Datasheet

Assembly & Wiring

Assembly

To assemble the FT232H breakout you'll need to solder the included headers to the breakout board. If you haven't soldered

before, make sure to first read the guide to excellent soldering (http://adafru.it/dgp) and try practicing with some scrap wires and

components.

Start by trimming the male headers to the length of the pin holes on the breakout board. You should have two rows of male

headers with 10 pins each.

Then insert the longer pins of the headers into a breadboard so that the pin holes on the FT232H breakout slide perfectly through

the header pins sticking out the top of the breadboard.

Using a soldering iron and some solder, carefully solder all the pins to the FT232H breakout board.

If you aren't clear on the steps above, check out an assembly guide for other breakout boards like the VS1053 audio

board (http://adafru.it/jFo). You should follow the same steps to solder the header pins to the FT232H breakout board.

Once the headers are soldered to the board, plug in a micro USB cable to the port on the FT232H breakout and then plug the

cable into a computer or laptop. You should see a green LED next to the 5V pin on the breakout light up. Congratulations your

FT232H board is assembled!

Wiring

Below is a quick description of the pins on the FT232H breakout. You'll learn about these pins in more detail in the Serial

UART (http://adafru.it/jFp) and MPSSE Setup (http://adafru.it/jFq) sections of the guide.

5V - This is a 5 volt power source connected directly to the USB bus. Don't pull more than about 400-500mA of current from

this pin or else you might damage your computer's USB port!

GND - This is the ground of the FT232H breakout.

D0 through D7 - These are the ADBUS pins on the FT232H chip and are used for the serial UART and other serial