User's Guide

UC864-E-AUTO / AWS-AUTO Hardware User Guide
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10.3. 5V UART Level Transition
If the OEM application uses a microcontroller with a serial port (UART) that works at
a voltage different from 2.6 2.9V, then a circuitry has to adapt the different levels of
the two signal sets. As for the RS232 translation, there are a multitude of single chip
translators. For example a possible translator circuit for a 5V
TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER can be:
TIP:
TIP: TIP:
TIP:
This logic IC for the level translator and 2.6V pull-ups (not the 5V one) can be
powered directly from PWRMON line of UC864-E-AUTO / AWS-AUTO. Note that the
TC7SZ07AE has open drain output; therefore the resistor R2 is mandatory.