing through the LED) with only a small current from the input.

Back to Ohm's Law

We want to use Ohm's law to find the current in the path from the Input to the Base of the transistor and the current flowing through the LED. To do this we need to use two basic facts about the transistor. 1.) If the transistor is on, then the Base voltage is 0.6 volts higher than the Emitter voltage. 2.) If the transistor is on, the Collector voltage is 0.2 volts higher than the Emitter voltage.

So when the 100k resistor is connected to 12VDC, the circuit will look like this:

So the current flowing through the 100k resistor is (12 - 0.6) / 100000 = 0.000114 A = 0.114 mA. The current flowing through the 2.2k ohm resistor is (10.6 - 0.2) / 2200 = 0.0047 A = 4.7 mA. If we want more current flowing through the LED, we can use a smaller resistor (instead of 2200) and we will get more

current through the LED without changing the amount of current that comes from the Input line. This means we can control things that use a lot of power (like electric motors) with cheap, low power circuits. Soon you will learn how to use a microcontroller (a simple computer). Even though the microcontroller can not supply enough current to turn lights and motors on and off, the microcontroller can turn transistors on and off and the transistors can control lots of current for lights and motors. For Ohms law, also remember that when the transistor is off, no current flows through the transistor.

1.6.2 Introduction to Digital Devices - The Inverter

In digital devices there are only two values, usually referred to as 0 and 1. 1 means there is a voltage (usually 5 volts) and 0 means the voltage is 0 volts. An inverter (also called a NOT gate) is a basic digital device found in all modern electronics. So for an inverter, as the name suggests, it's output is the opposite of the input (Output is NOT the Input). If the input is 0 then the output is 1 and if the input is 1 then the output is 0. We can summarize the operation of this device in a table.

Input 1 0

Output 0 1

To help us practice with transistors we will build an inverter. Actually we have already built an inverter. The transistor circuit we just built is an inverter circuit. To help see the inverter working, we will build a circuit with two inverters. The circuit we will use is shown below. First Inverter (already built)

Second Inverter

To build the circuit, use the transistor circuit we just built as the first inverter. The first inverter input is the end of the 100k ohm resistor connected to the yellow jumper wire. Build another circuit identical to the first (the basic transistor circuit from Section 1.6.1) except leave out the yellow jumper wire connected to the 100k ohm resistor (the inverter input). This circuit is

the second inverter. Connect the output of the first inverter to the input of the second inverter by putting one end of a jumper wire in the same row of holes as the 2.2k ohm resistor and the Collector of the transistor (the output of the first inverter) and putting the other end in the same row of holes as the leg of the 100k ohm resistor of the second inverter (the input to the second inverter). Here is how to check if you built it correctly. Connect the first inverter input (the yellow jumper wire) to 12V (the positive row). The LED in the first inverter should come on and the LED in the second inverter should stay off. Then connect the first inverter input to 0V (the ground row). (You are turning off the switch of the first inverter.) The first LED should go off and the second LED should come on. If this does not happen, check to make sure no metal parts are touching. Check to make sure all the parts are connected correctly. The input can either be connected to 12V or 0V. When the Inverter Input is 12V, the transistor in the first inverter will turn on and the LED will come on and the Inverter Output voltage will be 0.2V. The first Inverter Output is connected to the input of the second inverter. The 0.2V at the input of the second inverter is small enough that the second transistor is turned off. The circuit voltages are shown in the diagram below.

When the Inverter Input is connected to 0V, the transistor in the first inverter is turned off and the LED will get very dim. There is a small amount of current still flowing through the LED to the second inverter. The voltage at the first Inverter Output will go up, forcing the second inverter transistor to come on. When the second inverter transistor comes on, the second inverter LED will come on. To find the voltage at the output of the first inverter (10.4V), use Ohm's law. There is no current flowing through the transistor in the first inverter so the path of the current is through the first LED, through the 2.2k resistor, through the 100k resistor, through the second transistor to ground. The voltage at the negative side of the first LED is fixed at 10.6V by the LED. The voltage at the second transistor base is fixed at 0.6V by the transistor. Then given those two voltages, you should be able to find the voltage at the point in the middle (10.4V) using Ohms law. (Hint: First find the current and then work through Form 1 of ohms law to find the voltage at the point between the 2.2k resistor and the 100k resistor.)

Switch the input back and forth from 0V to 12V and you can see that when the first stage is on, the second stage is off. This demonstrates the inverting action of the Inverter.

1.7 Oscillators, Pulse Generators, Clocks... Capacitors and the 555 Timer IC

Introduction
As electronic designs get bigger, it becomes difficult to build the complete circuit. So we will use prebuilt circuits that come in packages like the one shown above. This prebuilt circuit is called an IC. IC stands for Integrated Circuit. An IC has many transistors inside it that are connected together to form a circuit. Metal pins are connected to the circuit and the circuit is stuck into a piece of plastic or ceramic so that the metal pins are sticking out of the side. These pins allow you to connect other devices to the circuit inside. We can buy simple ICs that have several inverter circuits like the one we built in the LED and Transistor section or we can buy complex ICs like a Pentium Processor.

The Pulse - More than just an on/off switch

So far the circuits we have built have been stable, meaning that the output voltage stays the same. If you change the input voltage, the output voltage changes and once it changes it will stay at the same voltage level. The 555 integrated circuit (IC) is designed so that when the input changes, the output goes from 0 volts to Vcc (where Vcc is the voltage of the power supply). Then the output stays at Vcc for a certain length of time and then it goes back to 0 volts. This is a pulse. A graph of the output voltage is shown below.

The Oscillator (A Clock) - More than just a Pulse

The pulse is nice but it only happens one time. If you want something that does something interesting forever rather than just once, you need an oscillator. An oscillator puts out an endless series of pulses. The output constantly goes from 0 volts to Vcc and back to 0 volts again. Almost all digital circuits have some type of oscillator. This stream of output pulses is often called a clock. You can count the number of pulses to tell how much time has gone by. We will see how the 555 timer can be used to generate this clock. A graph of a clock signal is shown below.

1.7.1 The Capacitor

If you already understand capacitors you can skip this part.

The picture above on the left shows two typical capacitors. Capacitors usually have two legs. One leg is the positive leg and the other is the negative leg. The positive leg is the one that is longer. The picture on the right is the symbol used for capacitors in circuit drawings (schematics). When you put one in a circuit, you must make sure the positive leg and the negative leg go in the right place. Capacitors do not always have a positive leg and a negative leg. The smallest capacitors in this kit do not. It does not matter which way you put them in a circuit. A capacitor is similar to a rechargable battery in the way it works. The difference is that a capacitor can only hold a small fraction of the energy that a battery can. (Except for really big capacitors like the ones found in old TVs. These can hold a lot of charge. Even if a TV has been disconnected from the wall for a long time, these capacitors can still make lots of sparks and hurt people.) As with a rechargable battery, it takes a while for the capacitor to charge. So if we have a 12 volt supply and start charging the capacitor, it will start with 0 volts and go from 0 volts to 12 volts. Below is a graph of the voltage in the capacitor while it is charging.

The same idea is true when the capacitor is discharging. If the capacitor has been charged to 12 volts and then we connect both legs to ground, the capacitor will start discharging but it will take some time for the voltage to go to 0 volts. Below is a graph of what the voltage is in the capacitor while it is discharging.

We can control the speed of the capacitor's charging and discharging using resistors. Capacitors are given values based on how much electricity they can store. Larger capacitors can store more energy and take more time to charge and discharge. The values are given in Farads but a Farad is a really large unit of measure for common capacitors. In this kit we have 2 33pf capacitors, 2 10uf capacitors and 2 220uF capacitors. Pf means picofarad and uf means microfarad. A picofarad is 0.000000000001 Farads. So the 33pf capacitor has a value of 33 picofarads or 0.000000000033 Farads. A microfarad is 0.000001 Farads. So the 10uf capacitor is 0.00001 Farads and the 220uF capacitor is 0.000220 Farads. If you do any calculations using the value of the capacitor you have to use the Farad value rather than the picofarad or microfarad value. Capacitors are also rated by the maximum voltage they can take. This value is always written on the larger can shaped capacitors. For example, the 220uF capacitors in this kit have a maximum voltage rating of 25 volts. If you apply more than 25 volts to them they will die. We dont have to worry about that with this kit because our power supply can only put out 12 volts.

1.7.2 The 555 Timer Creating a Pulse

The 555 is made out of simple transistors that are about the same as on / off switches. They do not have any sense of time. When you apply a voltage they turn on and when you take away the voltage they turn off. So by itself, the 555 can not create a pulse. The way the pulse is created is by using some components in a circuit attached to the 555 (see the circuit below). This circuit is made of a capacitor and a resistor. We can flip a switch and start charging the capacitor. The resistor is used to control how fast the capacitor charges. The bigger the resistance, the longer it takes to charge the capacitor. The voltage in the capacitor can then be used as an input to another switch. Since the voltage starts at 0, nothing happens to the second switch. But eventually the capacitor will charge up to some point where the second switch comes on. The way the 555 timer works is that when you flip the first switch, the Output pin goes to Vcc (the positive power supply voltage) and starts charging the capacitor. When the capacitor voltage gets to 2/3 Vcc (that is Vcc * 2/3) the second switch turns on which makes the output go to 0 volts. The pinout for the 555 timer is shown below

Deep Details
Pin 2 (Trigger) is the 'on' switch for the pulse. The line over the word Trigger tells us that the voltage levels are the opposite of what you would normally expect. To turn the switch on you apply 0 volts to pin 2. The technical term for this opposite behavior is 'Active Low'. It is common to see this 'Active Low' behavior for IC inputs because of the inverting nature of transistor circuits like we saw in the LED and Transistor Tutorial. Pin 6 is the off switch for the pulse. We connect the positive side of the capacitor to this pin and the negative side of the capacitor to ground. When Pin 2 (Trigger) is at Vcc, the 555 holds Pin 7 at 0 volts (Note the inverted voltage). When Pin 2 goes to 0 volts, the 555 stops holding Pin 7 at 0 volts. Then the capacitor starts charging. The capacitor is charged through a resistor connected to Vcc. The current starts flowing into the capacitor, and the voltage in the capacitor starts to increase. Pin 3 is the output (where the actual pulse comes out). The voltage on this pin starts at 0 volts. When 0 volts is applied to the trigger (Pin 2), the 555 puts out Vcc on Pin 3 and holds it at Vcc until Pin 6 reaches 2/3 of Vcc (that is Vcc * 2/3). Then the 555 pulls the voltage at Pin 3 to ground and you have created a pulse. (Again notice the inverting action.) The voltage on Pin 7 is also pulled to ground, connecting the capacitor to ground and discharging it.

Seeing the pulse

To see the pulse we will use an LED connected to the 555 output, Pin 3. When the output is 0 volts the LED will be off. When the output is Vcc the LED will be on.

Building the Circuit

Place the 555 across the middle line of the breadboard so that 4 pins are on one side and 4 pins are on the other side. (You may need to bend the pins in a little so they will go in the holes.) Leave the power disconnected until you finish building the circuit. The diagram above shows how the pins on the 555 are numbered. You can find pin 1 by looking for the half circle in the end of the chip. Sometimes instead of a half circle, there will be a dot or shallow hole by pin 1.

Before you start building the circuit, use jumper wires to connect the red and blue power rows to the red and blue power rows on the other side of the board. Then you will be able to easily reach Vcc and Ground lines from both sides of the board. (If the wires are too short, use two wires joined together in a row of holes for the positive power (Vcc) and two wires joined together in a different row of holes for the ground.) Connect Pin 1 to ground. Connect Pin 8 to Vcc. Connect Pin 4 to Vcc. Connect the positive leg of the LED to a 330 ohm resistor and connect the negative end of the LED to ground. Connect the other leg of the 330 ohm resistor to the output, Pin 3. Connect Pin 7 to Vcc with a 10k resistor (RA = 10K). Connect Pin 7 to Pin 6 with a jumper wire. Connect Pin 6 to the positive leg of the 220uF Capacitor (C = 220uF). (You will need to bend the positive (long leg) up and out some so that the negative leg can go in the breadboard. Connect the negative leg of the capacitor to ground. Connect a wire to Pin 2 to use as the trigger. Start with Pin 2 connected to Vcc. Now connect the power. The LED will come on and stay on for about 2 seconds. Remove the wire connected to Pin 2 from Vcc. You should be able to trigger the 555 again by touching the wire connected to pin 2 with your finger or by connecting it to ground and removing it. (It should be about a 2 second pulse.)

Making it Oscillate
Next we will make the LED flash continually without having to trigger it. We will hook up the 555 so that it triggers itself. The way this works is that we add in a resistor between the capacitor and the discharge pin, Pin 7. Now, the capacitor will charge up (through RA and RB) and when it reaches 2/3 Vcc, Pin 3 and Pin 7 will go to ground. But the capacitor can not discharge immediately because of RB. It takes some time for the charge to drain through RB. The more resistance RB has, the longer it takes to discharge. The time it takes to discharge the capacitor will be the time the LED is off. To trigger the 555 again, we connect Pin 6 to the trigger (Pin 2). As the capacitor is discharging, the voltage in the capacitor gets lower and lower. When it gets down to 1/3 Vcc this triggers Pin 2 causing Pin 3 to go to Vcc and the LED to come on. The 555 disconnects Pin 7 from ground, and the capacitor starts to charge up again through RA and RB.

To build this circuit from the previous circuit, do the following. Disconnect the power. Take out the jumper wire between Pin 6 and Pin 7 and replace it with a 2.2k resistor (RB = 2.2K). Use the jumper wire at pin 2 to connect Pin 2 to Pin 6. Now reconnect the power and the LED should flash forever (as long as you pay your electricity bill). Experiment with different resistor values of RA and RB to see how it changes the length of time that the LED flashes. (You are changing the amount of time that it takes for the Capacitor to charge and discharge.)

Formulas
These are the formulas we use for the 555 to control the length of the pulses. t1 = charge time (how long the LED is on) = 0.693 * (RA + RB) * C t2 = discharge time (how long the LED is off) = 0.693 * RB * C T = period = t1 + t2 = 0.693 * (RA + 2*RB) * C Frequency = 1 / T = 1.44 / ((RA + 2 * RB) * C)

t1 and t2 are the time in seconds. C is the capacitor value in Farads. 220uF = 0.000220 F. So for our circuit we have: t1 = 0.693 * (10000 + 2200) * 0.000220 = 1.86 seconds t2 = 0.693 * 2200 * 0.000220 = 0.335 seconds T = 1.86 + 0.335 = 2.195 seconds Frequency = 0.456 (cycles per second)

Chapter 2: Microcontrollers
A microcontroller is an integrated circuit (IC) that is programmable. When you turn on the power to the microcontroller it goes through a series of commands. These commands are put in the chip by you. You can make it do different things by changing the commands (usually called the program). To change the commands you need a device like the PG302. The PG302 lets you download the program from your computer to the microcontroller. This chapter will show you some simple programs and how to download those to the microcontroller. 2.0.1 PG302 Setup The Software CD contains a setup.exe file in the PG302 folder. Double click on this file to run it and follow the instructions. (Click here to download the software from our website.) There are two setup options that you may want to change at some point in the future. The first option is Auto Erase. In most situations you will want to leave this on so that the chip is erased before programming it with new code. The second option is Auto Verify. This option automatically verifies that the code was programmed correctly. If a chip has not been erased before programming, this option will find that error. Leave these options on while working through the projects in this chapter. When programming a chip, insert it in the green socket so that pin 1 of the chip is in the same corner as the handle of the socket. The handle of the green socket should be in the up (open) position. Then lock the chip into the socket by pushing the handle down into the closed position.

2.0.2 AY Pad Software Setup AY Pad is the software we will use to view and edit the commands (programs) for the microcontroller. It is a fancy text editor that colorizes text files. Look for a file on the CD in the MBKit/AY Pad folder called setup.exe (or click here). Double click the setup.exe file. This will install AY Pad. To run AY Pad, go to Start->Programs->AY Software->AY Pad 2.0.3 TASM Software Setup Make a new folder called tasm on your C hard drive that you can use for these projects. Look for a file on the CD in the MBKit folder called tasminst.exe (or click here). Copy this file and paste it in the new tasm folder on your C drive. Now double click on tasminst.exe. This will extract all the files we need for the projects. The main file we will use is TASM. It is called a compiler or assembler. It converts the microcontroller commands from a text version (that we can understand) to a number version (that the microcontroller can understand). 2.0.4 Chapter 2 Summary Build the 5 volt power supply as shown in Section 2.1. You should now be ready to work through section 2.3, Making an LED Blink, and section 2.4, the A Simple Microcontroller System. These show the basic steps of compiling programs and downloading them to the 2051 microcontroller. After doing these two projects you should be able to study the assembly language code and modify it to do various things with the LEDs. 2.1

Building a 5 Volt Power Supply

Most digital logic circuits and processors need a 5 volt power supply. To use these parts we need to build a regulated 5 volt source. Usually you start with an unregulated power supply ranging from 9 volts to 24 volts DC. To make a 5 volt power supply, we use a LM7805 voltage regulator IC (Integrated Circuit). The IC is shown below.

The LM7805 is simple to use. You simply connect the positive lead of your unregulated DC power supply (anything from 9VDC to 24VDC) to the Input pin, connect the negative lead to the Ground pin and then when you turn on the power, you get a 5 volt supply from the Output pin. This 5 volt output will be used as Vcc in the following projects. Connect the red wire from the power supply adapter to the input of the 7805. Connect the black wire from the power supply adapter to the ground row (with the blue line beside it). Run a black jumper wire from the ground row to the ground of the 7805. Then use a yellow jumper to connect the 5 volt output to the row of holes with the red stripe beside it. The breadboarded circuit is shown below.

Sometimes the input supply line (the 12VDC above) may be noisy. To help smooth out this noise and get a better 5 volt output, a capacitor is usually added to the circuit, going between the input and ground (GND). Find the 220 uF capacitor and put the long leg (positive leg) in the row of holes with the 12VDC line and put the short leg (negative leg) in ground (the row of holes next to the blue line).

2.2 The 2051 Microcontroller

The 2051 microcontroller is a complex integrated circuit that is programmable. You can give it a set of commands to follow and it will run through those commands and do exactly what you want it to do. This section will give a quick overview of the pins of the 2051 and then Section 2.3 will show how to program the 2051. The 2051 is shown below.

Pin 1 is Reset. This pin can be used to force the 2051 to start over at the beginning of the program. Pin 2 and Pin 3 can be used to communicate with the computer or other devices (RXD is receive and TXD is transmit). Pin 2 and Pin 3 are also part of Port 3. Port 3 includes P3.0, P3.1, P3.2, P3.3, P3.4, P3.5 and P3.7 (there is no P3.6). These pins are usually used as general input/output pins. They can be connected to LEDs to turn them on and off (this would be using them as outputs). Or they can be connected to switches so that the 2051 can look and see if a user has turned a switch on or off (this would be using them as inputs). Pins 4 and 5 are connected to the 11.0592 MHz crystal. The 2051 uses this crystal to create a clock. The speed of the crystal determines the speed that the 2051 runs at. You can make programs run faster by using a faster crystal such as 24 MHz. Pin 10 is the ground connection for the 2051. Pins 12 to 19 make up Port 1. This is another set of pins that can be used as general inputs and outputs. Pins 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 also have other possible uses that we will not get into here. You can learn more about them in the documents listed at the end of Section 2.3.1

2.3 Making an LED Blink

Step 1.) Building the circuit.

The first step is to build the circuit. At this point you should be familiar with the parts used. (2 resistors, 3 capacitors, 1 LED). The 2051 chip should be placed across the middle of the breadboard (like the 555 IC was) so each leg will have its own row of holes. You will probably need to bend the legs in slightly so the chip will go in the holes. Do this by placing the chip sideways on a hard flat surface so 10 pins from one side of the chip are laying flat against the surface. Then bend all the chips at once by pressing gently on the chip. This project will require you to remove the 2051 from the board to program it. Be careful when removing the 2051 from the board. Always use the chip extractor to pull the chip off the board. Try not to bend the pins (legs) when removing the chip.

Vcc = 5V (from the 5 Volt power supply we built earlier)

The only thing we want to do with this project is to make the LED blink. By doing this, you will be able to learn the basic process of compiling a program and then downloading (programming) the resulting file into the microcontroller. First we will assume we already have the program written. The file ledtest.asm is the program we are going to use. (It should be in the folder with the TASM software at c:\tasm) The program is printed out at the end of this section. We will take a closer look at the program after making the LED blink. Step 2.) Compiling the Code Start an MS-DOS window. (Look for MS-DOS Command Prompt under Programs in the Start Menu in Windows.) Change to the directory where the TASM files are (type cd c:\tasm ), and compile the code using the command tasm -51 ledtest.asm ledtest.hex This will create a file called ledtest.hex. Step 3.) Downloading the code to the Microcontroller. Make sure the serial cable and the power supply are connected to the PG302 programmer. Put the 2051 into the PG302 programmer (look at Section 2.0.1 for a diagram of how to put the chip in the programmer). Start the PG302 software. From the Setup Menu, select the microcontroller you are using, the AT89C2051. From the Setup Menu, select the Comm port (serial port) you are using. (It is ok to guess if you are not sure which one is which.) Press PROGRAM DEVICE. Press BROWSE. Find ledtest.hex and click on it (single click). (This file should be at C:\tasm\ledtest.hex) Press OK to select the file. Press OK to program the file into the microcontroller. The software should say Device Equals File. If it gives you a different message, check the troubleshooting tips at http://www.iguanalabs.com/troublei.htm . (If you had to guess about which Comm

port you are using, try choosing the other Comm ports). Now the program should be loaded into the microcontroller. Leave the power disconnected from the circuit you have built. Move the microcontroller back to the circuit you have built. Plug the power supply into the power supply adapter (which should be connected to the board). If the LED starts blinking, then you have succesfully built your first microcontroller project. The assembly language program is shown below. Everything in green is just comments (created by using a ; in front of the comment). The real commands are in blue. Black is used for numbers and also for names that we create. Red is also used for numbers. If the number actually starts with a number then it is red. Otherwise it will be black. Numbers in the microcontroller are stored in registers. The register names show up in purple. In this program we use the register A (the main register), and the registers R5, R6, and R7. We can also use R0, R1, R2, R3, and R4. Take a look at the program and see if it makes sense. The program starts with the first command AJMP START at the top which tells the 2051 to jump to the point labeled START: at the bottom. Next, the ACALL INITIALIZE command jumps back up to INITIALIZE: . Here we just move (MOV) the default number 0 into the control registers and then return (RET) to the next command after the ACALL INITIALIZE command. (You can move different values into those control registers to change how the 2051 operates, but dont worry about that yet.) The next command, CPL P1.0, turns the LED on or off (makes it the opposite of what it was). Then we go to the DELAYHS routine to make a delay before we turn the LED on or off again. (Without a delay, the LED would go on and off so fast that it would just look like it was staying on all the time.) Finally we use the AJMP LOOP command to jump back up to the point labeled LOOP: to turn the LED on or off. The microcontroller will keep going through this loop until you turn the power off. The commands we use the most are shown in section 2.3.1. For a complete list of commands and descriptions, look at the file Programmers Guide and Instruction Set.pdf in the MBKit folder. See if you can follow the program through, using the green comments for guidance. Start up the AY Pad software. Open the ledtest.hex file and try changing the command MOVR6, #00H (in the DELAYHS loop) to MOVR6, #70H . Save the file and then go back and do steps 2 and 3 to see how this changes the program.
;*************************************************************************** ;* LED Blinker * ;* Iguana Labs * ;* 4/1/97 * ;*************************************************************************** #INCLUDE "8051EQU.INC" ;include predefined constants ;************************************************************************** ; RESET ;reset routine .ORG0H ;locate routine at 00H AJMP START ;jump to START ;**************************************************************************

; INTERRUPTS (not used) ;place interrupt routines at appropriate ;memory locations .ORG03H ;external interrupt 0 RETI .ORG0BH ;timer 0 interrupt RETI .ORG13H ;external interrupt 1 RETI .ORG1BH ;timer 1 interrupt RETI .ORG23H ;serial port interrupt RETI .ORG25H ;locate beginning of rest of program ;************************************************************************** INITIALIZE: ;set up control registers MOVTCON,#00H MOVTMOD,#00H MOVPSW,#00H MOV IE,#00H ;disable interrupts RET ;************************************************************************** ; Real code starts below. The first two routines are for delays so we ; can slow down the blinking so we can see it. (Without a delay, it ; would blink so fast it would look like it was always on. ;************************************************************************** DELAYMS: ;millisecond delay routine MOVR7,#00H ;put value of 0 in register R7 LOOPA: INCR7 ;increase R7 by one (R7 = R7 +1) MOVA,R7 ;move value in R7 to Accumlator (also known as A) CJNEA,#0FFH,LOOPA ;compare A to FF hex (256). If not equal go to LOOPA RET ;return to the point that this routine was called from ;************************************************************************** DELAYHS: ;half second delay above millisecond delay MOVR6,#00H ;put 0 in register R6 (R6 = 0) MOV R5,#002H ;put 2 in register R5 (R5 = 2) LOOPB: INC R6 ;increase R6 by one (R6 = R6 +1) ACALL DELAYMS ;call the routine above. It will run and return to here. MOVA,R6 ;move value in R6 to A JNZ LOOPB ;if A is not 0, go to LOOPB DEC R5 ;decrease R5 by one. (R5 = R5 -1) MOVA,R5 ;move value in R5 to A JNZ LOOPB ;if A is not 0 then go to LOOPB. RET ;**************************************************************************

START: ;main program (on power up, program starts at this point) ACALL INITIALIZE ;set up control registers LOOP: CPLP1.0 ;ComPLement (invert) P1.0 (this makes LED change) ACALL DELAYHS ;go to above routine that causes a delay AJMP LOOP ;go to LOOP(always jump back to point labeled LOOP) .END ;end program (never reaches this point)

2.3.1 Partial Instruction Set for 2051 Microcontroller

Command ADD SUBB INC DEC MUL DIV ANL ORL XRL CLR CPL MOV SETB JB JNB

Description Add Two Numbers Subtract Two Numbers Increment Data (Add 1 to existing amount) Decrement Data (Subtract 1 from existing amount) Multiply Two Numbers Divide Two Numbers Logical AND Two Numbers Logical OR Two Numbers Logical XOR Two Numbers Clear (reset) data to 0 Complement (Flip) Data (1s go to 0 and 0s go to 1) Move data around in the chip from register to register Set a number to 1 Jump to a new location if a number is 1 Jump to a new location if a number is 0

ACALL RET AJMP JZ JNZ CJNE DJNZ NOP

Jump to a subroutine, then return to this point when done with subroutine Return from subroutine (used at end of subroutine) Jump to a new location Jump if a number is 0 Jump if a number is not 0 Compare two numbers and jump if they are not equal Decrease a number by 1 and jump if result is not zero No Operation (used to waste time when waiting for something to happen)

For a complete list of commands and descriptions, look at the file Programmers Guide and Instruction Set.pdf. You may also want to look at the file 8051mem.pdf for more information on the memory structure of the 8051 (for storing data). The file 8051arch.pdf has more information on the chip architecture. The file 8051hardware.pdf has more information on the hardware (registers, port structure, etc.). The above files have general information for the Atmel family of 8051 microcontrollers. For information specific to the 2051, look at the file AT89C2051.pdf.

2.4 A Simple Microcontroller System

Next we will add more LEDs and make a slightly more complex program. Add in the LEDs and the resitors as shown in the diagram below.

Vcc = 5V
In this project the program is similar to the previous one but instead of just making one LED blink, we are using all of Port 1. The program for this is ledproj2.asm. (Look in the TASM folder) Once you have compiled the program, download it to the 2051. Make sure the power is off for the circuit you have built. Then move the microcontroller to the circuit. Turn on the power to the circuit. The LEDs should all come on. Then they should start blinking on and off as the counter counts up from 0 to 255 (all on to all off). The numbers are in digital (binary) format. For more information on working with digital numbers, look at http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/Page_asm/ArtofAssembly/CH01/CH01-1.html Use AY Pad to look at this program and see how it is different from ledtest.hex. Click here to see the next tutorial on using the 2051 to make sound with a speaker.

Click here to see the tutorial on using the 2051 with a 7 segment display. Click here to see the tutorial on using a switch as an input to the microcontroller. Click here to see the tutorial on using Light Sensors with the microcontroller.

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Making an LED Blink - 2051

Step 1.) The first step is to build the circuit. At this point you should be familiar with the parts used. (2 resistors, 3 capacitors, 1 LED). You can either put these parts together using a breadboard or wirewrap. This design is intended for use with an Atmel 2051 microcontroller (a 20 pin version of the 8051). Most microcontrollers (such as a normal 8051 or 8751) can not handle the current required to turn an LED on and off but the ATMEL part has this capability. Vcc = 5V and Gnd = 0V

The only thing we want to do with this project is to make the LED blink. By doing this, you will be able to learn the basic process of compiling a program written in assembly language and then programming the resulting file into the microcontroller. First we will assume we already have the assembly code written. ledtest.asm is the assembly language program we are going to use. (This file is included with TASM ) Step 2.) Compiling the Code Move the assembly language program (ledtest.asm) to the directory where you have TASM. Bring up a DOS prompt, change to the directory where the TASM files are, and compile the code using the command tasm -51 ledtest.asm ledtest.hex This will create a file called ledtest.hex. Close the DOS prompt window now.

Step 3.) Downloading the code to the Microcontroller. Make sure the serial cable and the power supply are connected to the PG302 programmer. Put your microcontroller into the PG302 programmer. Run PG302. From the Setup Menu, select the type of device (microcontroller) you are using From the Setup Menu, select the Comm port you are using. Press PROGRAM DEVICE. Press BROWSE. Find ledtest.hex and click on it (single click). Press OK to select the file. Press OK to program the file into the microcontroller. Now the program should be loaded into the microcontroller. Make sure the power is off for the circuit you have built. Move the microcontroller back to the circuit you have built. Turn on the power to the circuit. If the LED starts blinking, then you have successfully built your first microcontroller project. The parts for this kit are included in 2051Kit and the Microcontroller Beginner Kit. See part 2 for parts list and see Order Form for price and ordering information or call 800-297-1633. You may also be interested in the ExpBoard. It is a fully assembled board made for experimenting with microcontrollers. Click here for more information on the ExpBoard.

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A Simple Embedded Microcontroller System

Step 1.) The first step is to build the circuit. At this point you should be familiar with the parts used. You can either put these parts together using a breadboard or wirewrap. This design is intended for use with an Atmel 2051. Most microcontrollers (such as a normal 8051 or 8751) can not handle the current required to turn an LED on and off but the ATMEL part has this capability. Vcc = 5V and Gnd = 0V

The basic process of compiling an assembly language program and loading it into the microcontroller was covered in the first microcontroller project.In this project the program is similar. Instead of just making an LED blink, we are using all of Port 1 on the 2051 to make an 8 bit counter. The program for this is ledproj2.asm. Once you have compiled the program, download it to the 2051. Make sure the power is off for the circuit you have built. Then move the microcontroller to the circuit. Turn on the power to the circuit. The LEDs should all come on. Then they should start blinking on and off as the counter counts up from 0 to 255 (all on to all off).

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Making sound with the 2051

The first step is to build the circuit. This design is intended for use with an Atmel 2051 programmable microcontroller (a 20 pin version of the 8051 microcontroller). An 8051 or 8052 can be substituted for the 2051 if the connections are moved to the appropriate pins on those chips. Vcc = 5V and Gnd = 0V

The basic process of compiling a program written in assembly language and then programming the resulting file into the microcontroller was covered in the first microcontroller tutorial. This project uses the same code as the first program. To start, we just make a minor change to the original assembly language program, ledtest.asm. Replace the line at the bottom that says ACALL DELAYHS with ACALL DELAYMS. This changes the delay from half a second to one millisecond. Save it as a new file called sounds.asm . That change makes it so that rather than delaying a half a second, we are only delaying one millisecond. Compile the sounds.asm file, load sounds.hex into the 2051 and put the chip back in the circuit. Connect the power. You should hear a tone coming from the speaker. If the LED was hooked up, it would be going on and off so fast that it would look like it was on all the time. But with the speaker, we can hear the voltage going on and off. You can only see the LED going on and off up to about 25 blinks per second. You can start to hear the speaker making noise at about 50 blinks per second. But instead of calling it blinks, we call it cycles. Right now the microcontroller is putting out about 500 cycles per second. This is also called the frequency. It is a frequency of 500 Hertz (where Hertz means cycles per second). If you want to make the frequency go down, you can add more delay. Try adding another millisecond delay by inserting another ACALL DELAYMS (see sounds2.asm). This will make the frequency 250 Hertz. You can hear that the sound is lower in frequency. The information below is fairly advanced so don't worry if you want to skip it. Click here for the next tutorial - Using a 7 Segment Display with the 2051 Click here for more sound examples.

How to get exactly the frequency you want:

To figure out how to get an exact frequency, you have to carefully look at how long it takes for the microcontroller to switch the output from 0 volts to 5 volts and back to 0 volts again. This is one cycle.

Lets start by determining what frequency the sounds.asm program is creating. First lets look at the DELAYMS routine. We need to figure out how long this routine lasts. By just looking at the code, we can figure out that it goes through a loop 255 times. Each time through the loop it does 3 commands. The first two commands each take 12 clock cycles and the 3rd command (CJNE) takes 24 clock cycles. (You can find this out by looking for information on the commands in 2051arch.pdf). So each loop takes 48 clock

cycles. To translate this into time, we need to look at the clock speed of the microcontroller. We are using an 11.0592 MHz crystal. This means the clock is running at a frequency of 11,059,200 cycles per second. (MHz is MegaHertz which is millon cycles per second). Each cycle takes 1/11,059,200 seconds = 0.00000009 seconds. So each loop takes 48 * 0.00000009 = 0.00000434 seconds. And 255 loops takes 255*0.00000434 = 0.001106771 seconds which is slightly longer than 1 millisecond (1 millisecond = 0.001 seconds). If we wanted to get closer to exactly 1 ms we could change the loop so that it only repeats 230 times rather than 255. So, the program makes the output go from 0 to 5 volts, then waits 1 ms, then goes from 5 volts to 0 volts, then waits 1 ms and that makes one cycle. So one cycle takes about 2 ms (This is called the period). To convert that to frequency, divide 1 cycle by 2 ms (1/0.002 = 500). Then you get 500 cycles per second. Or, to be exact, using the numbers above, one cycle takes 2.213542 ms for a frequency of 451.76 Hz. So, to get an exact frequency, you can start with the frequency and work backwards. Say you want to make 440 Hz, which is a musical A note. To find the period, divide 1 by 440. This gives you the period equal to 0.002272727 seconds. Then divide this by 2 to find out how long each delay must be (there will be 2 delays per cycle). Each delay should be 0.001136364. Then find out how many microcontroller clock cycles this is by dividing by 0.00000009. This equals 12626 cycles (after dropping the decimal part). Using our loop that takes 48 cycles, this would be about 263 loops (12626 / 48 = 263). We can only go up to 255 loops so then we can either make our loop take more time, or add in an extra DELAY routine that adds in the extra 8 loops. The easiest solution is to make our loop longer. We can add in an extra 12 cycles per loop by putting in a NOP (no operation) command. Then each loop is 60 cycles and we need about 210 loops (12626 / 60 = 210). The resulting code is shown in sound440.asm . That will not be exactly 440 Hz because we had to round off in some places (you can't do 210.43 loops but 210 is close. To figure out exactly what frequency that we made, we can do the same as we did above with the DELAYMS routine. Each loop is 0.00000009 * 60 = 0.0000054 seconds. Each DELAYMS takes 210 * 0.0000054 = 0.001134 seconds. With 2 delays per cycle this is a period of 0.002268. In terms of frequency, 1/0.002268 = 440.9 cycles per second which is close to 440. Note: To really be exactly right on the frequency you are making, you need to include the time in each cycle for the other commands, CPL, ACALL and RET, and the commands in the DELAYMS loop, MOV and RET. These add an extra 96 clock cycles each time through. Since it takes 2 times through to make a cycle on the output, That is an extra 192 cycles. This equals 192 * 0.00000009 = 0.00001728 seconds. So the period is actually 0.002268 + 0.00001728 = 0.00228528 and the frequency is actually 437.6. So this extra time must be considered if you are trying to get a very precise frequency. Note: You are limited in how close you can get to an exact frequency by the microcontroller clock speed. The faster the clock is, the more accurate you can be. For example, with a 11.0592 MHz clock where each cycle is 0.00000009 seconds, the closest you can get to 440 Hz is 440.0788621 Hz. This is found by 1/440 = 0.002272727 seconds and 0.002272727 / 0.00000009 = 25253 cycles (must round to closest whole number because you can't have part of a cycle). Since the shortest commands take 12 clock cycles, then you won't be able to write a routine that takes exactly 25253 cycles. It has to be some multiple of 12. The closest multiple of 12 is 25248. Then 25248 * 0.00000009 = 0.00227232 seconds and 1 / 0.00227232 =

440.0788621 Hz. If you have a faster microcontroller clock speed you can be more accurate. For example, with a 24 MHz clock (The fastest you can use with a 2051 microcontroller) then you can get 440.0440044 Hz. Also, if you use a clock that gives you a different period you may be able to get exactly 440 Hz. For example, if you have a microcontroller clock that is 22,440,002.69 MHz then you can get much closer to 440 Hz, but you have to find a crystal that runs at that exact speed, and there probably is not one. The parts for this kit are included in Microcontroller Beginner Kit. See the MB Kit page for parts list and see Order Form for price and ordering information. Send Questions to [email protected] Click here to go to the Main Tutorial Page Click here for more sound examples.

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The 7 Segment Display

The 7 segment display is found in many displays such as microwaves or fancy toaster ovens and occasionally in non cooking devices. It is just 7 LEDs that have been combined into one case to make a convenient device for displaying numbers and some letters. The display is shown on the left. The pinout of the display is on the right.

This version is a common anode version. That means that the positive leg of each LED is connected to a common point which is pin 3 in this case. Each LED has a negative leg that is connected to one of the pins of the device. To make it work you need to connect pin 3 to 5 volts. Then to make each segment light up, connect the ground pin for that led to ground. A resistor is required to limit the current. Rather than using a resistor from each LED to ground, you can just use one resistor from Vcc to pin 3 to limit the current. The following table shows how to form the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A, b, C, d, E, and F. '0' means that pin is connected to ground. '1' means that pin is connected to Vcc.

a (Pin 1) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A b C d E F 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

b (Pin 10) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1

c (Pin 8) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1

d (Pin 6) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

e (Pin 5) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

f (Pin 2) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

g (Pin 9) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Now, we want to run the display with the 2051 microcontroller. We will use Port 1 to run the display. Use the same configuration as in the first 2051 tutorial. Connect the 2051 to the 7 segment display as follows. 2051 pin 12 to display pin 9 (P1.0 will control segment g) 2051 pin 13 to display pin 2 (P1.1 will control segment f) 2051 pin 14 to display pin 5 (P1.2 will control segment e) 2051 pin 15 to display pin 6 (P1.3 will control segment d) 2051 pin 16 to display pin 8 (P1.4 will control segment c) 2051 pin 17 to display pin 10 (P1.5 will control segment b) 2051 pin 18 to display pin 1 (P1.6 will control segment a) Connect the display pin 3 to 5 volts using a 100 ohm resistor. Here is a program that cycles through the numbers and letters above. 7seg.asm Compile the program using TASM and load the hex file into the 2051. Put the 2051 into the circuit and connect the power.

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Using a Switch as an Input to a Microcontroller

Up until now, all the microcontroller projects have just done what they were programmed to do without any input from us. You have probably already thought that it would be nice to have the microcontroller do something based on inputs it receives from the real world. This tutorial shows how to use a switch as an input so that you can control what the microcontroller is doing. In this tutorial, we will use the 7 segment display as we connected it in the previous tutorial (Using a 7 segment display). The switch will be used to change what is shown on the display. The type of switch we will be using is called a normally open switch. This is often abbreviated as NO switch where NO stands for Normally Open. The switch has 2 legs (connectors). Normally Open means that the connectors are not connected (forming an open circuit) unless you press the switch. When you press the switch, a connection is made between the two connectors, creating a short circuit (or closed circuit). You can also get Normally Closed switches (NC) which means that they are closed, forming a short circuit, unless you are pressing the button. Our switch is really a button rather than a switch because you have to hold it down to maintain the connection between the two points. These types are more useful with microcontrollers than a true switch. A true switch lets you flip between open and closed without having to hold down the button.

Inputs to the Microcontroller

To use one of the input/output pins of the 8051 microcontroller as an input, you must write a '1' to that pin. Then in the software, you can check to see if the input is a '0' or a '1' and do different operations based on that input. Use the same hardware configuration that you have after the 7 segement display tutorial. Add in the switch by connecting one wire to Pin 2 of the 2051 (that is Port 3, Bit 0) and connecting the other wire to ground. Now when the button is not pressed, pin 2 will be left unconnected to anything and when the software checks (reads) pin 2, it will see the '1' that we wrote there to make it an input pin. When the button is pressed, pin 2 will be connected to ground and when the software checks pin 2, it will see a '0'.

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Our first program will constantly check the input to see if the input (P3.0) is a '0' or a '1'. This is called polling. We will use the command JB (Jump if Bit is set) to check if pin 2 is a '1' or a '0'. (If pin 2 is '1' then we say that the bit is set. In this case the bit is P3.0 so we would say P3.0 is set.) Below is the little bit of assembly code we will use to monitor the input and change the display. It is colorized as it is in the AY Pad software. SETB P3.0 LOOP: JB P3.0, NOT_PRESSED ACALL DISPLAY_0 AJMP LOOP NOT_PRESSED: ACALL DISPLAY_1 AJMP LOOP ; This is required to use P3.0 as an input ; If the button is not pressed, skip the next line ; Display '0' on the 7 segment display ; Jump back up to LOOP: ; Display '1' on the 7 segment display ;go to LOOP(always jump back to point labeled LOOP)

The first line sets up pin 2 as an input by writing a '1' to P3.0. Then "JB P3.0, NOT_PRESSED" checks to see if P3.0 is a '1' which means the button is not pressed. If the button is not pressed, it jumps to that label (NOT_PRESSED) and calls the routine to make a '1' on the display. If the button is pressed, it will not jump but instead will go to the next line which calls the routine to make a '0' on the display. So the display will show the value of P3.0. Note: Another command you may want to use is JNB (Jump if Not Bit set) which is the opposite of JB. The program is switch.asm. Compile the program using TASM and load the hex file into the 2051. Put the 2051 into the circuit and connect the power. The display should say '1' until you press the button and then should say '0' while the button is being pressed. Send Questions to [email protected]

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Data Collection - Analog to Digital Conversion and Communicating with a PC

This tutorial shows how to set up a system for collecting data through a computers serial port. It uses an ADC0804 chip to convert from analog to digital, an AT89C2051 microcontroller to control the ADC0804 and send data to the PC, and a MAX232CPE chip to convert the signals from and to RS232 levels for sending and receiving from the PC. Refer to the diagram below as you go through the individual steps in building the circuit.

Step 1.) Analog to Digital Conversion - The ADC0804 IC

The easiest way to do analog to digital conversion is to use an IC such as the ADC0804 that does the work for you. The analog voltage is applied to pin 6 and the result is available at pins 11 through 18. We will connect pin 1 (Chip Select) to ground so that the chip is always enabled. (If you wanted to use more than one ADC you could use this pin to control which chip is currently enabled). Connect pin 7 (Vin - ) to ground. The ADC0804 includes an internal oscillator which requires an external capacitor and resistor to operate. Connect the 150 pF capacitor from pin 4 to ground and the 10k ohm resistor from pin 4 to pin 19. Also for power, Connect pin 20 to 5 volts. Connect Pin 8 to ground. Connect pin 10 to ground. For more information on the ADC0804 click here to get the data sheet for it.

Step 2.) Interfacing the ADC0804 to the 2051

The AT89C2051 is a general purpose microcontroller. It is a 20 pin version of the 8051 and uses the same language. See below for more information about programming the chip. To control the ADC0804, we will use 3 lines from the 2051. Connect pin 2 (Read) from the ADC0804 to pin 7 (P3.3) of the 2051. Connect pin 3 (Write) to pin 8 (P3.4). Connect pin 5 (Interrupt) to pin 9 (P3.5). The 8 bit Output Data from the ADC0804 will be connected to Port 1 of the 2051. Connect pin 18 (D0) of the ADC0804 to pin 12 of the 2051 (P1.0). Connect pin 17 (D1) to pin 13 (P1.1). Connect pin 16 (D2) to pin 14 (P1.2). Connect pin 15 (D3) to pin 15 (P1.3). Connect pin 14 (D4) to pin 16 (P1.4). Connect pin 13 (D5) to pin 17 (P1.5). Connect pin 12 (D6) to pin 18 (P1.6). Connect pin 11 (D7) to pin 19 (P1.7). The 2051 pins 12 and 13 do not have internal pull up resistors so external pull up resistors are required. Connect a 2.2k ohm resistor from pin 12 of the 2051 to 5 volts. Connect a 2.2k ohm resistor from pin 13 of the 2051 to 5 volts. To power the 2051, Connect pin 20 of the 2051 to 5 volts. Connect pin 10 of the 2051 to ground.

For the 2051 oscillator, Connect the 11 MHz Crystal from pin 4 of the 2051 to pin 5 of the 2051. Connect one 33 pF capacitor from pin 4 of the 2051 to ground. Connect the other 33 pF capacitor from pin 5 of the 2051 to ground. For the 2051 reset circuit, Connect the 8.2k ohm resistor from pin 1 of the 2051 to ground. Connect the 10 uF capacitor from pin 1 of the 2051 to 5 volts. The 2051 controls the analog to digital conversion process. The conversion process has several stages. Stage 1) To trigger a new conversion, we must make pin 3 (Write) low and then return it to the high state. The conversion process starts when Write goes high (rising edge triggered). Stage 2) When the conversion process is complete, pin 5 (Interrupt) will go low. Stage 3) When we see pin 5 (Interrupt) go low, we must make pin 2 (Read) low to load the new value into the outputs D0 - D7. Stage 4) Next we read the values into the 2051 Port 1. Stage 5) Finally, we return pin 2 (Read) to the high state. The next conversion can be started immediately.

Step 3.) Communicating with the PC - The MAX232 IC

Now that we have the 8 bit value in the 2051, we want to send that value to the PC. The 2051 has a built in serial port that makes it very easy to communicate with the PC's serial port but the 2051 outputs are 0 and 5 volts and we need +10 and -10 volts to meet the RS232 serial port standard. The easiest way to get these values is to use the MAX232. The MAX232 acts as a buffer driver for the processor. It accepts the standard digital logic values of 0 and 5 volts and converts them to the RS232 standard of +10 and -10 volts. It also helps protect the processor from possible damage from static that may come from people handling the serial port connectors.

The MAX232 requires 5 external 1uF capacitors. These are used by the internal charge pump to create +10 volts and -10 volts. For the first capacitor, the negative leg goes to ground and the positive leg goes to pin 16. For the second capacitor, the negative leg goes to 5 volts and the positive leg goes to pin 2. For the third capacitor, the negative leg goes to pin 3 and the positive leg goes to pin 1. For the fourth capacitor, the negative leg goes to pin 5 and the positive leg goes to pin 4. For the fifth capacitor, the negative leg goes to pin 6 and the positive leg goes to ground. The MAX232 includes 2 receivers and 2 transmiters so two serial ports can be used with a single chip. We will only use one transmiter for this project. The only connection that must be made to the 2051 is one jumper from pin 3 of the 2051 to pin 11 of the MAX232. To power the MAX232, Connect pin 16 to 5 volts. Connect pin 15 to ground. For more information one the MAX232 chip click here to get the data sheet for it. The only thing left is that we need some sort of connector to connect to the serial port. The sample code below is written for Comm1 and most computers use a 9 pin DB9 male connector for Comm1 so a 9 pin female connector is included for this project. You may also want to buy a DB9 extension cable (Shown on order form as DB9 to DB9 cable) to make the connection easier. There should be 3 wires soldered to the DB9 connector pins 2, 3 and 5. Connect the wire from pin 5 of the connector to ground on the breadboard. Connect the wire from pin 2 of the connector to pin 14 of the MAX232. (The other wire is for receiveing and is not used in this project.)

The Software
The basic process of compiling an assembly language program and loading it into the microcontroller was covered in the first microcontroller project. The 2051 assembly language program for this project is adcproj.asm. The 2051 in this kit comes preprogrammed with the adcproj program so you can build this kit without having a device programmer. If you need to alter the 2051 software you will need a device programmer such as the PG302 to reprogram the 2051. Make sure the power is off to the circuit you have built. Connect the circuit to the PC's serial port, Comm1. Turn on the power to the breadboard. The circuit should send a continuous stream of values to the PC. To see the values on the PC, try this sample program. This program takes the received value and

divides it by 51 to find the corresponding voltage level. (The minimum value is 0 which is 0 volts and the maximum value is 255 which is 5 volts.) The source code for the sample program (written in VB 3.0 and 5.0) is included on the CD included with the kit. Two files your computer may need to run the sample program are Vbrun300.dll and Mscomm.vbx

Testing the Circuit

To test your circuit, connect various voltages to pin 6 of the ADC0804. If you connect a jumper from pin 6 to 5 volts, the voltage on the sample program should say 5 volts. Remove the jumper. Try connecting a 2.2k resistor from pin 6 to ground and another 2.2k resistor from pin 6 to 5 volts. The result should be around 2.5 volts. Remove the resistors. Try playing with the 220 uF capacitor and the 15k Ohm resistor. Connect the negative leg of the capacitor to ground and the positive leg to pin 6 of the ADC0804. Connect the resistor from pin 6 to 5 volts. The voltage should rise quickly and then slower as it approaches 5 volts. Now remove the resistor. The voltage should stay at the same voltage and slowly decay as the capacitor loses it's charge. Connect the resistor from pin 6 to gound to quickly discharge the capacitor. You can order the parts for this project. It includes: 1 - AT89C2051-24PC Microcontroller (programmed with the adcproj software) 1 - 11.0592 MHz Crystal 2 - 33pF Capacitors 1 - 10 uF Capacitor 1 - 220 uF Capacitor 5 - 2.2k Resistors 1 - 8.2k Resistor 1 - 10k Resistor 1 - 15k Resistor 1 - ADC0804 1 - 150 pF Capacitor 1 - MAX232 5 - 1 uF Capacitors 1 - DB9 Connector Jumper Wires 1 - CD with source code (click here to see full contents of CD) For Price and Ordering Information, look at ADC2051Kit on Order Information Page or call 800-2971633. If you want a printed copy of this and the other tutorials, remember to mark that on the order form.

You may also be interested in the Microcontroller Beginner Kit. It includes a power supply, a breadboard, and the PG302 so you can reprogram the 2051 microcontroller with your own custom programs. Click here for more information. Send Questions to [email protected]

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Light Sensor - Collecting Light Data and Sending it to a PC

This tutorial shows how to set up a microcontroller based system that converts a signal from a light sensor to a 6 bit digital value. This value can be used by the microcontroller, perhaps for a robotic controller, or as in this tutorial, sent to the PC. It uses the AT89C2051 microcontroller to collect data and send it to the PC. A MAX232CPE chip is used to convert the signals from and to RS232 levels for sending and receiving through the serial port. The 2051 microcontroller has a built in analog comparator that is used to make a simple analog to digital converter to convert the light sensor output to a digital value. This tutorial is similar to the Data Collection tutorial. Refer to the diagram below to build the circuit. The Data Collection Tutorial has more detailed instructions on building the circuit (except for the resistor network).

The Light Sensor

Light sensors are one of the most common types of sensors. They are used in night lights, street lights, alarms, toys, cameras, etc. We are using a CDS (Cadmium Sulfide) Photocell to detect light. The resistance of the sensor varies based on the amount of light that hits it. The resistance can vary from 300K in the dark to 1K in the light. Our goal is to convert this into a digital value. We have to convert the variable resistance into a voltage and then the voltage into a digital value. To convert the resistance into a voltage, we use a second resistor Rb. Then assuming that no current goes into pin 13, you can find V1. To find V1 you can use Ohms Law. With Vcc = 5, Ohms Law gives you (5 - V1) / Rpc = V1 / Rb where Rpc is the resistance of the sensor (photocell). Then you can solve for V1 = 5*Rb / (Rpc + Rb) Then the maximum voltage is when Rpc is at its minimum, 1K. Then V1max = 5*Rb / (1k + Rb) The minimum voltage is when Rpc = 300K. V1min = 5*Rb / (300k + Rb). Using the equations for V1 max and min you can determine that 5.1K is a good value for Rb. 5.1K gives you a wide voltage range from minimum to maximum. 5.1K works well for general light to dark situations. If you are only interested in bright environments (are you making an outside robot?) then use a larger value of Rb to shift the light sensitivity range towards bright lights (Perhaps 50K). Or if you are interested in dark environments (are you making a robotic vampire dog that barks at the moon and hides from bright lights?) then use a smaller value of Rb (perhaps 510). Now we have a sensor voltage, V1, that varies from about 0.1 volts to 4.2 volts. If you want to take the easy route you can use the hardware set up in the Data Collection tutorial to convert this voltage to an eight bit digital value.

Analog to Digital Conversion using the 2051

The Data Collection Tutorial shows how to use a ready made Analog to Digital converter chip to get data from an analog source. This tutorial shows a different method. This method is not as accurate as the ADC0804 but it is less expensive, uses less power, and is easily modified to suit specific needs. This method uses the built in analog comparator on the 2051 (not a normal feature of 8051 based chips). The voltage generated by the sensor circuit is connected to the negative input of the comparator (P1.1) and we will generate a voltage to connect to the positive input of the comparator (P1.0). The output of the comparator goes to P3.6. P3.6 is not an external pin on the 2051. It can only be accessed by the

internal software. If the voltage at P1.0 is higher than P1.1 then P3.6 will be a 1. If the voltage at P1.0 is lower than P1.1 then P3.6 will be a 0. By using the other 6 Port 1 pins (P1.2 through P1.7) we can generate a voltage using a resistor network connected to those pins. By changing the values of the Port 1 pins we will get as close as possible to matching the voltage from the sensor circuit. Then we will have a 6 bit digital value that is a reflection of the sensor voltage at P1.1. Each of the 6 Port 1 pins is connected to V0 through a resistor. Setting a pin to 0 or 1 subtracts from the voltage at V0 or doesn't. The value of the resistor determines how much voltage is subtracted. If all 6 pins are set to 1 then no current is flowing through the resistor network and V0 = 5V. The small resistor on P1.7 (240 ohms) can subtract the most voltage. When we set it to 0 current flows through Ra and the voltage at V0 goes down. The exact amount depends on the value of Ra. The resistors are chosen so they are roughly twice the value of the resistor connected to the next higher pin. (Ideally they would be exactly double the other value but it is difficult to get resistors that have exactly the right values.) By doubling the resistance, the pin can subtract half as much voltage. When you get to P1.2 with the 10K resistor, it only has a small effect on the voltage at V0 when you set P1.2 to 0 or 1. Now we can control the voltage at V0 fairly accurately with P1.2 through P1.6. To make a small change in voltage, change the lower pins and to make a large change in voltage change the higher pins. By starting with P1.6 through P1.2 set to 000000 (P1.6 is on the left and P1.2 is on the right) and counting up to 111111 you can get 64 different voltages! To find the right voltage to match the voltage at P1.1, we start at 000000 and count up until the comparator output at P3.6 switches to1 to tell us our generated voltage is higher than the sensor voltage. Then we can "track" the voltage by adjusting the value up and down depending on the output of the comparator. Since the comparator only tells us high or low (it can not tell you if you have an exact match) then one possibly annoying aspect of this approach is that the P1.2 bit is constantly switching from 0 to 1 to 0 to 1... as the comparator output tells us we are low, then high, then low. To avoid having to watch the 6 bit value oscillate we just use the top 5 digits as our answer. Look at the documentation in the software for the 2051 in light.asm for more details on the tracking routine. The details of communicating with the PC are covered in the Data Collection Tutorial. For this project we are sending the upper 5 digit value (P1.3 through P1.6) to the PC. This can be displayed on the screen using the sample light program.

The Software
The basic process of compiling an assembly language program and loading it into the microcontroller was covered in the first microcontroller project. The 2051 assembly language program for this project is light.asm. The 2051 in this kit comes preprogrammed with the light program so you can build this kit

without having a device programmer. If you need to alter the 2051 software you will need a device programmer such as the PG302 to reprogram the 2051. Make sure the power is off to the circuit you have built. Connect the circuit to the PC's serial port, Comm1. Connect the power to the breadboard. The circuit should send a continuous stream of values to the PC. To see the values on the PC, try this sample light program. The source code for the sample program (written in VB 5.0) is on the CD included with the kit. Two files your computer may need to run the sample program are Vbrun300.dll and Mscomm.vbx You can order the parts for this project. It includes: 1 - AT89C2051-24PC Microcontroller (programmed with the light software) 1 - 11.0592 MHz Crystal 2 - 33pF Capacitors 1 - 10 uF Capacitor 1 - 8.2k Resistor 5 - 240 Ohm Resistors 5 - 510 Ohm Resistors 5 - 1k Resistors 5 - 2.2k Resistors 5 - 5.1k Resistors 5 - 10k Resistors 1 - MAX232 5 - 1 uF capacitors 1 - DB9 connector 1 - CDS Photocell Light Sensor Jumper Wires 1 - CD with source code (click here to see full contents of CD) For Price and Ordering Information, look at LightKit on the Order Information Page or call 800-2971633. You may also be interested in the Microcontroller Beginner Kit. It includes a power supply, a breadboard, and the PG302 so you can reprogram the 2051 microcontroller with your own custom programs. Click here for more information. Send Questions to [email protected]

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LCD Instruction Set

Links ExpBoard with LCD Module 8051 Device Programmer Analog to Digital Converter Kit Microcontroller Beginner Kit Order Page Back to Tutorials Menu
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Microcontroller Beginner Kit (MBKit)

The Microcontroller Beginner Kit includes everything you need to get started in electronics. It starts with basic electricity. After explaining some electrical concepts, the basic electronic parts are presented. These parts are used to build simple circuits to demonstrate how the basic parts work. Then an Integrated Circuit, the 555 timer, is introduced and is used to make an LED blink. Control of the blinking speed is explained. Next microcontrollers are introduced (8051 microcontrollers). The manual works through some simple projects that show how to program the microcontroller and use it in some simple circuits with LEDs, a speaker, a 7 segment display, and input switches. After working through the manual, you will be able to program the microcontroller with your own custom programs. To get a more detailed look at what is in the manual, take a look at the web version of the instruction manual at http://www.iguanalabs.com/mbktut . This kit does not include the parts or instructions for the Light Sensor Kit or the ADC2051Kit. This kit includes all the parts required to do the following projects: Transistors and LEDs 555 Timer IC (Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks, Etc)) 5 Volt Power Supply First Microcontroller Project - 2051 Kit Simple Embedded System Making Sound with the 2051 Using a 7 Segment Display Using Switches as Inputs The MBKit comes with:

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Resistors: 10 - 100 ohm resistors 10 - 330 ohm resistors 5 - 510 ohm resistors 5 - 2,200 ohm resistors 5 - 8,200 ohm resistor 5 - 10,000 ohm resistors 5 - 15,000 ohm resistor 5 - 100,000 ohm resistors Capacitors: 2 - 33pf capacitors 2 - 10uf capacitors

2 - 220uf capacitors Other Components: 10 - LEDs (Green) 1 - 7 Segment Display 5 - NPN Transistors 1 - 11.0592 MegaHertz Crystal 1 - LM7805, 5 Volt Regulator 2 - 555 Timer ICs 2 - AT89C2051 Microcontrollers (20 pin versions of the popular 8051 microcontroller) 1 - Speaker 2 - Normally Open Push Button Switches 1 - Power Supply Adapter (To use the power supply with the breadboard) IC Extractor Small Breadboard PG302 Device Programmer (click here for more information on PG302) Power Supply (US and Canada Orders Only) 6 Ft DB9 Cable CD with PG302 Software for Windows (Free Updates From Web Site) and MBKit Software (includes compiler, assembly language editor, and more) Click here to see list of CD contents. 45 page Printed Color Manual Free Shipping! (USPS Priority Mail (2-4 Days). US Orders Only. Faster shipping methods are also available.) Technical Support (During business hours, call 800-297-1633 or send an email to [email protected])

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PG302 Software
Latest Version 5.20 (8/8/02) Linux Version - For 2051 only PG302 Auto - For the AT90S2313, AT90S8515, and AT90S1200. Programs Flash, EEPROM, and sets the lock bits by only pressing one button. Look at the included file Instruct.txt for detailed information. Windows 3.1 - For that old computer

Microcontroller Beginner Kit Software

AY Pad - Customizable Text Editor featuring color syntax highlighting for 8051 assembly language, AVR assembly language and others. Data Sheets in PDF format - Hardware Description, Architecture Description, and Memory Description Assembly Language Files for Kit Tasm - Turbo Assembler used for compiling assembly language programs for kit

ExpBoard Software
AY Pad - Customizable Text Editor featuring color syntax highlighting for 8051 assembly language, AVR assembly language and others. Assembly Language Files for ExpBoard Tasm - Turbo Assembler used for compiling 8051 assembly language programs avrasm.exe - Command Line Compiler for AVR assembly language programs

ADC2051 Kit Software

Assembly Language Files Data Sheets in PDF format - ADC0804, MAX232 Visual Basic Source Code Files for versions 3.0 and 5.0

Tools
binhex.zip - Binary to Hex converter - converts files in Binary format to Hex format so the PG302 can use them bas051.zip - Basic Compiler for the 8051

pacific.exe - C compiler for the 8051 emily52.zip - Dos based simulator sim51eng.zip - Dos based simulator disasm.zip - Two programs that can convert hex files to assembly language (disassemblers) astudio3.exe - AVR assembler and simulator avrasm.exe - Command Line Compiler for AVR assembly language programs pkz204g.exe - PK Zip tools for creating and extracting zip files Adobe Acrobat pdf Reader

Data Sheets (in pdf format)

AT90S1200 AT90S2313 AT90S8515 AT89C2051 AT89C4051 AT89C51 AT89C52 AT89S53 AT89S8252 AVR Instruction Set 8051 Programmers Guide and Instruction Set MAX232CPE ADC0804 DAC0830

This disk is included with the PG302, ExpBoard, ADC2051Kit, and the Microcontroller Beginner Kit. It can also be ordered separately. See Order Information Page for pricing or call 800-2971633.

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PG302 Programmer Software

Features - Latest Software - Ordering Information - PG302 Page

Features: Works on Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT, XP Programs Lock Bits Chip Checksum Optional Auto Erase Optional Auto Verify Optional Auto Difference Check Status Bar Easy access to any of the latest files you've programmed. Select Comm1, 2, 3 or 4 On Start Up, restores last settings (Comm Port, Device, etc.) Very easy to use

Download Latest Version - v5.20 (8/8/02)

Click here for v5_20.exe (self extracting exe) Click here for v5_20.zip (zipped version)

Upgrade for 5.0 versions and up

pg302.exe - This is the uncompressed executable file for version 5.20. Download it and replace the existing pg302.exe with this new pg302.exe. (To fix disappearing help file problem, get the full version above.) files.exe - Includes all the support files that may be missing. Can be used with pg302.exe above to bypass the normal installation process (sometimes necessary for NT systems). Put this self extracting file in the same directory as pg302.exe and run it.

Other Versions (all compressed as self extracting exes)

pg302auto.exe - For the AT90S2313, programs Flash, EEPROM, and sets the lock bits by only pressing one button. Look at the file Instructions.txt for detailed information. setup301.exe - Version 3.01 can be used on older MS Windows such as Windows 3.1.

Software Hints and Tips

You can install multiple copies of the software and configure each one differently. -Each copy must be in it's own directory, but the hex files can be anywhere and can be shared by the different copies. This is handy if you often program different types of chips or work on different projects at once. You can install a copy for each chip type and project. Then each copy can be configured for a specific chip with just the files needed for that chip or project. For example, you can have one configured for programming a 2051 that just lists the files for the 2051. Then you can have another copy that is configured for programming a 2313 that just lists the files used for the 2313. -Also, the various copies of the software can all be running at the same time. This is nice if you need to constantly reprogram both the Flash and the EEPROM. You can have one copy running that programs the Flash and another copy running that programs the

EEPROM so you don't have to keep switching the settings and file names. -Make a shortcut on the desktop for each copy with a different name so you can easily start up the version you currently need. -Install a new copy each time you start a new project so you will have a version that only lists the files you need for that project.

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ATMEL AT89C2051 Pinout and Description

The 2051 is a low voltage (2.7V - 6V), high performance CMOS 8-bit microcontroller with 2 Kbytes of Flash programmable and erasable read only memory (PEROM). This device is compatible with the industry standard 8051 instruction set and pinout. The 2051 is a powerful microcomputer which provides a highly flexible and cost effective solution to many embedded control applications. The 2051 provides the following features: ~ 2 Kbytes of Flash ~ 128 bytes of RAM ~ 15 I/O lines ~ two16-bit timer/counters ~ five vector, two-level interrupt architecture ~ full duplex serial port ~ precision analog comparator ~ on chip oscillator and clock circuitry In addition, the 2051 is designed with static logic for operation down to zero frequency and supports two software selectable power saving modes. The Idle Mode stops the CPU while allowing the RAM,

timer/counters, serial port and interrupt system to continue functioning. The Power Down Mode saves the RAM contents but freezes the oscillator disabling all other chip functions until the next hardware reset.

To learn how to use the 2051 microcontroller, get the Microcontroller Beginner Kit (click here) 2051 - 24MHz DIP Available See Order Form For Pricing or call 800-297-1633 The 2051 can be programmed using a device programmer such as the PG302 (Click Here). We also have Projects that use the 2051 Microcontroller. See the Intermediate Tutorial Section.
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Basic Definitions and Concepts

Introduction
Welcome to the exciting world of electronics. Before we can build anything we need to look at a couple of things. Anytime you have an electrical circuit, you have voltage and electricity. We build circuits to control voltage and current.

Current
Current is what flows through a wire. Think of it as water flowing in a river. The current flows from one point to another point just like water in a river. Current flows from points of high voltage to points of low voltage. Current can be shown in circuit diagrams by using arrows as in Figure 1. The arrow shows which way the current is flowing. An I is usually included beside the arrow to indicate current.

Figure 1
The unit of measurement for current is the Ampere, or Amp for short, and abbreviated as A. (The name Ampere comes from Mr. Ampere who played with electricity as a small boy in Vermont.) Common currents are 0.001 Amps (0.001A) to 0.5 Amps (0.5A). Since currents are usually small, they are usually given in the form of milliAmps (abbreviated mA.) The milli means divided by 1000, so 0.001 Amps equals 1 milliAmp (1 mA) since 1 / 1000 = 0.001. Also, 0.5 Amps equals 500 milliAmps (500mA) since 500 / 1000 = 0.5.

Voltage
Voltage indicates the power level of a point. Voltage is measured in volts. If we continue the river

comparison, a point at the top of a hill would be at a high voltage level and a point at the bottom of a hill would be at a low voltage level. Then, just as water flows from a high point to a low point, current flows from a point of high voltage to a point of low voltage. If one point is at 5 volts and another point is at 0 volts then when a wire is connected between them, current will flow from the point at 5 volts to the point at 0 volts. A measurement of voltage is much like a measurement of height. It gives you the difference in voltage between those two points. If point A is at 10 volts and point B is at 2 volts then the voltage measured between A and B is 8 volts (10 -2). This is similar to measuring height. We measure the height of hills the same way. We say the sea level is at zero feet and then compare other points to that level. On top of Marys Peak you are 4000 ft high (compared to sea level). In the same way we call the lowest voltage in a circuit zero volts and give it the name ground. Then all other points in the circuit are compared to that ground point. Rivers always flow towards sea level and currents always flow towards ground. A battery is similar to a dam. On one side is a lot of stored up energy. When a path is formed from that side to the other side then current flows. If there is no path then current does not flow and the energy just stays there waiting for a path to form to the other side. The path can be a big path with lots of current flowing or a small path with just a little bit of current flowing. With a dam, a little bit of water flow could go on for a long time, but flow through a big path that lets all the water go at once would only last a short while. A battery is the same. If there is big path from the high voltage side to the low voltage side then the battery will not last long. There are two special cases that we give names. One is when the current is zero (open circuit) and the other is when the voltage is zero (short circuit).

Open Circuit
An open circuit is when two points are not connected by anything. No current flows and nothing happens. If a wire in your vacuum cleaner breaks it can cause an open circuit and no current can flow so it does not do anything. There may be a voltage between those two points but the current can not flow with out a connection.

Short Circuit
A short circuit (or short) is when two points with different voltage levels are connected with no resistance (see resistors) between two points. This can cause a large amount of current to flow. If a short circuit happens in your house, it will usually cause a circuit breaker to break or a fuse to blow. If there is no device to limit the current, the wires may melt and cause a fire. This situation is something like a dam breaking. There is a large amount of energy suddenly free to flow from a high point to a low point with nothing to limit the current.

Series Connection
A series connection is when two components are joined together by a common leg and nothing else is connected to that point as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Parallel Connection

A parallel connection is when two components are joined together by both legs as shown in Figure 3.

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Basic Electrical Components

Resistors
Resistors are components that have a predetermined resistance. Resistance determines how much current will flow through a component. Resistors are used to control voltages and currents. A very high resistance allows very little current to flow. Air has very high resistance. Current almost never flows through air. (Sparks and lightning are brief displays of current flow through air. The light is created as the current burns parts of the air.) A low resistance allows a large amount of current to flow. Metals have very low resistance. That is why wires are made of metal. They allow current to flow from one point to another point without any resistance. Wires are usually covered with rubber or plastic. This keeps the wires from coming in contact with other wires and creating short circuits. High voltage power lines are covered with thick layers of plastic to make them safe, but they become very dangerous when the line breaks and the wire is exposed and is no longer separated from other things by insulation. Resistance is given in units of ohms. (Ohms are named after Mho Ohms who played with electricity as a young boy in Germany.) Common resistor values are from 100 ohms to 100,000 ohms. Each resistor is marked with colored stripes to indicate its resistance. To learn how to calculate the value of a resistor by looking at the stripes on the resistor, go to Resistor Values which includes more information about resistors.

Variable Resistors
Variable resistors are also common components. They have a dial or a knob that allows you to change the resistance. This is very useful for many situations. Volume controls are variable resistors. When you change the volume you are changing the resistance which changes the current. Making the resistance higher will let less current flow so the volume goes down. Making the resistance lower will let more current flow so the volume goes up. The value of a variable resistor is given as its highest resistance value. For example, a 500 ohm variable resistor can have a resistance of anywhere between 0 ohms and 500 ohms. A variable resistor may also be called a potentiometer (pot for short).

Diodes
Diodes are components that allow current to flow in only one direction. They have a positive side (leg) and a negative side. When the voltage on the positive leg is higher than on the negative leg then current flows through the diode (the resistance is very low). When the voltage is lower on the positive leg than on the negative leg then the current does not flow (the resistance is very high). The negative leg of a diode is the one with the line closest to it. It is called the cathode. The postive end is called the anode. Usually when current is flowing through a diode, the voltage on the positive leg is 0.65 volts higher than on the negative leg.

LED
Light Emitting Diodes are great for projects because they provide visual entertainment. LEDs use a special material which emits light when current flows through it. Unlike light bulbs, LEDs never burn out unless their current limit is passed. A current of 0.02 Amps (20 mA) to 0.04 Amps (40 mA) is a good range for LEDs. They have a positive leg and a negative leg just like regular diodes. To find the positive side of an LED, look for a line in the metal inside the LED. It may be difficult to see the line. This line is closest to the positive side of the LED. Another way of finding the positive side is to find a flat spot on the edge of the LED. This flat spot is on the negative side. When current is flowing through an LED the voltage on the positive leg is about 1.4 volts higher than the voltage on the negative side. Remember that there is no resistance to limit the current so a resistor must be used in series with the LED to avoid destroying it. To learn about LEDs through an interactive kit, look at LED and Transistor Kit

Switches
Switches are devices that create a short circuit or an open circuit depending on the position of the switch. For a light switch, ON means short circuit (current flows through the switch, lights light up and people dance.) When the switch is OFF, that means there is an open circuit (no current flows, lights go out and people settle down. This effect on people is used by some teachers to gain control of loud classes.) When the switch is ON it looks and acts like a wire. When the switch is OFF there is no connection.

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Finding the Value of a Resistor by Color Codes

To calculate the value of a resistor using the color coded stripes on the resistor, use the following procedure. Step One: Turn the resistor so that the gold or silver stripe is at the right end of the resistor. Step Two: Look at the color of the first two stripes on the left end. These correspond to the first two
digits of the resistor value. Use the table given below to determine the first two digits.

Step Three: Look at the third stripe from the left. This corresponds to a multiplication value. Find the
value using the table below.

Step Four: Multiply the two digit number from step two by the number from step three. This is the
value of the resistor n ohms. The fourth stripe indicates the accuracy of the resistor. A gold stripe means the value of the resistor may vary by 5% from the value given by the stripes. Resistor Color Codes (with gold or silver strip on right end)

Color Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue

First Stripe 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Second Stripe 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Third Stripe x1 x10 x100 x1,000 x10,000 x100,000 x1,000,000

Fourth Stripe

Purple Gray White Gold Silver

7 8 9

7 8 9 5% 10%

Follow the above procedure with the examples below and soon you will be able to quickly determine the value of a resistor by just a glance at the color coded stripes.

Examples
Example1:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as brown, black, orange, gold. Find the resistance value.

Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is brown which has a value of 1. The second stripe is black which has a
value of 0. Therefore the first two digits of the resistance value are 10.

Step Three: The third stripe is orange which means x 1,000. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 10 x 1000 = 10,000 ohms (10 kilohms = 10 kohms).
The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 9,500 ohms and 10,500 ohms. (Since 5% of 10,000 = 0.05 x 10,000 = 500)

Example2:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as orange, orange, brown, silver. Find the resistance value.

Step One: The silver stripe is on the right so go to Step Two.

Step Two: The first stripe is orange which has a value of 3. The second stripe is orange which has a
value of 3. Therefore the first two digits of the resistance value are 33.

Step Three: The third stripe is brown which means x 10. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 33 x 10 = 330 ohms.
The silver stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 10% meaning the actual value will be between 297 ohms and 363 ohms. (Since 10% of 330 = 0.10 x 330 = 33)

Example3:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as blue, gray, red, gold. Find the resistance value.

Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is blue which has a value of 6. The second stripe is gray which has a value
of 8. Therefore the first two digits of the resistance value are 68.

Step Three: The third stripe is red which means x 100. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 68 x 100 = 6800 ohms (6.8 kilohms = 6.8 kohms).
The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 6,460 ohms and 7,140 ohms. (Since 5% of 6,800 = 0.05 x 6,800 = 340)

Example 4:
You are given a resistor whose stripes are colored from left to right as green, brown, black, gold. Find the resistance value.

Step One: The gold stripe is on the right so go to Step Two. Step Two: The first stripe is green which has a value of 5. The second stripe is brown which has a
value of 1. Therefore the first two digits of the resistance value are 51.

Step Three: The third stripe is black which means x 1. Step Four: The value of the resistance is found as 51 x 1 = 51 ohms.
The gold stripe means the actual value of the resistor mar vary by 5% meaning the actual value will be somewhere between 48.45 ohms and 53.55 ohms. (Since 5% of 51 = 0.05 x 51 = 2.55)

Other Resistor Information

There are some more rules that may be useful when working with resistors. You do not need to know them but if you need a resistor with a value that you do not have, you my be able to use the following information to create the value of resistor you need.

First Rule for Resistors : Series Connection

When two resistors are connected in series, as shown in Figure 1, the new resistance between points A and B is R1 + R2.

A
Figure 1

The resistors add together. For example if R1 = 500 ohms and R2 = 250 ohms then the resistance between points A and B would be R1 + R2 = 500 + 250 = 750 ohms.

Second Rule for Resistors : Parallel Connection

When two resistors are connected in parallel, as shown in Figure 2, the new resistance is smaller than either R1 or R2. The new resistance between points A and B is (R1 x R2) / (R1 + R2).

B Figure 2

For example, if R1 = 500 and R2 = 250 then the resistance between points A and B = (500 x 250) / (500 + 250) = (125,000) / (750) = 167 ohms. If R1 = R2 then the new resistance is just R1 / 2. Using these two rules, resistors can be combined to form new resistance values.

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Learning About Transistors and LEDs

The LED

An LED is the device shown above. Besides red, they can also be yellow, green and blue. The letters LED stand for Light Emitting Diode. If you are unfamiliar with diodes, take a moment to review the components in the Basic Components Tutorial. The important thing to remember about diodes (including LEDs) is that current can only flow in one direction. To make an LED work, you need a voltage supply and a resistor. If you try to use an LED without a resistor, you will probably burn out the LED. The LED has very little resistance so large amounts of current will try to flow through it unless you limit the current with a resistor. If you try to use an LED without a power supply, you will be highly disappointed. So first of all we will make our LED light up by setting up the circuit below.

Step 1.) First you have to find the positive leg of the LED. The easiest way to do this is to look for the leg that is longer.

Step 2.) Once you know which side is positive, put the LED on your breadboard so the positive leg is in one row and the negative leg is in another row. (In the picture below the rows are vertical.) Step 3.) Place one leg of a 2.2k ohm resistor (does not matter which leg) in the same row as the negative leg of the LED. Then place the other leg of the resistor in an empty row. Step 4.) Unplug the power supply adapter from the power supply. Next, put the ground (black wire) end of the power supply adapter in the sideways row with the blue stripe beside it. Then put the positive (red wire) end of the power supply adapter in the sideways row with the red stripe beside it. Step 5.) Use a short jumper wire (use red since it will be connected to the positive voltage) to go from the positive power row (the one with the red stripe beside it) to the positive leg of the LED (not in the same hole, but in the same row). Use another short jumper wire (use black) to go from the ground row to the resistor (the leg that is not connected to the LED). Refer to the picture below if necessary. The breadboard should look like the picture shown below.

Now plug the power supply into the wall and then plug the other end into the power supply adapter and the LED should light up. Current is flowing from the positive leg of the LED through the LED to the negative leg. Try turning the LED around. It should not light up. No current can flow from the negative leg of the LED to the positive leg. People often think that the resistor must come first in the path from positive to negative, to limit the amount of current flowing through the LED. But, the current is limited by the resistor no matter where the resistor is. Even when you first turn on the power, the current will be limited to a certain amount, and can be found using ohms law.

Revisiting Ohm's Law

Ohm's Law can be used with resistors to find the current flowing through a circuit. The law is I = VD/R (where I = current, VD = voltage across resistor, and R = resistance). For the circuit above we can only use Ohm's law for the resistor so we must use the fact that when the LED is on, there is a 1.4 voltage drop across it. This means that if the positive leg is connected to 12 volts, the negative leg will be at 10.6 volts. Now we know the voltage on both sides of the resistor and can use Ohm's law to calculate the current. The current is (10.6 - 0) / 2200 = 0.0048 Amperes = 4.8 mA

This is the current flowing through the path from 12V to GND. This means that 4.8 mA is flowing through the LED and the resistor. If we want to change the current flowing through the LED (changing the brightness) we can change the resistor. A smaller resistor will let more current flow and a larger resistor will let less current flow. Be careful when using smaller resistors because they will get hot. Next, we want to be able to turn the LED on and off without changing the circuit. To do this we will learn to use another electronic component, the transistor.

1.6.1 The Transistor

Transistors are basic components in all of today's electronics. They are just simple switches that we can use to turn things on and off. Even though they are simple, they are the most important electrical component. For example, transistors are almost the only components used to build a Pentium processor. A single Pentium chip has about 3.5 million transistors. The ones in the Pentium are smaller than the ones we will use but they work the same way. Transistors that we will use in projects look like this:

The transistor has three legs, the Collector (C), Base (B), and Emitter (E). Sometimes they are labeled on the flat side of the transistor. Transistors always have one round side and one flat side. If the round side is facing you, the Collector leg is on the left, the Base leg is in the middle, and the Emitter leg is on the right.

Transistor Symbol
The following symbol is used in circuit drawings (schematics) to represent a transistor.

Basic Circuit
The Base (B) is the On/Off switch for the transistor. If a current is flowing to the Base, there will be a path from the Collector (C) to the Emitter (E) where current can flow (The Switch is On.) If there is no current flowing to the Base, then no current can flow from the Collector to the Emitter. (The Switch is Off.) Below is the basic circuit we will use for all of our transistors.

To build this circuit we only need to add the transistor and another resistor to the circuit we built above for the LED. Unplug the power supply from the power supply adapter before making any changes on the breadboard. To put the transistor in the breadboard, seperate the legs slightly and place it on the breadboard so each leg is in a different row. The collector leg should be in the same row as the leg of the resistor that is connected to ground (with the black jumper wire). Next move the jumper wire going from ground to the 2.2k ohm resistor to the Emitter of the transistor. Next place one leg of the 100k ohm resistor in the row with the Base of the transistor and the other leg in an empty row and your breadboard should look like the picture below.

Now put one end of a yellow jumper wire in the positive row (beside the red line) and the other end in the row with the leg of the 100k ohm resistor (the end not connected to the Base). Reconnect the power supply and the transistor will come on and the LED will light up. Now move the one end of the yellow jumper wire from the positive row to the ground row (beside the blue line). As soon as you remove the yellow jumper wire from the positive power supply, there is no current flowing to the base. This makes the transistor turn off and current can not flow through the LED. As we will see later, there is very little current flowing through the 100k resistor. This is very important because it means we can control a large

current in one part of the circuit (the current flowing through the LED) with only a small current from the input.

Back to Ohm's Law

We want to use Ohm's law to find the current in the path from the Input to the Base of the transistor and the current flowing through the LED. To do this we need to use two basic facts about the transistor. 1.) If the transistor is on, then the Base voltage is 0.6 volts higher than the Emitter voltage. 2.) If the transistor is on, the Collector voltage is 0.2 volts higher than the Emitter voltage.

So when the 100k resistor is connected to 12VDC, the circuit will look like this:

So the current flowing through the 100k resistor is (12 - 0.6) / 100000 = 0.000114 A = 0.114 mA. The current flowing through the 2.2k ohm resistor is (10.6 - 0.2) / 2200 = 0.0047 A = 4.7 mA. If we want more current flowing through the LED, we can use a smaller resistor (instead of 2200) and we will get more current through the LED without changing the amount of current that comes from the Input line. This means we can control things that use a lot of power (like electric motors) with cheap, low power circuits. Soon you will learn how to use a microcontroller (a simple computer). Even though the microcontroller can not supply enough current to turn lights and motors on and off, the microcontroller can turn transistors on and off and the transistors can control lots of current for lights and motors. For Ohms law, also remember that when the transistor is off, no current flows through the transistor.

1.6.2 Introduction to Digital Devices - The Inverter

In digital devices there are only two values, usually referred to as 0 and 1. 1 means there is a voltage (usually 5 volts) and 0 means the voltage is 0 volts. An inverter (also called a NOT gate) is a basic digital device found in all modern electronics. So for an inverter, as the

name suggests, it's output is the opposite of the input (Output is NOT the Input). If the input is 0 then the output is 1 and if the input is 1 then the output is 0. We can summarize the operation of this device in a table.

Input 1 0

Output 0 1

To help us practice with transistors we will build an inverter. Actually we have already built an inverter. The transistor circuit we just built is an inverter circuit. To help see the inverter working, we will build a circuit with two inverters. The circuit we will use is shown below. First Inverter (already built)

Second Inverter

To build the circuit, use the transistor circuit we just built as the first inverter. The first inverter input is the end of the 100k ohm resistor connected to the yellow jumper wire. Build another circuit identical to the first (the basic transistor circuit from Section 1.6.1) except leave out the yellow jumper wire connected to the 100k ohm resistor (the inverter input). This circuit is the second inverter. Connect the output of the first inverter to the input of the second inverter by putting one end of a jumper wire in the same row of holes as the 2.2k ohm resistor and the Collector of the transistor (the output of the first inverter) and putting the other end in the same row of holes as the leg of the 100k ohm resistor of the second inverter (the input to the second inverter). Here is how to check if you built it correctly. Connect the first inverter input (the yellow jumper wire) to 12V (the positive row). The LED in the first inverter should come on and the LED in the second inverter should stay off. Then connect the first inverter input to 0V (the ground row). (You are turning off the switch of the first inverter.) The first LED should go off and the second LED should come on. If this does not happen, check to make sure no metal parts are touching. Check to make sure all the parts are connected correctly. The input can either be connected to 12V or 0V. When the Inverter Input is 12V, the transistor in the first inverter will turn

on and the LED will come on and the Inverter Output voltage will be 0.2V. The first Inverter Output is connected to the input of the second inverter. The 0.2V at the input of the second inverter is small enough that the second transistor is turned off. The circuit voltages are shown in the diagram below.

When the Inverter Input is connected to 0V, the transistor in the first inverter is turned off and the LED will get very dim. There is a small amount of current still flowing through the LED to the second inverter. The voltage at the first Inverter Output will go up, forcing the second inverter transistor to come on. When the second inverter transistor comes on, the second inverter LED will come on. To find the voltage at the output of the first inverter (10.4V), use Ohm's law. There is no current flowing through the transistor in the first inverter so the path of the current is through the first LED, through the 2.2k resistor, through the 100k resistor, through the second transistor to ground. The voltage at the negative side of the first LED is fixed at 10.6V by the LED. The voltage at the second transistor base is fixed at 0.6V by the transistor. Then given those two voltages, you should be able to find the voltage at the point in the middle (10.4V) using Ohms law. (Hint: First find the current and then work through Form 1 of ohms law to find the voltage at the point between the 2.2k resistor and the 100k resistor.)

Switch the input back and forth from 0V to 12V and you can see that when the first stage is on, the second stage is off. This demonstrates the inverting action of the Inverter. The next project in the series is called Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks... It introduces capacitors and the LM555 timer. With these you can make circuits with LEDs that will continually flash! Click here to go to the Pulses, Oscillators, Clocks... page.

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Finding Voltage and Current Using Ohm's Law

There is a simple relationship between current, voltage and resistance. This relationship is called Ohms Law. The formula is the following. Difference in Voltage = Current * Resistance or DV = I * R This is Form

1 of Ohm's Law.

To find current and resistance the following forms can be used. They are the same as the above formula but in a different form.

Form 2: Current = Difference in Voltage / Resistance

or I = DV / R

Form 3: Resistance = Difference in Voltage / Current

or R = DV / I These formulas are always used for situations where there are two points with a resistor between them. DV is the difference in voltage between the two points and current is what flows between the two points. These simple relationships allow us to calculate many things. Given any two of the three values (Current, Resistance, and Difference in Voltage) the third can be found. The most common calculation is for current. Voltage is easy to measure and the resistance can be found from the resistor (see color codes). Once these values are known, current can be calculated using Form 2 of Ohms law, I = DV / R. For example, consider the problem shown in Figure 1. One side is at 0 volts (ground) and the other side is at 5 volts (with a multimeter, black probe on right side, red probe on left side).

Figure 1
The voltage difference between Point A and Point B is 5 - 0 = 5 volts (DV=5). There is a resistor between the two points which has a value of 500 ohms (R=500). We know that current flows from a point of high voltage to a point of low voltage so we can draw an arrow from the higher voltage to the lower voltage.

Figure 2
Now we can find the current flowing through the resistor using Form 2 of Ohm's Law. I = DV / R DV / R = 5 / 500 5 / 500 = 0.01 Amps 0.01 Amps = 10 milliAmps 10 milliamps can be abbreviated as 10 mA This means the current is 10 mA. ( I = 10mA ) Now to check our answer we can use Form 1 and Form 3 of Ohms law. We have to use the value of current in Amps for these formulas. So if we have I = 0.01 Amps and Resistance = 500 ohms then by using Form 1 of Ohms law we can find: Difference in Voltage = DV DV = I * R

I * R = 0.01 * 500 0.01 * 500 = 5 volts This is the voltage we started with so the value we found for the current must be right. We can also check the answer with Form 3 by using I = 0.01 Amps and DV = 5 volts. Resistance = R R = DV / I DV / I = 5 / 0.01 5 / 0.01 = 500 ohms. So R = 500 ohms Now consider the problem shown in Figure 3. The voltage on one side is 10 volts and the voltage on the other side is 3 volts. Therefore the voltage difference between the two points is 10 - 3 = 7 volts (DV = 7 V). The resistor is 400 ohms (R = 400).

Figure 3
Then the current flowing from left to right is I = DV / R DV / R = 7 / 400 7 / 400 = 0.0175 Amps 0.0175 Amps = 17.5 milliAmps 17.5 milliAmps = 17.5 mA

This means the current flowing from the left to the right is 17.5 mA. Now suppose we have two points with a voltage difference of 5 volts. Point A is at 5 volts and Point B is at 0 volts (ground). (Notice that the voltage difference is the important part. If Point A is at 7 volts and Point B is at 2 volts then the voltage difference is the same, 7 - 2 = 5 volts.) Now suppose we want a current to flow between Points A and B and we want the current to be 0.02 Amps ( I = 0.02 Amps = 20 mA). Now we need to find the value of the resistor so we use Form 3 of Ohms Law. Resistance = Difference in Voltage / Current or R = DV / I DV / I = 5 / 0.02 = 250 ohms This means that putting a resistor with a value of 250 ohms between Points A and B will make a current flow from Point A to Point B and the current will be 0.02 Amps (20 mA). Now using the values of voltage and resistance, check the value of the current using Form 2 of Ohms law.

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Using the bread board (Socket Board)

The bread board has many strips of metal (copper usually) which run underneath the board. The metal strips are laid out as shown below.

These strips connect the holes on the top of the board. This makes it easy to connect components together to build circuits. To use the bread board, the legs of components are placed in the holes (the sockets). The holes are made so that they will hold the component in place. Each hole is connected to one of the metal strips running underneath the board. Each wire forms a node. A node is a point in a circuit where two components are connected. Connections between different components are formed by putting their legs in a common node. On the

bread board, a node is the row of holes that are connected by the strip of metal underneath. The long top and bottom row of holes are usually used for power supply connections. The rest of the circuit is built by placing components and connecting them together with jumper wires. Then when a path is formed by wires and components from the positive supply node to the negative supply node, we can turn on the power and current flows through the path and the circuit comes alive. For chips with many legs (ICs), place them in the middle of the board so that half of the legs are on one side of the middle line and half are on the other side. A completed circuit might look like the following. This circuit uses two small breadboards.

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Oscillators, Pulse Generators, Clocks... - Capacitors and the 555 Timer IC .

Introduction
As electronic designs get bigger, it becomes difficult to build the complete circuit. So we will use prebuilt circuits that come in packages like the one shown above. This prebuilt circuit is called an IC. IC stands for Integrated Circuit. An IC has many transistors inside it that are connected together to form a circuit. Metal pins are connected to the circuit and the circuit is stuck into a piece of plastic or ceramic so that the metal pins are sticking out of the side. These pins allow you to connect other devices to the circuit inside. We can buy simple ICs that have several inverter circuits like the one we built in the LED and Transistor tutorial or we can buy complex ICs like a Pentium Processor.

The Pulse - More than just an on/off switch

So far the circuits we have built have been stable, meaning that the output voltage stays the same. If you change the input voltage, the output voltage changes and once it changes it will stay at the same voltage level. The 555 integrated circuit (IC) is designed so that when the input changes, the output goes from 0 volts to Vcc (where Vcc is the voltage of the power supply). Then the output stays at Vcc for a certain length of time and then it goes back to 0 volts. This is a pulse. A graph of the output voltage is shown below.

The Oscillator (A Clock) - More than just a Pulse

The pulse is nice but it only happens one time. If you want something that does something interesting forever rather than just once, you need an oscillator. An oscillator puts out an endless series of pulses. The output constantly goes from 0 volts to Vcc and back to 0 volts again. Almost all digital circuits have some type of oscillator. This stream of output pulses is often called a clock. You can count the number of pulses to tell how much time has gone by. We will see how the 555 timer can be used to generate this clock. A graph of a clock signal is shown below. .

The Capacitor
If you already understand capacitors you can skip this part.

The picture above on the left shows two typical capacitors. Capacitors usually have two legs. One leg is the positive leg and the other is the negative leg. The positive leg is the one that is longer. The picture on the right is the symbol used for capacitors in circuit drawings (schematics). When you put one in a circuit, you must make sure the positive leg and the negative leg go in the right place. Capacitors do not always have a positive leg and a negative leg. The smallest capacitors in this kit do not. It does not matter which way you put them in a circuit. A capacitor is similar to a rechargable battery in the way it works. The difference is that a capacitor can only hold a small fraction of the energy that a battery can. (Except for really big capacitors like the ones found in old TVs. These can hold a lot of charge. Even if a TV has been disconnected from the wall for a long time, these capacitors can still make lots of sparks and hurt people.) As with a rechargable battery, it takes a while for the capacitor to charge. So if we have a 12 volt supply and start charging the capacitor, it will start with 0 volts and go from 0 volts to 12 volts. Below is a graph of the voltage in the capacitor while it is charging. .

. The same idea is true when the capacitor is discharging. If the capacitor has been charged to 12 volts and then we connect both legs to ground, the capacitor will start discharging but it will take some time for the voltage to go to 0 volts. Below is a graph of what the voltage is in the capacitor while it is discharging. .

We can control the speed of the capacitor's charging and discharging using resistors. Capacitors are given values based on how much electricity they can store. Larger capacitors can store more energy and take more time to charge and discharge. The values are given in Farads but a Farad is a really large unit of measure for common capacitors. In this kit we have 2

33pf capacitors, 2 10uf capacitors and 2 220uF capacitors. Pf means picofarad and uf means microfarad. A picofarad is 0.000000000001 Farads. So the 33pf capacitor has a value of 33 picofarads or 0.000000000033 Farads. A microfarad is 0.000001 Farads. So the 10uf capacitor is 0.00001 Farads and the 220uF capacitor is 0.000220 Farads. If you do any calculations using the value of the capacitor you have to use the Farad value rather than the picofarad or microfarad value. Capacitors are also rated by the maximum voltage they can take. This value is always written on the larger can shaped capacitors. For example, the 220uF capacitors in this kit have a maximum voltage rating of 25 volts. If you apply more than 25 volts to them they will die. We dont have to worry about that with this kit because our power supply can only put out 12 volts.

The 555 Timer

Creating a Pulse
The 555 is made out of simple transistors that are about the same as on / off switches. They do not have any sense of time. When you apply a voltage they turn on and when you take away the voltage they turn off. So by itself, the 555 can not create a pulse. The way the pulse is created is by using some components in a circuit attached to the 555 (see the circuit on the next page). This circuit is made of a capacitor and a resistor. We can flip a switch and start charging the capacitor. The resistor is used to control how fast the capacitor charges. The bigger the resistance, the longer it takes to charge the capacitor. The voltage in the capacitor can then be used as an input to another switch. Since the voltage starts at 0, nothing happens to the second switch. But eventually the capacitor will charge up to some point where the second switch comes on. The way the 555 timer works is that when you flip the first switch, the Output pin goes to Vcc (the positive power supply voltage) and starts charging the capacitor. When the capacitor voltage gets to 2/3 Vcc (that is Vcc * 2/3) the second switch turns on which makes the output go to 0 volts. The pinout for the 555 timer is shown below

Deep Details
Pin 2 (Trigger) is the 'on' switch for the pulse. The line over the word Trigger tells us that the voltage levels are the opposite of what you would normally expect. To turn the switch on you apply 0 volts to pin 2. The technical term for this opposite behavior is 'Active Low'. It is common to see this 'Active Low' behavior for IC inputs because of the inverting nature of transistor circuits like we saw in the LED and Transistor Tutorial. Pin 6 is the off switch for the pulse. We connect the positive side of the capacitor to this pin and the negative side of the capacitor to ground. When Pin 2 (Trigger) is at Vcc, the 555 holds Pin 7 at 0 volts (Note the inverted voltage). When Pin 2 goes to 0 volts, the 555 stops holding Pin 7 at 0 volts. Then the capacitor starts charging. The capacitor is charged through a resistor connected to Vcc. The current starts flowing into the capacitor, and the voltage in the capacitor starts to increase. Pin 3 is the output (where the actual pulse comes out). The voltage on this pin starts at 0 volts. When 0 volts is applied to the trigger (Pin 2), the 555 puts out Vcc on Pin 3 and holds it at Vcc until Pin 6 reaches 2/3 of Vcc (that is Vcc * 2/3). Then the 555 pulls the voltage at Pin 3 to ground and you have created a pulse. (Again notice the inverting action.) The voltage on Pin 7 is also pulled to ground, connecting the capacitor to ground and discharging it.

Seeing the pulse

To see the pulse we will use an LED connected to the 555 output, Pin 3. When the output is 0 volts the LED will be off. When the output is Vcc the LED will be on.

Building the Circuit

Place the 555 across the middle line of the breadboard so that 4 pins are on one side and 4 pins are on the other side. (You may need to bend the pins in a little so they will go in the holes.) Leave the power disconnected until you finish building the circuit. The diagram above shows how the pins on the 555 are numbered. You can find pin 1 by looking for the half circle in the end of the chip. Sometimes instead of a half circle, there will be a dot or shallow hole by pin 1. Before you start building the circuit, use jumper wires to connect the red and blue power rows to the red and blue power rows on the other side of the board. Then you will be able to easily reach Vcc and Ground lines from both sides of the board. (If the wires are too short, use two wires joined together in a row of holes for the positive power (Vcc) and two wires joined together in a different row of holes for the ground.) Connect Pin 1 to ground. Connect Pin 8 to Vcc. Connect Pin 4 to Vcc. Connect the positive leg of the LED to a 330 ohm resistor and connect the negative end of the LED to ground. Connect the other leg of the 330 ohm resistor to the output, Pin 3. Connect Pin 7 to Vcc with a 10k resistor (RA = 10K). Connect Pin 7 to Pin 6 with a jumper wire. Connect Pin 6 to the positive leg of the 220uF Capacitor (C = 220uF). (You will need to bend the positive (long leg) up and out some so that the negative leg can go in the breadboard. Connect the negative leg of the capacitor to ground. Connect a wire to Pin 2 to use as the trigger. Start with Pin 2 connected to Vcc.

Now connect the power. The LED will come on and stay on for about 2 seconds. Remove the wire connected to Pin 2 from Vcc. You should be able to trigger the 555 again by touching the wire connected to pin 2 with your finger or by connecting it to ground and removing it. (It should be about a 2 second pulse.)

Making it Oscillate
Next we will make the LED flash continually without having to trigger it. We will hook up the 555 so that it triggers itself. The way this works is that we add in a resistor between the capacitor and the discharge pin, Pin 7. Now, the capacitor will charge up (through RA and RB) and when it reaches 2/3 Vcc, Pin 3 and Pin 7 will go to ground. But the capacitor can not discharge immediately because of RB. It takes some time for the charge to drain through RB. The more resistance RB has, the longer it takes to discharge. The time it takes to discharge the capacitor will be the time the LED is off. To trigger the 555 again, we connect Pin 6 to the trigger (Pin 2). As the capacitor is discharging, the voltage in the capacitor gets lower and lower. When it gets down to 1/3 Vcc this triggers Pin 2 causing Pin 3 to go to Vcc and the LED to come on. The 555 disconnects Pin 7 from ground, and the capacitor starts to charge up again through RA and RB.

To build this circuit from the previous circuit, do the following. Disconnect the power. Take out the jumper wire between Pin 6 and Pin 7 and replace it with a 2.2k resistor (RB = 2.2K). Use the jumper wire at pin 2 to connect Pin 2 to Pin 6. Now reconnect the power and the LED should flash forever (as long as you pay your electricity bill). Experiment with different resistor values of RA and RB to see how it changes the length of time that the LED flashes. (You are changing the amount of time that it takes for the Capacitor to charge and discharge.)

Formulas
These are the formulas we use for the 555 to control the length of the pulses. t1 = charge time (how long the LED is on) = 0.693 * (RA + RB) * C t2 = discharge time (how long the LED is off) = 0.693 * RB * C T = period = t1 + t2 = 0.693 * (RA + 2*RB) * C Frequency = 1 / T = 1.44 / ((RA + 2 * RB) * C)

t1 and t2 are the time in seconds. C is the capacitor value in Farads. 220uF = 0.000220 F. So for our circuit we have: t1 = 0.693 * (10000 + 2200) * 0.000220 = 1.86 seconds t2 = 0.693 * 2200 * 0.000220 = 0.335 seconds T = 1.86 + 0.335 = 2.195 seconds Frequency = 0.456 (cycles per second)

All the parts in this kit are included with the Beginners Kit and the Microcontroller Beginner Kit.

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The 555Kit includes:

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Building a 5 volt power supply

Most digital logic circuits and processors need a 5 volt power supply. To use these parts we need to build a regulated 5 volt source. Usually you start with an unregulated power supply ranging from 9 volts to 24 volts DC (A 9 volt power supply is included with the first kit.). To make a 5 volt power supply, we use a LM7805 voltage regulator IC (Integrated Circuit). The IC is shown below.

The LM7805 is simple to use. You simply connect the positive lead of your unregulated DC power supply (anything from 9VDC to 24VDC) to the Input pin, connect the negative lead to the Common pin and then when you turn on the power, you get a 5 volt supply from the Output pin. The breadboarded circuit is shown below.

Sometimes the input supply line (the 9VDC above) may be noisy. To help smooth out this noise and get a better 5 volt output, a capacitor is usually added to the circuit, going between 9VDC and ground (GND). We use a 220 uF capacitor.

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1 - LM7805 1 - 220 uF Capacitor Jumper Wires

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Using the Multimeter to Measure Voltage and Resistance

Multimeters are commonly used to measure voltage and resistance between two points. Current is rarely measured because you must alter the circuit to measure the current. Since we dont really want to alter the circuit, we measure voltage and resistance and calculate the current using Ohms law ( I = DV / R ). Voltage and resistance are always measured between two points. Voltage is the easiest and most common measurement. To measure voltage you set the multimeter to either DC or AC voltage and choose the range based on what you estimate the voltage to be. Then you touch the black (negative) probe to ground (the most negative point in the circuit) and then touch the red (positive) probe to a point in the circuit where you want to know the voltage (while keeping the black probe touching ground.) If you want to know the voltage difference (DV) between one side of a resistor and the other side you can simply put the black probe on one side and the red probe on the other. If the meter has an analog scale (a needle) and the needle goes the wrong way, reverse the red and black probes so the needle will go the other way and give you the voltage difference between those two points. To measure resistance in a circuit, first turn off (or disconnect) the power supply. You may damage the multimeter if the circuit is still powered.) Next, select a range on the multimeter and touch two metal points in the circuit. If the needle doesnt move or goes all the way to the end of the scale, select another range. You can not use this method to measure the resistance of a resistor in the circuit because there may be other paths between the nodes of a resistor. One leg of a resistor must be disconnected from the circuit to make sure that the only path between the two probes is through that resistor. To measure the resistance of a resistor, select the range on the meter that you think is closest to the right value and use the probes to touch either side of the resistor. If you have selected the right range, the needle will be somewhere between the left and the right end of the scale. To find the value of the resistor, read the number from the scale that matches the range you are using.

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-5 & -10 Volt DC Kit

Parts needed to build a simple negative power supply

Vcc = 5 Volts DC The schematic above shows how to build a simple -5 Volt DC and -10 Volt DC power supply using a MAX232CPE chip and a 5 volt supply. A 5 volt supply is easy to build using a common DC wall adapter (9 to 20 volts DC or so) and a 7805 chip (as in our 5 Volt Kit). The MAX232 chip is intended to be used for communicating with a PC through a serial port. (See the Data Collection Kit for more information on communicating with a PC.) A serial port requires a negative 10 volt signal to work properly so the most important thing that the MAX232 chip does is generate a -10 Volt power source for those signals. But negative voltages are also needed for other applications such as operational amplifiers (op-amps). The MAX232 chip can be used for this as long as the current requirements are not too high. With no load, the outputs are about -5 Volts and -9.5 Volts. (The -10 Volt Source does not quite reach 10 Volts but it is still referred to as the -10 Volt Source.) For the -10 Volt Source: At 4 mA the voltage drops to about -8.5 volts. At 10 mA, the voltage drops to about -6 volts. For the -5 Volt Source: At 3.3 mA, the voltage drops to about -4.6 volts.

At 9 mA the voltage drops to about -3.5 volts. The graph below shows how the -10 Volt Source drops as current increases.

Note: The -5 Volt output and the -10 Volt output are not independent. If you are using both outputs, the voltages will drop off faster. Since the chip can not provide much current, one common way it is used is in a double opamp configuration. The first opamp acts as a buffer, inverting the signal to a negative signal then a second opamp reinverts the signal to positive and supplies the power, drawing current from the positive voltage source, Vcc. For more information on the MAX232 chip click here for the Data Sheet. This kit includes: 1 - MAX232CPE 5 - 1 uF capacitors Jumper Wires For Price and Ordering Information, look at -5&10Kit on the Order Information Page (click here). Links Main Tutorial Page 5 Volt Kit Data Collection Kit

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+5V-Powered, Multichannel RS-232 Drivers/Receivers

General Description
The MAX220MAX249 family of line drivers/receivers is intended for all EIA/TIA-232E and V.28/V.24 communications interfaces, particularly applications where 12V is not available. These parts are especially useful in battery-powered systems, since their low-power shutdown mode reduces power dissipation to less than 5W. The MAX225, MAX233, MAX235, and MAX245/MAX246/MAX247 use no external components and are recommended for applications where printed circuit board space is critical.

____________________________Features Superior to Bipolar

o Operate from Single +5V Power Supply (+5V and +12VMAX231/MAX239) o Low-Power Receive Mode in Shutdown (MAX223/MAX242) o Meet All EIA/TIA-232E and V.28 Specifications o Multiple Drivers and Receivers o 3-State Driver and Receiver Outputs o Open-Line Detection (MAX243)

MAX220MAX249

________________________Applications
Portable Computers Low-Power Modems Interface Translation Battery-Powered RS-232 Systems Multidrop RS-232 Networks
PART MAX220CPE MAX220CSE MAX220CWE MAX220C/D MAX220EPE MAX220ESE MAX220EWE MAX220EJE MAX220MJE

Ordering Information
TEMP. RANGE 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C PIN-PACKAGE 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO Dice* 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO 16 CERDIP 16 CERDIP

Ordering Information continued at end of data sheet. *Contact factory for dice specifications.

Selection Table
Part Number MAX220 MAX222 MAX223 (MAX213) MAX225 MAX230 (MAX200) MAX231 (MAX201) MAX232 (MAX202) MAX232A MAX233 (MAX203) MAX233A MAX234 (MAX204) MAX235 (MAX205) MAX236 (MAX206) MAX237 (MAX207) MAX238 (MAX208) MAX239 (MAX209) MAX240 MAX241 (MAX211) MAX242 MAX243 MAX244 MAX245 MAX246 MAX247 MAX248 MAX249 Power Supply (V) +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 and +7.5 to +13.2 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 and +7.5 to +13.2 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 No. of RS-232 Drivers/Rx 2/2 2/2 4/5 5/5 5/0 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 4/0 5/5 4/3 5/3 4/4 3/5 5/5 4/5 2/2 2/2 8/10 8/10 8/10 8/9 8/8 6/10 Nominal No. of Cap. Value Ext. Caps (F) 4 0.1 4 0.1 4 1.0 (0.1) 0 4 1.0 (0.1) 2 1.0 (0.1) 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 1.0 (0.1) 0.1 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 1.0 (0.1) 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 SHDN & ThreeState No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Rx Active in SHDN Data Rate (kbps) 120 200 120 120 120 120 120 (64) 200 120 200 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 200 200 120 120 120 120 120 120 Features Ultra-low-power, industry-standard pinout Low-power shutdown MAX241 and receivers active in shutdown Available in SO 5 drivers with shutdown Standard +5/+12V or battery supplies; same functions as MAX232 Industry standard Higher slew rate, small caps No external caps No external caps, high slew rate Replaces 1488 No external caps Shutdown, three state Complements IBM PC serial port Replaces 1488 and 1489 Standard +5/+12V or battery supplies; single-package solution for IBM PC serial port DIP or flatpack package Complete IBM PC serial port Separate shutdown and enable Open-line detection simplifies cabling High slew rate High slew rate, int. caps, two shutdown modes High slew rate, int. caps, three shutdown modes High slew rate, int. caps, nine operating modes High slew rate, selective half-chip enables Available in quad flatpack package

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGSMAX220/222/232A/233A/242/243
Supply Voltage (VCC) ...............................................-0.3V to +6V Input Voltages TIN..............................................................-0.3V to (VCC - 0.3V) RIN (Except MAX220) ........................................................30V RIN (MAX220).....................................................................25V TOUT (Except MAX220) (Note 1) .......................................15V TOUT (MAX220)...............................................................13.2V Output Voltages TOUT ...................................................................................15V ROUT .........................................................-0.3V to (VCC + 0.3V) Driver/Receiver Output Short Circuited to GND.........Continuous Continuous Power Dissipation (TA = +70C) 16-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 10.53mW/C above +70C)....842mW 18-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 11.11mW/C above +70C)....889mW 20-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 8.00mW/C above +70C) ..440mW 16-Pin Narrow SO (derate 8.70mW/C above +70C) ...696mW 16-Pin Wide SO (derate 9.52mW/C above +70C)......762mW 18-Pin Wide SO (derate 9.52mW/C above +70C)......762mW 20-Pin Wide SO (derate 10.00mW/C above +70C)....800mW 20-Pin SSOP (derate 8.00mW/C above +70C) ..........640mW 16-Pin CERDIP (derate 10.00mW/C above +70C).....800mW 18-Pin CERDIP (derate 10.53mW/C above +70C).....842mW Operating Temperature Ranges MAX2_ _AC_ _, MAX2_ _C_ _ .............................0C to +70C MAX2_ _AE_ _, MAX2_ _E_ _ ..........................-40C to +85C MAX2_ _AM_ _, MAX2_ _M_ _ .......................-55C to +125C Storage Temperature Range .............................-65C to +160C Lead Temperature (soldering, 10sec) .............................+300C

Note 1: Input voltage measured with TOUT in high-impedance state, SHDN or VCC = 0V. Note 2: For the MAX220, V+ and V- can have a maximum magnitude of 7V, but their absolute difference cannot exceed 13V.
Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the operational sections of the specifications is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX220/222/232A/233A/242/243
(VCC = +5V 10%, C1C4 = 0.1F MAX220, C1 = 0.047F, C2C4 = 0.33F, TA = TMIN to TMAX unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER RS-232 TRANSMITTERS Output Voltage Swing Input Logic Threshold Low Input Logic Threshold High Logic Pull-Up/lnput Current Output Leakage Current Data Rate Transmitter Output Resistance Output Short-Circuit Current RS-232 RECEIVERS RS-232 Input Voltage Operating Range RS-232 Input Threshold Low RS-232 Input Threshold High RS-232 Input Hysteresis RS-232 Input Resistance TTL/CMOS Output Voltage Low TTL/CMOS Output Voltage High TTL/CMOS Output Short-Circuit Current IOUT = 3.2mA IOUT = -1.0mA Sourcing VOUT = GND Shrinking VOUT = VCC 3.5 -2 10 VCC = 5V VCC = 5V All except MAX243 R2IN MAX243 R2IN (Note 2) All except MAX243 R2IN MAX243 R2IN (Note 2) 0.2 3 0.8 -3 1.8 -0.5 0.5 1 5 0.2 VCC - 0.2 -10 30 7 0.4 2.4 -0.1 1 1.3 30 V V V V k V V mA VCC = V+ = V- = 0V, VOUT = 2V VOUT = 0V 300 7 All devices except MAX220 MAX220: VCC = 5.0V All except MAX220, normal operation SHDN = 0V, MAX222/242, shutdown, MAX220 VCC = 5.5V, SHDN = 0V, VOUT = 15V, MAX222/242 VCC = SHDN = 0V, VOUT = 15V 2 2.4 5 0.01 0.01 0.01 200 10M 22 40 1 10 10 116 All transmitter outputs loaded with 3k to GND 5 8 1.4 1.4 0.8 V V V A A kb/s mA CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

All except MAX243, VCC = 5V, no hysteresis in shdn. MAX243

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX220/222/232A/233A/242/243 (continued)
(VCC = +5V 10%, C1C4 = 0.1F MAX220, C1 = 0.047F, C2C4 = 0.33F, TA = TMIN to TMAX unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER TTL/CMOS Output Leakage Current EN Input Threshold Low EN Input Threshold High Operating Supply Voltage No load VCC Supply Current (SHDN = VCC), Figures 5, 6, 11, 19 3k load both inputs MAX220 MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 TA = +25C Shutdown Supply Current MAX222/242 TA = 0C to +70C TA = -40C to +85C TA = -55C to +125C SHDN Input Leakage Current SHDN Threshold Low SHDN Threshold High MAX222/242 MAX222/242 MAX222/242 CL = 50pF to 2500pF, MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 RL = 3k to 7k, VCC = 5V, TA = +25C, measured from +3V MAX220 to -3V or -3V to +3V MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 tPHLT MAX220 tPLHT tPHLR tPLHR tPHLS tPLHS MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 MAX242 MAX242 MAX242 MAX242 MAX222/242, 0.1F caps (includes charge-pump start-up) MAX222/242, 0.1F caps MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 MAX222/232A/233A/242/243 MAX220 2.0 6 1.5 1.4 1.4 12 3 1.3 4 1.5 5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.5 125 160 250 600 300 2000 100 225 30 V/s 30 3.5 10 3.5 10 1 3 1 3 10 10 500 500 s ns ns s ns ns ns s s CONDITIONS SHDN = VCC or EN = VCC (SHDN = 0V for MAX222), 0V VOUT VCC MAX242 MAX242 2.0 4.5 0.5 4 12 15 0.1 2 2 35 10 50 50 100 1 0.8 A V V A MIN TYP 0.05 1.4 1.4 5.5 2 10 mA MAX 10 0.8 UNITS A V V V

MAX220MAX249

Transition Slew Rate

Transmitter Propagation Delay TLL to RS-232 (normal operation), Figure 1

Receiver Propagation Delay RS-232 to TLL (normal operation), Figure 2 Receiver Propagation Delay RS-232 to TLL (shutdown), Figure 2

Receiver-Output Enable Time, Figure 3 tER Receiver-Output Disable Time, Figure 3 tDR Transmitter-Output Enable Time (SHDN goes high), Figure 4 Transmitter-Output Disable Time (SHDN goes low), Figure 4 Transmitter + to - Propagation Delay Difference (normal operation) Receiver + to - Propagation Delay Difference (normal operation) tET tDT tPHLT - tPLHT tPHLR - tPLHR

Note 3: MAX243 R2OUT is guaranteed to be low when R2IN is 0V or is floating. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3

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__________________________________________Typical Operating Characteristics
MAX220/MAX222/MAX232A/MAX233A/MAX242/MAX243
OUTPUT VOLTAGE vs. LOAD CURRENT
MAX220-01

AVAILABLE OUTPUT CURRENT vs. DATA RATE

MAX220-02

MAX222/MAX242 ON-TIME EXITING SHUTDOWN

1F CAPS V+ V+, V- VOLTAGE (V) +5V +5V 0V 0V 1F CAPS 0.1F CAPS VV500s/div -10V 0.1F CAPS SHDN V+
MAX220-03

10 8 6 OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V) 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 0 5 EITHER V+ OR V- LOADED VCC = 5V NO LOAD ON TRANSMITTER OUTPUTS (EXCEPT MAX220, MAX233A) V- LOADED, NO LOAD ON V+ 0.1F

1F

11 10 OUTPUT CURRENT (mA) 9 8 7 6 5 ALL CAPS 0.1F ALL CAPS 1F VCC = +5.25V OUTPUT LOAD CURRENT FLOWS FROM V+ TO V-

+10V

0.1F

1F

VCC = +4.75V

V+ LOADED, NO LOAD ON V10 15 20 25 LOAD CURRENT (mA)

4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 DATA RATE (kbits/sec)

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGSMAX223/MAX230MAX241
VCC ...........................................................................-0.3V to +6V V+ ................................................................(VCC - 0.3V) to +14V V- ............................................................................+0.3V to -14V Input Voltages TIN ............................................................-0.3V to (VCC + 0.3V) RIN......................................................................................30V Output Voltages TOUT ...................................................(V+ + 0.3V) to (V- - 0.3V) ROUT .........................................................-0.3V to (VCC + 0.3V) Short-Circuit Duration, TOUT ......................................Continuous Continuous Power Dissipation (TA = +70C) 14-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 10.00mW/C above +70C)....800mW 16-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 10.53mW/C above +70C)....842mW 20-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 11.11mW/C above +70C)....889mW 24-Pin Narrow Plastic DIP (derate 13.33mW/C above +70C) ..........1.07W 24-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 9.09mW/C above +70C)......500mW 16-Pin Wide SO (derate 9.52mW/C above +70C).........762mW 20-Pin Wide SO (derate 10 00mW/C above +70C).......800mW 24-Pin Wide SO (derate 11.76mW/C above +70C).......941mW 28-Pin Wide SO (derate 12.50mW/C above +70C) .............1W 44-Pin Plastic FP (derate 11.11mW/C above +70C) .....889mW 14-Pin CERDIP (derate 9.09mW/C above +70C) ..........727mW 16-Pin CERDIP (derate 10.00mW/C above +70C) ........800mW 20-Pin CERDIP (derate 11.11mW/C above +70C) ........889mW 24-Pin Narrow CERDIP (derate 12.50mW/C above +70C) ..............1W 24-Pin Sidebraze (derate 20.0mW/C above +70C)..........1.6W 28-Pin SSOP (derate 9.52mW/C above +70C).............762mW Operating Temperature Ranges MAX2 _ _ C _ _......................................................0C to +70C MAX2 _ _ E _ _ ...................................................-40C to +85C MAX2 _ _ M _ _ ...............................................-55C to +125C Storage Temperature Range .............................-65C to +160C Lead Temperature (soldering, 10sec) .............................+300C

Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the operational sections of the specifications is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX223/MAX230MAX241
(MAX223/230/232/234/236/237/238/240/241, VCC = +5V 10; MAX233/MAX235, VCC = 5V 5% C1C4 = 1.0F; MAX231/MAX239, VCC = 5V 10%; V+ = 7.5V to 13.2V; TA = TMIN to TMAX; unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER Output Voltage Swing VCC Power-Supply Current CONDITIONS All transmitter outputs loaded with 3k to ground MAX232/233 No load, TA = +25C MAX223/230/234238/240/241 MAX231/239 MAX231 MAX239 TA = +25C MAX223 MAX230/235/236/240/241 2.0 2.4 1.5 -30 200 30 V A V MIN 5.0 TYP 7.3 5 7 0.4 1.8 5 15 1 10 15 1 5 15 50 10 0.8 mA A V mA MAX UNITS V

V+ Power-Supply Current Shutdown Supply Current Input Logic Threshold Low Input Logic Threshold High Logic Pull-Up Current Receiver Input Voltage Operating Range

TIN; EN, SHDN (MAX233); EN, SHDN (MAX230/235241) TIN EN, SHDN (MAX223); EN, SHDN (MAX230/235/236/240/241) TIN = 0V

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX223/MAX230MAX241 (continued)
(MAX223/230/232/234/236/237/238/240/241, VCC = +5V 10; MAX233/MAX235, VCC = 5V 5% C1C4 = 1.0F; MAX231/MAX239, VCC = 5V 10%; V+ = 7.5V to 13.2V; TA = TMIN to TMAX; unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER CONDITIONS Normal operation SHDN = 5V (MAX223) SHDN = 0V (MAX235/236/240/241) Shutdown (MAX223) SHDN = 0V, EN = 5V (R4IN, R5IN) Normal operation SHDN = 5V (MAX223) SHDN = 0V (MAX235/236/240/241) Shutdown (MAX223) SHDN = 0V, EN = 5V (R4IN R5IN) 0.2 3 MIN 0.8 TYP 1.2 V 0.6 1.5 MAX UNITS

RS-232 Input Threshold Low

TA = +25C, VCC = 5V

1.7

2.4 V

RS-232 Input Threshold High

TA = +25C, VCC = 5V

1.5 0.5 5

2.4 1.0 7 0.4 V k V V 10 A ns

RS-232 Input Hysteresis RS-232 Input Resistance TTL/CMOS Output Voltage Low TTL/CMOS Output Voltage High TTL/CMOS Output Leakage Current Receiver Output Enable Time

VCC = 5V, no hysteresis in shutdown TA = +25C, VCC = 5V IOUT = 1.6mA (MAX231/232/233, IOUT = 3.2mA) IOUT = -1mA 0V ROUT VCC; EN = 0V (MAX223); EN = VCC (MAX235241 ) Normal operation Normal operation MAX223 MAX235/236/239/240/241 MAX223 MAX235/236/239/240/241

3.5

VCC - 0.4 0.05 600 400 900 250 0.5 10 40 40 30

Receiver Output Disable Time

ns

Propagation Delay

Normal operation RS-232 IN to TTL/CMOS OUT, SHDN = 0V CL = 150pF (MAX223)

tPHLS tPLHS 3

4 6 5.1

Transition Region Slew Rate

MAX223/MAX230/MAX234241, TA = +25C, VCC = 5V, RL = 3k to 7k CL = 50pF to 2500pF, measured from +3V to -3V or -3V to +3V MAX231/MAX232/MAX233, TA = +25C, VCC = 5V, RL = 3k to 7k, CL = 50pF to 2500pF, measured from +3V to -3V or -3V to +3V VCC = V+ = V- = 0V, VOUT = 2V

V/s 4 300 10 30 mA mA

Transmitter Output Resistance Transmitter Output Short-Circuit Current

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__________________________________________Typical Operating Characteristics MAX223/MAX230MAX241
TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (VOH) vs. VCC
MAX220-04

TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (VOH) vs. LOAD CAPACITANCE AT DIFFERENT DATA RATES
MAX220-05

TRANSMITTER SLEW RATE vs. LOAD CAPACITANCE

1 TRANSMITTER LOADED 11.0 10.0 SLEW RATE (V/s) 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3 TRANSMITTERS LOADED 4 TRANSMITTERS LOADED 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 TA = +25C VCC = +5V LOADED, RL = 3k C1C4 = 1F 2 TRANSMITTERS LOADED
MAX220-06 MAX220-09

8.5 2 TRANSMITTERS LOADED 8.0 VOH (V)

7.4 7.2 7.0 VOH (V)

12.0

1 TRANSMITTER LOADED 7.5

6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.0 0

7.0

6.5 4.5

3 TRANSMITTERS LOADED TA = +25C C1C4 = 1F TRANSMITTER 4 TRANSMITTERS LOADS = 3k || 2500pF LOADED 5.0 VCC (V) 5.5

160kbits/sec 80kbits/sec 20kbits/sec TA = +25C VCC = +5V 3 TRANSMITTERS LOADED RL = 3k C1C4 = 1F 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

LOAD CAPACITANCE (pF)

LOAD CAPACITANCE (pF)

TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (VOL) vs. VCC

4 TRANSMITTERS LOADED TA = +25C C1C4 = 1F TRANSMITTER LOADS = 3k || 2500pF
MAX220-07

TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (VOL) vs. LOAD CAPACITANCE AT DIFFERENT DATA RATES
-6.2 -6.4 -6.6 VOL (V) -6.8 -7.0 -7.2 TA = +25C VCC = +5V 3 TRANSMITTERS LOADED RL = 3k C1C4 = 1F 160kbits/sec 80kbits/sec 20Kkbits/sec
MAX220-08

TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V+, V-) vs. LOAD CURRENT

10 8 6 4 V+, V- (V) 2 0 -2 -4 TA = +25C VCC = +5V C1C4 = 1F V- LOADED, V+ AND VNO LOAD EQUALLY ON V+ LOADED

-6.0 -6.5 -7.0 VOL (V) -7.5 -8.0 -8.5 -9.0 4.5 5.0 VCC (V) 1 TRANSMITTER LOADED 2 TRANSMITTERS LOADED 3 TRANSMITTERS LOADED

-6.0

V+ LOADED, NO LOAD ON V-

-6 -8 -10 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 0 5 LOAD CAPACITANCE (pF) ALL TRANSMITTERS UNLOADED 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 CURRENT (mA)

-7.4 -7.6 5.5

V+, V- WHEN EXITING SHUTDOWN (1F CAPACITORS)

MAX220-13

V+

O V-

SHDN* 500ms/div *SHUTDOWN POLARITY IS REVERSED FOR NON MAX241 PARTS

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGSMAX225/MAX244MAX249
Supply Voltage (VCC) ...............................................-0.3V to +6V Input Voltages TIN ENA, ENB, ENR, ENT, ENRA, ENRB, ENTA, ENTB..................................-0.3V to (VCC + 0.3V) RIN .....................................................................................25V TOUT (Note 3).....................................................................15V ROUT ........................................................-0.3V to (VCC + 0.3V) Short Circuit (one output at a time) TOUT to GND ............................................................Continuous ROUT to GND............................................................Continuous Continuous Power Dissipation (TA = +70C) 28-Pin Wide SO (derate 12.50mW/C above +70C) .............1W 40-Pin Plastic DIP (derate 11.11mW/C above +70C) ...611mW 44-Pin PLCC (derate 13.33mW/C above +70C) ...........1.07W Operating Temperature Ranges MAX225C_ _, MAX24_C_ _ ..................................0C to +70C MAX225E_ _, MAX24_E_ _ ...............................-40C to +85C Storage Temperature Range .............................-65C to +160C Lead Temperature (soldering,10sec) ..............................+300C

Note 4: Input voltage measured with transmitter output in a high-impedance state, shutdown, or VCC = 0V.
Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the operational sections of the specifications is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX225/MAX244MAX249
(MAX225, VCC = 5.0V 5%; MAX244MAX249, VCC = +5.0V 10%, external capacitors C1C4 = 1F; TA = TMIN to TMAX; unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER RS-232 TRANSMITTERS Input Logic Threshold Low Input Logic Threshold High Logic Pull-Up/lnput Current Data Rate Output Voltage Swing Tables 1a1d Normal operation Shutdown 5 2 1.4 1.4 10 0.01 120 7.5 0.01 0.01 300 7 10M 30 25 VCC = 5V VCC = 5V VCC = 5V IOUT = 3.2mA IOUT = -1.0mA Sourcing VOUT = GND Shrinking VOUT = VCC Normal operation, outputs disabled, Tables 1a1d, 0V VOUT VCC, ENR_ = VCC 3.5 -2 10 0.2 3 0.8 1.3 1.8 0.5 5 0.2 VCC - 0.2 -10 30 0.05 0.10 2.4 1.0 7 0.4 25 A 25 mA V V V V k V V mA A 50 1 64 0.8 V V A kbits/sec V CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Tables 1a1d, normal operation All transmitter outputs loaded with 3k to GND ENA, ENB, ENT, ENTA, ENTB = VCC, VOUT = 15V VCC = 0V, VOUT = 15V

Output Leakage Current (shutdown)

Tables 1a1d

Transmitter Output Resistance Output Short-Circuit Current RS-232 RECEIVERS RS-232 Input Voltage Operating Range RS-232 Input Threshold Low RS-232 Input Threshold High RS-232 Input Hysteresis RS-232 Input Resistance TTL/CMOS Output Voltage Low TTL/CMOS Output Voltage High TTL/CMOS Output Short-Circuit Current TTL/CMOS Output Leakage Current

VCC = V+ = V- = 0V, VOUT = 2V (Note 4) VOUT = 0V

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICSMAX225/MAX244MAX249 (continued)
(MAX225, VCC = 5.0V 5%; MAX244MAX249, VCC = +5.0V 10%, external capacitors C1C4 = 1F; TA = TMIN to TMAX; unless otherwise noted.) PARAMETER POWER SUPPLY AND CONTROL LOGIC Operating Supply Voltage No load VCC Supply Current (normal operation) 3k loads on all outputs TA = +25C TA = TMIN to TMAX Leakage current Control Input AC CHARACTERISTICS Transition Slew Rate Transmitter Propagation Delay TLL to RS-232 (normal operation), Figure 1 Receiver Propagation Delay TLL to RS-232 (normal operation), Figure 2 Receiver Propagation Delay TLL to RS-232 (low-power mode), Figure 2 Transmitter + to - Propagation Delay Difference (normal operation) Receiver + to - Propagation Delay Difference (normal operation) CL = 50pF to 2500pF, RL = 3k to 7k, VCC = 5V, TA = +25C, measured from +3V to -3V or -3V to +3V tPHLT tPLHT tPHLR tPLHR tPHLS tPLHS tPHLT - tPLHT tPHLR - tPLHR 5 10 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.0 350 350 100 100 MAX246MAX249 (excludes charge-pump start-up) Transmitter Enable Time tET MAX225/MAX245MAX249 (includes charge-pump start-up) 5 10 100 500 500 30 3.5 s 3.5 1.5 s 1.5 10 s 10 ns ns ns ns s ms ns V/s Threshold low Threshold high 2.4 1.4 1.4 MAX225 MAX244MAX249 MAX225 MAX244MAX249 MAX225 MAX244MAX249 4.75 4.5 10 11 40 57 8 25 50 1 0.8 A A V 5.25 5.5 20 30 mA V CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

MAX220MAX249

Shutdown Supply Current

Receiver-Output Enable Time, Figure 3 tER Receiver-Output Disable Time, Figure 3 tDR

Transmitter Disable Time, Figure 4

tDT

Note 5: The 300 minimum specification complies with EIA/TIA-232E, but the actual resistance when in shutdown mode or VCC = 0V is 10M as is implied by the leakage specification.

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__________________________________________Typical Operating Characteristics
MAX225/MAX244MAX249
TRANSMITTER SLEW RATE vs. LOAD CAPACITANCE
MAX220-10

OUTPUT VOLTAGE vs. LOAD CURRENT FOR V+ AND VMAX220-11

TRANSMITTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V+, V-) vs. LOAD CAPACITANCE AT DIFFERENT DATA RATES
8.5 8.0 V+, V (V) 7.5 7.0 6.5 VCC = 5V WITH ALL TRANSMITTERS DRIVEN LOADED WITH 5k 10kb/sec 20kb/sec 40kb/sec 60kb/sec
MAX220-12

18 TRANSMITTER SLEW RATE (V/s) 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 LOAD CAPACITANCE (nF) VCC = 5V

10 8 6 OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V) V+ AND V- LOADED VCC = 5V EXTERNAL CHARGE PUMP 1F CAPACITORS 8 TRANSMITTERS DRIVING 5k AND 2000pF AT 20kbits/sec V+ AND V- LOADED V+ LOADED EITHER V+ OR V- LOADED

9.0

EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY 1F CAPACITORS 40kb/s DATA RATE 8 TRANSMITTERS LOADED WITH 3k

4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 0

V- LOADED 6.0 5.5 5.0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 0 LOAD CURRENT (mA) 1 200kb/sec ALL CAPACITIORS 1F 2 3 4 5 100kb/sec

LOAD CAPACITANCE (nF)

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+3V +3V INPUT 0V OUTPUT V+ OUTPUT 0V VVCC 50% 50% GND tPHLR tPHLS tPLHR tPLHS 0V* INPUT 50% 50%

tPLHT

tPHLT *EXCEPT FOR R2 ON THE MAX243 WHERE -3V IS USED.

Figure 1. Transmitter Propagation-Delay Timing

Figure 2. Receiver Propagation-Delay Timing

EN RX OUT RX IN a) TEST CIRCUIT 150pF EN INPUT +3V 0V EN OUTPUT ENABLE TIME (tER) +3.5V RECEIVER OUTPUTS +0.8V a) TIMING DIAGRAM b) ENABLE TIMING +3V EN INPUT VOH RECEIVER OUTPUTS VOL c) DISABLE TIMING VOL + 0.5V 0V OUTPUT DISABLE TIME (tDR) VOH - 0.5V VCC - 2V b) TEST CIRCUIT EN 1 OR 0 TX 3k 50pF VV+ +5V 0V -5V RX 1k VCC - 2V SHDN +3V 0V OUTPUT DISABLE TIME (tDT)

Figure 3. Receiver-Output Enable and Disable Timing

Figure 4. Transmitter-Output Disable Timing 11

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Table 1a. MAX245 Control Pin Configurations
ENT 0 0 1 1 ENR 0 1 0 1 OPERATION STATUS Normal Operation Normal Operation Shutdown Shutdown TRANSMITTERS All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State All Active All 3-State All Low-Power Receive Mode All 3-State RECEIVERS

Table 1b. MAX245 Control Pin Configurations

ENT 0 0 ENR 0 1 OPERATION STATUS Normal Operation Normal Operation TRANSMITTERS TA1TA4 All Active All Active TB1TB4 All Active All Active RECEIVERS RA1RA5 All Active RA1RA4 3-State, RA5 Active All Low-Power Receive Mode RA1RA4 3-State, RA5 Low-Power Receive Mode RB1RB5 All Active RB1RB4 3-State, RB5 Active All Low-Power Receive Mode RB1RB4 3-State, RB5 Low-Power Receive Mode

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

Table 1c. MAX246 Control Pin Configurations

ENA 0 0 ENB 0 1 OPERATION STATUS Normal Operation Normal Operation TRANSMITTERS TA1TA4 All Active All Active TB1TB4 All Active All 3-State RECEIVERS RA1RA5 All Active All Active RA1RA4 3-State, RA5 Active RA1RA4 3-State, RA5 Low-Power Receive Mode RB1RB5 All Active RB1RB4 3-State, RB5 Active All Active RB1RB4 3-State, RA5 Low-Power Receive Mode

Shutdown

All 3-State

All Active

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

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Table 1d. MAX247/MAX248/MAX249 Control Pin Configurations
TRANSMITTERS ENTA ENTB ENRA ENRB OPERATION STATUS Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation Normal Operation MAX247 MAX248 MAX249 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 TA1TA4 TA1TA4 TA1TA3 All Active All Active All Active All Active All Active All Active All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State All 3-State All 3-State TB1TB4 TB1TB4 TB1TB3 All Active All Active All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State All 3-State All 3-State All Active All Active All Active All Active RECEIVERS RA1RA4 RA1RA4 RA1RA5 All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State All Active All Active All 3-State All 3-State RB1RB5 RB1RB4 RB1RB5 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 All Active All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 Low-Power Receive Mode All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247 Low-Power Receive Mode All 3-State, except RB5 stays active on MAX247

MAX220MAX249

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

Low-Power Receive Mode

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

Low-Power Receive Mode

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

All 3-State

Shutdown

All 3-State

All 3-State

All 3-State

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_______________Detailed Description
The MAX220MAX249 contain four sections: dual charge-pump DC-DC voltage converters, RS-232 drivers, RS-232 receivers, and receiver and transmitter enable control inputs. mode, in three-state mode, or when device power is removed. Outputs can be driven to 15V. The powersupply current typically drops to 8A in shutdown mode. The MAX220 does not have pull-up resistors to force the outputs of the unused drivers low. Connect unused inputs to GND or VCC. The MAX239 has a receiver three-state control line, and the MAX223, MAX225, MAX235, MAX236, MAX240, and MAX241 have both a receiver three-state control line and a low-power shutdown control. Table 2 shows the effects of the shutdown control and receiver threestate control on the receiver outputs. The receiver TTL/CMOS outputs are in a high-impedance, three-state mode whenever the three-state enable line is high (for the MAX225/MAX235/MAX236/MAX239 MAX241), and are also high-impedance whenever the shutdown control line is high. When in low-power shutdown mode, the driver outputs are turned off and their leakage current is less than 1A with the driver output pulled to ground. The driver output leakage remains less than 1A, even if the transmitter output is backdriven between 0V and (VCC + 6V). Below -0.5V, the transmitter is diode clamped to ground with 1k series impedance. The transmitter is also zener clamped to approximately V CC + 6V, with a series impedance of 1k. The driver output slew rate is limited to less than 30V/s as required by the EIA/TIA-232E and V.28 specifications. Typical slew rates are 24V/s unloaded and 10V/s loaded with 3 and 2500pF.

Dual Charge-Pump Voltage Converter

The MAX220MAX249 have two internal charge-pumps that convert +5V to 10V (unloaded) for RS-232 driver operation. The first converter uses capacitor C1 to double the +5V input to +10V on C3 at the V+ output. The second converter uses capacitor C2 to invert +10V to -10V on C4 at the V- output. A small amount of power may be drawn from the +10V (V+) and -10V (V-) outputs to power external circuitry (see the Typical Operating Characteristics section), except on the MAX225 and MAX245MAX247, where these pins are not available. V+ and V- are not regulated, so the output voltage drops with increasing load current. Do not load V+ and V- to a point that violates the minimum 5V EIA/TIA-232E driver output voltage when sourcing current from V+ and V- to external circuitry. When using the shutdown feature in the MAX222, MAX225, MAX230, MAX235, MAX236, MAX240, MAX241, and MAX245MAX249, avoid using V+ and Vto power external circuitry. When these parts are shut down, V- falls to 0V, and V+ falls to +5V. For applications where a +10V external supply is applied to the V+ pin (instead of using the internal charge pump to generate +10V), the C1 capacitor must not be installed and the SHDN pin must be tied to VCC. This is because V+ is internally connected to VCC in shutdown mode.

RS-232 Receivers
EIA/TIA-232E and V.28 specifications define a voltage level greater than 3V as a logic 0, so all receivers invert. Input thresholds are set at 0.8V and 2.4V, so receivers respond to TTL level inputs as well as EIA/TIA-232E and V.28 levels. The receiver inputs withstand an input overvoltage up to 25V and provide input terminating resistors with

RS-232 Drivers
The typical driver output voltage swing is 8V when loaded with a nominal 5k RS-232 receiver and VCC = +5V. Output swing is guaranteed to meet the EIA/TIA232E and V.28 specification, which calls for 5V minimum driver output levels under worst-case conditions. These include a minimum 3k load, VCC = +4.5V, and maximum operating temperature. Unloaded driver output voltage ranges from (V+ -1.3V) to (V- +0.5V). Input thresholds are both TTL and CMOS compatible. The inputs of unused drivers can be left unconnected since 400k input pull-up resistors to VCC are built in (except for the MAX220). The pull-up resistors force the outputs of unused drivers low because all drivers invert. The internal input pull-up resistors typically source 12A, except in shutdown mode where the pull-ups are disabled. Driver outputs turn off and enter a high-impedance statewhere leakage current is typically microamperes (maximum 25A)when in shutdown
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Table 2. Three-State Control of Receivers

PART MAX223 SHDN SHDN __ Low High High __ EN X Low High __ EN(R) __ Low High Low High X RECEIVERS High Impedance Active High Impedance High Impedance Active High Impedance Active High Impedance

MAX225 MAX235 MAX236 MAX240

__ Low Low High

__

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nominal 5k values. The receivers implement Type 1 interpretation of the fault conditions of V.28 and EIA/TIA-232E. The receiver input hysteresis is typically 0.5V with a guaranteed minimum of 0.2V. This produces clear output transitions with slow-moving input signals, even with moderate amounts of noise and ringing. The receiver propagation delay is typically 600ns and is independent of input swing direction.

ShutdownMAX222MAX242
On the MAX222 MAX235 MAX236 MAX240 and MAX241 all receivers are disabled during shutdown. On the MAX223 and MAX242 two receivers continue to operate in a reduced power mode when the chip is in shutdown. Under these conditions the propagation delay increases to about 2.5s for a high-to-low input transition. When in shutdown, the receiver acts as a CMOS inverter with no hysteresis. The MAX223 and MAX242 also have a receiver output enable input (EN for the MAX242 and EN for the MAX223) that allows receiver output control independent of SHDN (SHDN for MAX241). With all other devices SHDN (SHDN for MAX241) also disables the receiver outputs. The MAX225 provides five transmitters and five receivers while the MAX245 provides ten receivers and eight transmitters. Both devices have separate receiver and transmitter-enable controls. The charge pumps turn off and the devices shut down when a logic high is applied to the ENT input. In this state, the supply current drops to less than 25A and the receivers continue to operate in a low-power receive mode. Driver outputs enter a high-impedance state (three-state mode). On the MAX225 all five receivers are controlled by the ENR input. On the MAX245 eight of the receiver outputs are controlled by the ENR input while the remaining two receivers (RA5 and RB5) are always active. RA1RA4 and RB1RB4 are put in a three-state mode when ENR is a logic high.

MAX220MAX249

Low-Power Receive Mode

The low-power receive-mode feature of the MAX223, MAX242, and MAX245MAX249 puts the IC into shutdown mode but still allows it to receive information. This is important for applications where systems are periodically awakened to look for activity. Using low-power receive mode, the system can still receive a signal that will activate it on command and prepare it for communication at faster data rates. This operation conserves system power.

Negative ThresholdMAX243
The MAX243 is pin compatible with the MAX232A, differing only in that RS-232 cable fault protection is removed on one of the two receiver inputs. This means that control lines such as CTS and RTS can either be driven or left floating without interrupting communication. Different cables are not needed to interface with different pieces of equipment. The input threshold of the receiver without cable fault protection is -0.8V rather than +1.4V. Its output goes positive only if the input is connected to a control line that is actively driven negative. If not driven, it defaults to the 0 or OK to send state. Normally the MAX243s other receiver (+1.4V threshold) is used for the data line (TD or RD) while the negative threshold receiver is connected to the control line (DTR DTS CTS RTS, etc.). Other members of the RS-232 family implement the optional cable fault protection as specified by EIA/TIA232E specifications. This means a receiver output goes high whenever its input is driven negative left floating or shorted to ground. The high output tells the serial communications IC to stop sending data. To avoid this the control lines must either be driven or connected with jumpers to an appropriate positive voltage level.

Receiver and Transmitter Enable Control Inputs

The MAX225 and MAX245MAX249 feature transmitter and receiver enable controls. The receivers have three modes of operation: full-speed receive (normal active) three-state (disabled) and lowpower receive (enabled receivers continue to function at lower data rates). The receiver enable inputs control the full-speed receive and three-state modes. The transmitters have two modes of operation: full-speed transmit (normal active) and three-state (disabled). The transmitter enable inputs also control the shutdown mode. The device enters shutdown mode when all transmitters are disabled. Enabled receivers function in the low-power receive mode when in shutdown.

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Tables 1a1d define the control states. The MAX244 has no control pins and is not included in these tables. The MAX246 has ten receivers and eight drivers with two control pins, each controlling one side of the device. A logic high at the A-side control input (ENA) causes the four A-side receivers and drivers to go into a three-state mode. Similarly, the B-side control input (ENB) causes the four B-side drivers and receivers to go into a three-state mode. As in the MAX245, one Aside and one B-side receiver (RA5 and RB5) remain active at all times. The entire device is put into shutdown mode when both the A and B sides are disabled (ENA = ENB = +5V). The MAX247 provides nine receivers and eight drivers with four control pins. The ENRA and ENRB receiver enable inputs each control four receiver outputs. The ENTA and ENTB transmitter enable inputs each control four drivers. The ninth receiver (RB5) is always active. The device enters shutdown mode with a logic high on both ENTA and ENTB. The MAX248 provides eight receivers and eight drivers with four control pins. The ENRA and ENRB receiver enable inputs each control four receiver outputs. The ENTA and ENTB transmitter enable inputs control four drivers each. This part does not have an always-active receiver. The device enters shutdown mode and transmitters go into a three-state mode with a logic high on both ENTA and ENTB.

MAX220MAX249

The MAX249 provides ten receivers and six drivers with four control pins. The ENRA and ENRB receiver enable inputs each control five receiver outputs. The ENTA and ENTB transmitter enable inputs control three drivers each. There is no always-active receiver. The device enters shutdown mode and transmitters go into a three-state mode with a logic high on both ENTA and ENTB. In shutdown mode, active receivers operate in a low-power receive mode at data rates up to 20kbits/sec.

__________Applications Information
Figures 5 through 25 show pin configurations and typical operating circuits. In applications that are sensitive to power-supply noise, VCC should be decoupled to ground with a capacitor of the same value as C1 and C2 connected as close as possible to the device.

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+5V INPUT C3

TOP VIEW
C5 C1+ 1 V+ 2 C1- 3 C2+ 4 C2- 5 V- 6 T2OUT 7 R2IN 8 16 VCC 15 GND 14 T1OUT C2 1 C1 C1+ 16 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER V+ 2 +10V 6 -10V C4

3 C14 C2+ +10V TO -10V 5 C2- VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k 11 T1IN

V-

MAX220 MAX232 MAX232A

13 R1IN 12 R1OUT 11 T1IN 10 T2IN 9 R2OUT TTL/CMOS INPUTS

T1OUT 14 +5V 400k RS-232 OUTPUTS T2OUT 7 R1IN 13 5k RS-232 INPUTS R2IN 8 5k GND 15

10 T2IN 12 R1OUT TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 9 R2OUT

DIP/SO
CAPACITANCE (F) C1 C2 C3 C4 4.7 4.7 10 10 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

DEVICE MAX220 MAX232 MAX232A

C5 4.7 1.0 0.1

Figure 5. MAX220/MAX232/MAX232A Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

+5V INPUT C3 ALL CAPACITORS = 0.1F C5 17 VCC 3 +10V C1+ +5V TO +10V V+ 4 C1- VOLTAGE DOUBLER 5 C2+ 7 -10V +10V TO -10V V6 C2C4 VOLTAGE INVERTER 2 +5V 400k 12 T1IN +5V 400k 11 T2IN 13 R1OUT TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 10 R2OUT 1 (N.C.) EN ( ) ARE FOR MAX222 ONLY. PIN NUMBERS IN TYPICAL OPERATING CIRCUIT ARE FOR DIP/SO PACKAGES ONLY. GND 16 5k SHDN 18 5k R2IN 9 (EXCEPT MAX220) T1OUT 15 (EXCEPT MAX220) T2OUT 8 R1IN 14 RS-232 INPUTS RS-232 OUTPUTS

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(N.C.) EN 1 (N.C.) EN 1 C1+ 2 V+ 3 C1- 4 C2+ 5 C2- 6 V- 7 T2OUT 8 R2IN 9 18 SHDN 17 VCC 16 GND 15 T1OUT C1+ 2 V+ 3 C1- 4 C2+ 5 C2- 6 V- 7 T2OUT 8 R2IN 9 R2OUT 10

20 SHDN 19 VCC 18 GND 17 T1OUT

C1

C2

MAX222 MAX242

MAX222 MAX242

16 N.C. 15 R1IN 14 R1OUT 13 N.C. 12 T1IN 11 T2IN TTL/CMOS INPUTS

14 R1IN 13 R1OUT 12 T1IN 11 T2IN 10 R2OUT

DIP/SO

SSOP

Figure 6. MAX222/MAX242 Pin Configurations and Typical Operating Circuit ______________________________________________________________________________________ 17

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0.1 +5V T1IN +5V 400k 4 T2IN +5V 400k 25 T3IN +5V 400k 24 T4IN +5V 400k 23 26 5 T5IN ENT T5OUT R1OUT 5k 6 R2OUT 5k 7 R3OUT 5k 22 R4OUT 5k 21 R5OUT 5k 1 2 ENR ENR R5IN 20 R4IN 19 R3IN 8 R2IN 9 R1IN T5OUT 16 15 10 T4OUT 17 T3OUT 18 T2OUT 12 T1OUT 28 VCC 400k 3 ENR 1 ENR 2 T1IN 3 T2IN 4 R1OUT 5 R2OUT 6 R3OUT 7 R3IN 8 R2IN 9 R1IN 10 T1OUT 11 T2OUT 12 GND 13 GND 14 28 VCC 27 VCC 26 ENT 25 T3IN 11 27 VCC

MAX225

24 T4IN 23 T5IN 22 R4OUT 21 R5OUT 20 R5IN 19 R4IN 18 T3OUT 17 T4OUT 16 T5OUT 15 T5OUT

SO

MAX225 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 5 RECEIVERS 5 TRANSMITTERS 2 CONTROL PINS 1 RECEIVER ENABLE (ENR) 1 TRANSMITTER ENABLE (ENT)

PINS (ENR, GND, VCC, T5OUT) ARE INTERNALLY CONNECTED. CONNECT EITHER OR BOTH EXTERNALLY. T5OUT IS A SINGLE DRIVER.

GND 13

GND 14

Figure 7. MAX225 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 1.0F 11 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 7 T1IN T3OUT 1 T1OUT 2 T2OUT 3 R2IN 4 R2OUT 5 T2IN 6 T1IN 7 R1OUT 8 R1IN 9 GND 10 VCC 11 C1+ 12 V+ 13 C1- 14 28 T4OUT 27 R3IN 26 R3OUT 25 SHDN (SHDN) 24 EN (EN) TTL/CMOS INPUTS +5V 20 T3IN +5V 21 T4IN 400k T3 400k T4 T4OUT 28 T3OUT 1 6 T2IN +5V 400k T1 400k T2 T2OUT 3 RS-232 OUTPUTS T1OUT 2

12 1.0F

C1+

1.0F V+ 13

14 C115 C2+ 16 C2-

1.0F

V-

17 1.0F

MAX223 MAX241

23 R4IN* 22 R4OUT* 21 T4IN 20 T3IN 19 R5OUT* 18 R5IN* 17 V16 C215 C2+ 5 R2OUT 8 R1OUT

R1 5k

R1IN 9

R2 5k

R2IN 4

Wide SO/ SSOP

LOGIC OUTPUTS

26 R3OUT

R3 5k

R3IN

27

RS-232 INPUTS

22 R4OUT

R4 5k

R4IN

23

19 R5OUT *R4 AND R5 IN MAX223 REMAIN ACTIVE IN SHUTDOWN NOTE: PIN LABELS IN ( ) ARE FOR MAX241 24 EN (EN)

R5 5k GND 10

R5IN

18

SHDN 25 (SHDN)

Figure 8. MAX223/MAX241 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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8 C1+ 10 C1+5V INPUT 1.0F 7 VCC V+ 9 +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER 13 1.0F 2 1.0F

1.0F T3OUT 1 20 T4OUT 19 T5IN 18 N.C. 17 SHDN 1.0F T1OUT 2 T2OUT 3 T2IN 4 T1IN 5 GND 6 VCC 7 C1+ 8 V+ 9 C1- 10

MAX230

16 T5OUT 15 T4IN 14 T3IN 13 V12 C211 C2+ TTL/CMOS INPUTS

DIP/SO

11 +10V TO -10V C2+ 12 VC2- VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k T1OUT 5 T1IN T1 +5V 400k T2OUT 4 T2IN T2 +5V 400k T3OUT 14 T3IN T3 +5V 400k T4OUT 15 T4IN T4 +5V 400k T5OUT 19 T5IN T5 GND 6

RS-232 OUTPUTS

20

16 17 SHDN

N.C. x 18

Figure 9. MAX230 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

+5V INPUT

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1 1.0F C+ 1 CV2 3 14 V+ 13 VCC 12 GND C+ 1 C- 2 V- 3 T2OUT 4 R2IN 5 R2OUT 6 T2IN 7 N.C. 8 16 V+ 15 VCC 14 GND TTL/CMOS INPUTS 7 (11) TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 9 (10) 8 T1IN 2

1.0F 13 (15) C1+ C1+5V 400k T1 400k T2IN R1OUT T2 R1 5k 6 R2OUT VCC +12V TO -12V VOLTAGE CONVERTER

+7.5V TO +12V

V+ V-

14 3

(16) C2 1.0F (13)

T1OUT 11

+5V T2OUT 4 R1IN 10 (12)

T2OUT 4 R2IN 5 R2OUT 6 T2IN 7

MAX231

11 T1OUT 10 R1IN 9 8 R1OUT T1IN

MAX231

13 T1OUT 12 R1IN 11 R1OUT 10 T1IN 9 N.C.

RS-232 OUTPUTS

DIP SO

RS-232 INPUTS R2IN 5 5k

R2

GND PIN NUMBERS IN ( ) ARE FOR SO PACKAGE 12 (14)

Figure 10. MAX231 Pin Configurations and Typical Operating Circuit 20 ______________________________________________________________________________________

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1.0F 7 +5V 400k T2IN 1 20 R2OUT 19 R2IN 18 T2OUT 17 VTTL/CMOS INPUTS 1 3 TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 20 R2OUT 8 (13) DO NOT MAKE CONNECTIONS TO 13 (14) THESE PINS 12 (10) INTERNAL -10 17 POWER SUPPLY INTERNAL +10V POWER SUPPLY C1+ C1V5k T2IN R1OUT 5k 2 T1IN +5V 400k T2OUT 18 RS-232 OUTPUTS R1IN 4 RS-232 OUTPUTS R2IN 19 C2+ C2+ C2C2GND 6 GND 9 10 (11) 11 (12) 15 16 T1OUT 5 VCC

T1IN 2 R1OUT 3 R1IN 4 T1OUT 5 GND 6 VCC 7 (V+) C1+ 8 GND 9 (V-) CS- 10

MAX233 MAX233A

16 C215 C2+ 14 V+ (C1-) 13 C1- (C1+) 12 V- (C2+) 11 C2+ (C2-)

DIP/SO

V14 (8) V+

( ) ARE FOR SO PACKAGE ONLY.

Figure 11. MAX233/MAX233A Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

+5V INPUT 1.0F 7 1.0F 9 10 T1OUT 1 T2OUT 2 T2IN 3 T1IN 4 GND 5 VCC 6 C1+ 7 V+ 8 16 T3OUT 15 T4OUT 14 T4IN 4 T1IN +5V 400k 3 T2IN TTL/CMOS INPUTS 13 T3IN +5V 400k 14 T4IN GND 5
T4 T2

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C1+ C1C2+

6 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k
T1

1.0F 8 V+ 12 1.0F

1.0F

11 C2-

V-

T1OUT 1

MAX234

13 T3IN 12 V11 C210 C2+ 9 C1-

T2OUT 3 RS-232 OUTPUTS

+5V 400k
T3

T3OUT 16

DIP/SO

T4OUT 15

Figure 12. MAX234 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit ______________________________________________________________________________________ 21

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1.0F 12 +5V 400k 8 T1IN +5V 400k 7 T2IN +5V 400k TTL/CMOS INPUTS 15 T3IN +5V 400k 16 T4IN +5V 22 T5IN T4 400k T5 T5OUT 19 T4OUT 1 T3 T3OUT 2 RS-232 OUTPUTS T2 T2OUT 4 T1 T1OUT 3 VCC

T4OUT 1 T3OUT 2 T1OUT 3 T2OUT 4 R2IN 5 R2OUT 6 T2IN 7 T1IN 8 R1OUT 9 R1IN 10 GND 11 VCC 12

24 R3IN 23 R3OUT 22 T5IN 21 SHDN

MAX235

20 EN 19 T5OUT 18 R4IN 17 R4OUT 16 T4IN 15 T3IN 14 R5OUT 13 R5IN

9 R1OUT

T1 5k

R1IN 10

6 R2OUT

R2 5k

R2IN 5

DIP

TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS

23 R3OUT

R3 5k

R3IN 24

RS-232 INPUTS

17 R4OUT

R4 5k

R4IN 18

14 R5OUT

R5 5k

R5IN 13

20 EN GND 11

SHDN

21

Figure 13. MAX235 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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1.0F

+5V INPUT

9 10 1.0F 12 13 1.0F C1+ C1C2+ +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k 7 T1IN T3OUT 1 T1OUT 2 T2OUT 3 R1IN 4 R1OUT 5 T2IN 6 T1IN 7 GND 8 VCC 9 C1+ 10 V+ 11 C1- 12 24 T4OUT 23 R2IN 22 R2OUT 21 SHDN TTL/CMOS INPUTS 18 T3IN +5V 400k 19 T4IN T4 T4OUT 24 6 T2IN +5V 400k T3 T3OUT 1 +5V 400k T2 T2OUT 3 T1 T1OUT 2 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER V+ 11

1.0F

V-

15 1.0F

14 C2-

MAX236

20 EN 19 T4IN 18 T3IN 17 R3OUT 16 R3IN 15 V14 C213 C2+ 5 R1OUT

RS-232 OUTPUTS

R1 5k

R1IN 4

DIP/SO
TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 22 R2OUT R2 5k 17 R3OUT R3IN 5k 20 EN GND 8 SHDN 21 16 R2IN 23 RS-232 INPUTS

R3

Figure 14. MAX236 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 1.0F 9 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V T3OUT 1 T1OUT 2 T2OUT 3 R1IN 4 R1OUT 5 T2IN 6 T1IN 7 GND 8 VCC 9 C1+ 10 V+ 11 C1- 12 24 T4OUT 23 R2IN 22 R2OUT 21 T5IN 6 T2IN +5V TTL/CMOS INPUTS 18 T3IN +5V 19 T4IN +5V 400k 21 T5IN T5 T5OUT 20 400k T4 T4OUT 24 400k T3 T3OUT 1 RS-232 OUTPUTS 7 T1IN +5V 400k T2 T2OUT 3 1.0F V+ 11

10 1.0F 12 13 1.0F 14

C1+ C1C2+ C2-

V-

15 1.0F

400k T1 T1OUT 2

MAX237

20 T5OUT 19 T4IN 18 T3IN 17 R3OUT 16 R3IN 15 V14 C213 C2+

DIP/SO

5 R1OUT

R1 5k

R1IN 4

TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS

22 R2OUT

R2 5k

R2IN

23

RS-232 INPUTS

17 R3OUT

R3 5k GND 8

R3IN

16

Figure 15. MAX237 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 1.0F 9 10 1.0F 12 13 1.0F 14 C1+ C1C2+ C2+5V T2OUT 1 T1OUT 2 R2IN 3 R2OUT 4 T1IN 5 R1OUT 6 R1IN 7 GND 8 VCC 9 C1+ 10 V+ 11 C1- 12 24 T3OUT 23 R3IN 22 R3OUT 21 T4IN 18 T2IN TTL/CMOS INPUTS 19 T3IN +5V 21 T4IN 400k T4 T4OUT 20 +5V 400k T3 T3OUT 24 5 T1IN +5V 400k T2 T2OUT 1 RS-232 OUTPUTS +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER 400k T1 T1OUT 2 VVCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER V+ 11 1.0F

15 1.0F

MAX238

20 T4OUT 19 T3IN 18 T2IN 17 R4OUT 16 R4IN 15 V14 C213 C2+

6 R1OUT

R1 5k

R1IN 7

DIP/SO
TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS

4 R2OUT

R2 5k

R2IN

3 RS-232 INPUTS

22 R3OUT

R3 5k

R3IN

23

17 R4OUT

R4 5k GND 8

R4IN

16

Figure 16. MAX238 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 1.0F 4 6 1.0F 7 C1+ C1VCC +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER 5 V+ V8 1.0F 7.5V TO 13.2V INPUT

+5V 24 T1IN R1OUT 1 R1IN 2 GND 3 VCC 4 V+ 5 C+ 6 C- 7 V- 8 R5IN 9 R5OUT 10 R4OUT 11 R4IN 12 24 T1IN 23 T2IN 22 R2OUT 21 R2IN TTL/CMOS INPUTS 23 T2IN +5V 16 T3IN +5V

400k T1 400k T2 400k T3 T3OUT 13 T2OUT 20 RS-232 OUTPUTS T1OUT 19

MAX239

20 T2OUT 19 T1OUT 18 R3IN 17 R3OUT 16 T3IN

1 R1OUT

R1 5k

R1IN 2

15 N.C. 14 EN 13 T3OUT 22 R2OUT R2 5k TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 17 R3OUT R3IN 5k 11 R4OUT R4IN 5k 10 R5OUT R5IN 5k N.C. GND 3 9 12 18 RS-232 INPUTS R2IN 21

DIP/SO

R3

R4

R5

14 EN

15

Figure 17. MAX239 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 1.0F 19 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +5V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 15 T1IN +5V 14 T2IN N.C. R2IN N.C. T2OUT T1OUT T3OUT T4OUT R3IN R3OUT T5IN N.C. +5V TTL/CMOS INPUTS 37 T3IN +5V 38 T4IN +5V 2 T5IN 16 R1OUT 400k T5 R1 5k 13 R2OUT R2IN 10 5k TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 3 R3OUT R3IN 5k 39 R4OUT R4IN 5k 36 R5OUT R5 5k 42 EN GND 18 SHDN 43 R5IN 35 40 4 RS-232 INPUTS T5OUT 41 400k T4 T4OUT 5 400k T3 T3OUT 6 RS-232 OUTPUTS 400k T2 T2OUT 8 400k T1 T1OUT 7

25 1.0F

C1+

1.0F V+ 26

27 C128 C2+ 29 C2-

1.0F

V-

30 1.0F

11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34

N.C. R2OUT T2IN T1IN R1OUT R1IN GND VCC N.C. N.C. N.C.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

MAX240

N.C. SHDN EN T5OUT R4IN R4OUT T4IN T3IN R5OUT R5IN N.C.

R1IN 17

R2

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

N.C. N.C. C1+ V+ C1C2+ C2 VN.C. N.C. N.C.

R3

Plastic FP
R4

Figure 18. MAX240 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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+5V INPUT 0.1F ALL CAPACITORS = 0.1F 0.1F

1 0.1F C1+ 1 V+ 2 C1- 3 C2+ 4 C2- 5 V- 6 T2OUT 7 R2IN 8 16 VCC 15 GND 14 T1OUT

C1+

3 C14 C2+ 5 C2-

16 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k

V+

+10V

0.1F

V-

-10V 0.1F

MAX243

13 R1IN 12 R1OUT 11 T1IN 10 T2IN 9 R2OUT TTL/CMOS INPUTS 10 T2IN 11 T1IN

T1OUT 14 +5V 400k T2OUT 7 RS-232 OUTPUTS

DIP/SO
12 R1OUT TTL/CMOS OUTPUTS 9 R2OUT RECEIVER INPUT -3 V OPEN +3V R1 OUTPUT HIGH HIGH LOW R2 OUTPUT HIGH LOW LOW 5k GND 15 5k R2IN 8 R1IN 13 RS-232 INPUTS

Figure 19. MAX243 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit

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1F 21 TB4OUT TA4OUT TA3OUT TA2OUT TA1OUT TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT 1F RB5IN 1F
6 5 4 3 2 1 44 43 42 41 40

1F 20 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER +5V 400k +5V TB1OUT 44 TB1IN 30 +5V 400k 16 TA2IN 3 TA3OUT 17 TA3IN 4 TA4OUT 18 TA4IN 9 RA1IN 5k 10 RA1OUT 8 RA2IN 5k 11 RA2OUT 7 RA3IN 5k 12 RA3OUT 6 RA4IN 5k 13 RA4OUT 5 RA5IN 5k 14 RA5OUT 5k RB5OUT 31 5k RB4OUT 32 RB5IN 40 5k RB3OUT 33 RB4IN 39 5k RB2OUT 34 RB3IN 38 5k RB1OUT 35 RB2IN 37 +5V 400k TB4IN 27 RB1IN 36 +5V +5V 400k TB3IN 28 TB4OUT 41 +5V TB2IN 29 TB3OUT 42 +5V TB2OUT 43

C1+ 23 C124 C2+ 25 C22 TA1OUT 15 TA1IN 2 TA2OUT

22 V+ 26 V- 1F

RA4IN RA3IN RA2IN RA1IN RA1OUT RA2OUT RA3OUT RA4OUT RA5OUT TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN

RA5IN

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

39 RB4IN 38 RB3IN 37 RB2IN 36 RB1IN 35 RB1OUT 34 RB2OUT 33 RB3OUT 32 RB4OUT 31 RB5OUT 30 TB1IN 29 TB2IN

MAX244

C1-

TA4IN

C2-

TB4IN

PLCC

MAX249 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 10 RECEIVERS 5 A-SIDE RECEIVER 5 B-SIDE RECEIVER 8 TRANSMITTERS 4 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 B-SIDE TRANSMITTERS NO CONTROL PINS

TB3IN

C1+

GND

C2+

V+

VCC

V-

GND 19

Figure 20. MAX244 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit ______________________________________________________________________________________ 29

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1F 40 VCC ENR TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN TA4IN RA5OUT RA4OUT RA3OUT RA2OUT RA1OUT RA1IN RA2IN RA3IN RA4IN RA5IN TA1OUT TA2OUT TA3OUT TA4OUT GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 40 39 38 37 36 35 VCC ENT TB1IN TB2IN TB3IN TB4IN RB5OUT RB4OUT RB3OUT RB2OUT RB1OUT RB1IN RB2IN RB3IN RB4IN RB5IN TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT TB4OUT 9 RA2OUT RB2OUT 31 RB3IN 27 5k 5k RB3OUT 32 RB4IN 26 5k 7 RA4OUT 15 RA5IN 5k 6 RA5OUT GND 20 5k RB5OUT 34 5k RB4OUT 33 RB5IN 25 13 RA3IN 10 RA1OUT 12 RA2IN 5k 5k RB1OUT 30 RB2IN 28 11 RA1IN 5k 5k RB1IN 29 18 TA3OUT 4 TA3IN 19 TA4OUT 5 TA4IN 1 ENR +5V 400k TB4IN 35 ENT 39 +5V +5V 400k TB3IN 36 TB4OUT 21 +5V TB3OUT 22 17 TA2OUT 3 TA2IN +5V 400k TB2IN 37 +5V TB2OUT 23 16 TA1OUT 2 TA1IN +5V 400k TB1IN 38 +5V TB1OUT 24

MAX245

34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21

DIP

MAX245 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 10 RECEIVERS 5 A-SIDE RECEIVERS (RA5 ALWAYS ACTIVE) 5 B-SIDE RECEIVERS (RB5 ALWAYS ACTIVE) 8 TRANSMITTTERS 4 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 2 CONTROL PINS 1 RECEIVER ENABLE (ENR) 1 TRANSMITTER ENABLE (ENT)

8 RA3OUT 14 RA4IN

Figure 21. MAX245 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit 30 ______________________________________________________________________________________

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1F 40 VCC +5V +5V 16 TA1OUT 400k 2 TA1IN +5V 17 TA2OUT 400k 3 TA2IN +5V 18 TA3OUT 400k 4 TA3IN +5V 19 TA4OUT 400k 5 TA4IN 1 ENA 11 RA1IN 5k 10 RA1OUT 12 RA2IN 5k 9 RA2OUT 13 RA3IN 5k 8 RA3OUT 14 RA4IN 5k 7 RA4OUT 15 RA5IN 5k 6 RA5OUT GND 20 5k RB5OUT 34 5k RB4OUT 33 RB5IN 25 5k RB3OUT 32 RB4IN 26 5k RB2OUT 31 RB3IN 27 5k RB1OUT 30 RB2IN 28 TB4IN 35 ENB 39 RB1IN 29 +5V TB4OUT 21 TB3IN 36 +5V TB3OUT 22 TB2IN 37 +5V TB2OUT 23 TB1IN 38 TB1OUT 24

ENA TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN TA4IN RA5OUT RA4OUT RA3OUT RA2OUT RA1OUT RA1IN RA2IN RA3IN RA4IN RA5IN TA1OUT TA2OUT TA3OUT TA4OUT GND

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

40 39 38 37 36 35

VCC ENB TB1IN TB2IN TB3IN TB4IN RB5OUT RB4OUT RB3OUT RB2OUT RB1OUT RB1IN RB2IN RB3IN RB4IN RB5IN TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT TB4OUT

MAX246

34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21

DIP

MAX246 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 10 RECEIVERS 5 A-SIDE RECEIVERS (RA5 ALWAYS ACTIVE) 5 B-SIDE RECEIVERS (RB5 ALWAYS ACTIVE) 8 TRANSMITTERS 4 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 B-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 2 CONTROL PINS ENABLE A-SIDE (ENA) ENABLE B-SIDE (ENB)

Figure 22. MAX246 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit ______________________________________________________________________________________ 31

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1F 40 VCC +5V +5V 400k 2 TA1IN +5V 17 TA2OUT 400k 3 TA2IN +5V 18 TA3OUT 400k 4 TA3IN +5V 19 TA4OUT 400k 5 TA4IN 6 RB5OUT 5k TB4IN 35 RB5IN 25 +5V TB4OUT 21 TB3IN 36 +5V TB3OUT 22 TB2IN 37 +5V TB2OUT 23 TB1IN 38

1 ENTA ENTA TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN TA4IN RB5OUT RA4OUT RA3OUT RA2OUT RA1OUT ENRA RA1IN RA2IN RA3IN RA4IN TA1OUT TA2OUT TA3OUT TA4OUT GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 40 39 38 37 36 35 VCC ENTB TB1IN TB2IN TB3IN TB4IN RB4OUT RB3OUT RB2OUT RB1OUT ENRB RB1IN RB2IN RB3IN RB4IN RB5IN TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT TB4OUT 10 RA1OUT 13 RA2IN 12 RA1IN 5k 16 TA1OUT

ENTB 39 TB1OUT 24

MAX247

34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21

RB1IN 29 5k RB1OUT 31 RB2IN 28 5k 5k RB2OUT 32 RB3IN 27 5k 5k RB3OUT 33 RB4IN 26 5k 5k RB4OUT 34 ENRB 30 GND 20

DIP MAX247 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 9 RECEIVERS 4 A-SIDE RECEIVERS 5 B-SIDE RECEIVERS (RB5 ALWAYS ACTIVE) 8 TRANSMITTERS 4 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 B-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 CONTROL PINS ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENRA) ENABLE RECEIVER B-SIDE (ENRB) ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENTA) ENABLE RECEIVERr B-SIDE (ENTB)

9 RA2OUT 14 RA3IN

8 RA3OUT 15 RA4IN

7 RA4OUT 11 ENRA

Figure 23. MAX247 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit 32 ______________________________________________________________________________________

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1F 21 TA4OUT TA3OUT TA2OUT TA1OUT TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT TA4OUT RA3IN RA4IN RB4IN 1F 1F 20 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER ENTB 27 +5V 1 TA1OUT RA2IN RA1IN ENRA RA1OUT RA2OUT RA3OUT RA4OUT TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN TA4IN
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 RB3IN 38 RB2IN 37 RB1IN 36 ENRB

+5V 1F

44 43 42 41 40

C1+ 23 C124 C2+ 25 C218 ENTA

V+ V-

22 26 1F

+5V TB1OUT 44 400k TB1IN 31

14 TA1IN +5V 2 TA2OUT 400k 15 TA2IN +5V 3 TA3OUT 400k 16 TA3IN +5V 4 TA4OUT 400k 17 TA4IN 8 RA1IN 5k 5k +5V +5V +5V

TB2OUT 43 TB2IN 30 TB3OUT 42 TB3IN 29 TB4OUT 41 TB4IN 28 RB1IN 37

MAX248

35 RB1OUT 34 RB2OUT 33 RB3OUT 32 RB4OUT 31 TB1IN 30 TB2IN 29 TB3IN

C1-

C1+

C2+

C2-

ENTB

PLCC

MAX248 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

8 RECEIVERS 4 A-SIDE RECEIVERS 4 B-SIDE RECEIVERS 8 TRANSMITTERS 4 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 B-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 CONTROL PINS ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENRA) ENABLE RECEIVER B-SIDE (ENRB) ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENTA) ENABLE RECEIVER B-SIDE (ENTB)

TB4IN

ENTA

GND

VCC

V+

V-

10 RA1OUT 7 RA2IN 5k 11 RA2OUT 6 RA3IN 5k 12 RA3OUT 5 RA4IN 5k 13 RA4OUT 9 ENRA GND 19

RB1OUT 35 RB2IN 38 5k RB2OUT 34 RB3IN 39 5k RB3OUT 33 RB4IN 40 5k RB4OUT 32 ENRB 36

Figure 24. MAX248 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit ______________________________________________________________________________________ 33

+5V-Powered, Multichannel RS-232 Drivers/Receivers MAX220MAX249

TOP VIEW
1F 21 TA3OUT TA2OUT TA1OUT TB1OUT TB2OUT TB3OUT RA3IN RA4IN RA5IN RB5IN RB4IN 1F 1F 20 VCC +5V TO +10V VOLTAGE DOUBLER +10V TO -10V VOLTAGE INVERTER ENTB 27 +5V 1 TA1OUT RA2IN RA1IN ENRA RA1OUT RA2OUT RA3OUT RA4OUT RA5OUT TA1IN TA2IN TA3IN
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 RB3IN 38 RB2IN 37 RB1IN 36 ENRB

+5V 1F

44 43 42 41 40

C1+ 23 C124 C2+ 25 C218 ENTA

V+ V-

22 26 1F

+5V TB1OUT 44 400k TB1IN 30

15 TA1IN +5V 2 TA2OUT 400k 16 TA2IN +5V 3 TA3OUT 400k 17 TA3IN 8 RA1IN 5k 10 RA1OUT 7 RA2IN 5k 11 RA2OUT 6 RA3IN 5k 12 RA3OUT 5 RA4IN 5k 13 RA4OUT 4 RA5IN 5k 14 RA5OUT 9 ENRA GND 19 5k 5k 5k 5k 5k +5V +5V

TB2OUT 43 TB2IN 29 TB3OUT 42 TB3IN 28 RB1IN 37

MAX249

35 RB1OUT 34 RB2OUT 33 RB3OUT 32 RB4OUT 31 RB5OUT 30 TB1IN 29 TB2IN

C1-

C1+

C2+

C2-

ENTB

TB3IN

ENTA

GND

VCC

V+

V-

RB1OUT 35 RB2IN 38

PLCC

MAX249 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 10 RECEIVERS 5 A-SIDE RECEIVERS 5 B-SIDE RECEIVERS 6 TRANSMITTERS 3 A-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 3 B-SIDE TRANSMITTERS 4 CONTROL PINS ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENRA) ENABLE RECEIVER B-SIDE (ENRB) ENABLE RECEIVER A-SIDE (ENTA) ENABLE RECEIVER B-SIDE (ENTB)

RB2OUT 34 RB3IN 39

RB3OUT 33 RB4IN 40

RB4OUT 32 RB5IN 41

RB5OUT 31 ENRB 36

Figure 25. MAX249 Pin Configuration and Typical Operating Circuit 34 ______________________________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________Ordering Information (continued)
PART MAX222CPN MAX222CWN MAX222C/D MAX222EPN MAX222EWN MAX222EJN MAX222MJN MAX223CAI MAX223CWI MAX223C/D MAX223EAI MAX223EWI MAX225CWI MAX225EWI MAX230CPP MAX230CWP MAX230C/D MAX230EPP MAX230EWP MAX230EJP MAX230MJP MAX231CPD MAX231CWE MAX231CJD MAX231C/D MAX231EPD MAX231EWE MAX231EJD MAX231MJD MAX232CPE MAX232CSE MAX232CWE MAX232C/D MAX232EPE MAX232ESE MAX232EWE MAX232EJE MAX232MJE MAX232MLP MAX232ACPE MAX232ACSE MAX232ACWE TEMP. RANGE 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C PIN-PACKAGE 18 Plastic DIP 18 Wide SO Dice* 18 Plastic DIP 18 Wide SO 18 CERDIP 18 CERDIP 28 SSOP 28 Wide SO Dice* 28 SSOP 28 Wide SO 28 Wide SO 28 Wide SO 20 Plastic DIP 20 Wide SO Dice* 20 Plastic DIP 20 Wide SO 20 CERDIP 20 CERDIP 14 Plastic DIP 16 Wide SO 14 CERDIP Dice* 14 Plastic DIP 16 Wide SO 14 CERDIP 14 CERDIP 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO Dice* 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO 16 CERDIP 16 CERDIP 20 LCC 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO MAX232AC/D MAX232AEPE MAX232AESE MAX232AEWE MAX232AEJE MAX232AMJE MAX232AMLP MAX233CPP MAX233EPP MAX233ACPP MAX233ACWP MAX233AEPP MAX233AEWP MAX234CPE MAX234CWE MAX234C/D MAX234EPE MAX234EWE MAX234EJE MAX234MJE MAX235CPG MAX235EPG MAX235EDG MAX235MDG MAX236CNG MAX236CWG MAX236C/D MAX236ENG MAX236EWG MAX236ERG MAX236MRG MAX237CNG MAX237CWG MAX237C/D MAX237ENG MAX237EWG MAX237ERG MAX237MRG MAX238CNG MAX238CWG MAX238C/D MAX238ENG 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C Dice* 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO 16 CERDIP 16 CERDIP 20 LCC 20 Plastic DIP 20 Plastic DIP 20 Plastic DIP 20 Wide SO 20 Plastic DIP 20 Wide SO 16 Plastic DIP 16 Wide SO Dice* 16 Plastic DIP 16 Wide SO 16 CERDIP 16 CERDIP 24 Wide Plastic DIP 24 Wide Plastic DIP 24 Ceramic SB 24 Ceramic SB 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO Dice* 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO Dice* 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO Dice* 24 Narrow Plastic DIP

MAX220MAX249

* Contact factory for dice specifications. 35

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+5V-Powered, Multichannel RS-232 Drivers/Receivers MAX220MAX249

___________________________________________Ordering Information (continued)
PART MAX238EWG MAX238ERG MAX238MRG MAX239CNG MAX239CWG MAX239C/D MAX239ENG MAX239EWG MAX239ERG MAX239MRG MAX240CMH MAX240C/D MAX241CAI MAX241CWI MAX241C/D MAX241EAI MAX241EWI MAX242CAP MAX242CPN MAX242CWN MAX242C/D MAX242EPN MAX242EWN MAX242EJN MAX242MJN TEMP. RANGE -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C PIN-PACKAGE 24 Wide SO 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO Dice* 24 Narrow Plastic DIP 24 Wide SO 24 Narrow CERDIP 24 Narrow CERDIP 44 Plastic FP Dice* 28 SSOP 28 Wide SO Dice* 28 SSOP 28 Wide SO 20 SSOP 18 Plastic DIP 18 Wide SO Dice* 18 Plastic DIP 18 Wide SO 18 CERDIP 18 CERDIP MAX243CPE MAX243CSE MAX243CWE MAX243C/D MAX243EPE MAX243ESE MAX243EWE MAX243EJE MAX243MJE MAX244CQH MAX244C/D MAX244EQH MAX245CPL MAX245C/D MAX245EPL MAX246CPL MAX246C/D MAX246EPL MAX247CPL MAX247C/D MAX247EPL MAX248CQH MAX248C/D MAX248EQH MAX249CQH MAX249EQH 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -40C to +85C -55C to +125C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 0C to +70C -40C to +85C 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO Dice* 16 Plastic DIP 16 Narrow SO 16 Wide SO 16 CERDIP 16 CERDIP 44 PLCC Dice* 44 PLCC 40 Plastic DIP Dice* 40 Plastic DIP 40 Plastic DIP Dice* 40 Plastic DIP 40 Plastic DIP Dice* 40 Plastic DIP 44 PLCC Dice* 44 PLCC 44 PLCC 44 PLCC

* Contact factory for dice specifications.

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