PL2303GD
USB-CDC to Serial Bridge Controller
OVERVIEW
The PL2303GD is a full-featured single-chip USB-CDC to UART bridge controller for connecting a full-duplex UART asynchronous serial interface device to any Universal Serial Bus (USB) capable host. The PL2303GD implements the standard USB-CDC Device which is natively supported in most of operating systems; so the PL2303GDdoes not need any custom driver installation. The operating system or USB host communicates with the PL2303GD through USB-CDC application software developed based on Windows / Mac / Linux DLL libraries provided by Prolific.
USB-CDC device is natively supported in most of operating systems such as Mac OS X 10.7, Linux3.8, Android3.2and their later version. Prolific provides SDK for customers to develop their application software. Refer to instruction of PL2303GDSDK on how to control PL2303GD GPIO using the API in SDK.
FEATURE
- Full Compliant with USB Specification v2.0 (Full-Speed)
- On-chip USB 1.1 transceiver and 5V to 3.3V regulator
- On-chip 96MHz Clock Generator
- Supports OTPROM (One-Time Programmable ROM) for USB device descriptors. OTPROM can be programmed directly through USB port.
- 1024-byte bi-directional data buffers (768-byte receive / 256-byte transmit).
- Each IC has unique ID (for Serial Number)
- USB-CDC driver and SDK:
- Built-in USB-CDC driver on Win10, Mac OS X 10.7, Linux3.8, Android3.2 or above
- Provides USB-CDC to UARTSDK for Mac OS X, Linux, and Android and SDK of virtual-com-port for Windows.
- Supports Battery Charger (BC1.2) detection to enable fast charging of batteries.
- Supports Windows USB Selective Suspend (Remote Wakeup enabled).
- Supports Windows Modern Standby.
- Supports Windows DCHU (Declarative, Componentized, Hardware Support Apps, Universal).
- 🔗🌐 Custom Product Name & Specified COM Port Technology🌐 🔗
- Patented OEM deployment feature – Taiwan Patent I934369: factory-configure a Specified COM Port number and a clear, product-specific Product String in OTPROM / EEPROM so the product name and COM port can be recognized together.
- Specified COM Port range: supports OEM-specified COM Port numbers from 1 to 65,535.
- Multilingual Product String: supports descriptive product names in multiple languages through the OTP programming tool, helping users distinguish which COM port belongs to which product.
- Clear product-to-port identification: program the intended Product String and Specified COM Port Number during manufacturing so Device Manager can present an easy-to-recognize product name together with its COM number, reducing routine end-user reassignment and manual setup.
- Driver / WHQL advantage: these OTPROM / EEPROM identity settings are designed to work with the Prolific Windows VCP driver without an additional WHQL submission for each configured OEM identity.
PACKAGE
- SSOP16