Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CF232-5 ELANsat Tech
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Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 1 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE ELAN DIGITAL SYSTEMS LTD. LITTLE PARK FARM ROAD, SEGENSWORTH WEST, FAREHAM, HANTS. PO15 5SJ. TEL: (44) (0 )1489 579799 FAX: (44) (0 )1489 577516 e-mail: support@pccard.co.uk website: http://www.pccard.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 2 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE Table of Contents 1. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 3 2. ABOUT THE CF232 ............
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 3 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 1. OVERVIEW The CF232 card is an RS232 Serial card with the following features: • Tiny TypeI Compact Flash form factor for CF+ equipped PDAs, Handheld PCs, laptops etc. • DOS, Windows 3.1x, 95, 98 , 98SE , Me, NT 4 , 2000, XP, CE , PocketPC compatible using O.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 4 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 2. ABOUT THE CF232 The CF232 card is an RS232 serial card with Elan ’ s own 16550 compatible UART ASIC device, called the VPU16550. The serial data and control lines are buffered using ESD protected RS232 drivers.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 5 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 3. INSTALLING THE CF232 3.1 DOS & Windows 3.1 x Operation in DOS or Windows 3.1 requires 3 rd party Card and Socket Services drivers to be properly installed and configured. Follow your software vendor ’ s instructions on how to do this.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 6 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 4. CF232 REGISTER INTERFACE Full details of the CF232 ’ s register interface can be found in the VPU16550 data sheet, available at Elan ’ s website http://www.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 7 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 5. HARDWARE SPECIFICATION 5.1 PINOUT The CF232 is supplied with a 300mm long Type45 cable that terminates with a DB9 Male connector with female screw.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 8 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE 5.2 ELECTRICAL All figures quoted are typical parameters @ 25 ° C RS232 SIGNALS: Typical output level ± 5.
Elan Digital Systems Ltd. 9 CF232 USER ’ S GUIDE As a simple rule of thumb, using the standard serial drivers on a fast PC will allow throughput rates of 400-600KBits/sec although these rates can’t be guaranteed and will be application specific . 5.
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