USB UART ISO Click

How does it work?

USB UART ISO Click is based on the ISOUSB111, a full/low-speed isolated USB repeater from Texas Instruments. It is a galvanically isolated USB 2.0 repeater that supports automatic speed connection detection, reflection of pull-ups/pull-downs, and link power management. The repeater isolates D+ and D- USB bus lines and supports automatic role reversal. This means that, after disconnection, if a new connection is detected on the upstream-facing port, then the upstream and downstream port definitions are reversed. This device uses a silicon dioxide insulation barrier with a withstand voltage of up to 5000VRMS and a working voltage of 1500VRMS, thus protecting from high voltages and preventing noise currents from the bus entering the local ground.

This USB repeater also comes with a pair of unpopulated headers for testing purposes for both sides of the isolation barrier. Both headers contain a GND (for both sides), a powered-up indicator pin (V1OK or V2OK), and power supply pins for both sides.

USB UART ISO Click is equipped with a USB type C connector, which can connect a USB device to a host MCU over the UART bridge and a USB isolated repeater. The FT232R is a well-known UART bridge chip on which the entire USB protocol is handled on the chip. There is driver support for all common operating systems. The UART chip comes with a pair of UART RX and TX LEDs to visually present UART data flow.

USB UART ISO Click uses a standard UART interface to establish communication of the connected USB device with the host MCU over the UART bridge and an isolated USB repeater. In addition, the UART flow control pins RTS and CTS are available. Additionally, there is an SLP pin for Sleep mode control and a PWR pin as a power enable pin.

This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VIO SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

Specifications

Pinout diagram

This table shows how the pinout on USB UART ISO Click corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes	Pin					Pin	Notes
Sleep Mode Control	SLP	1	AN	PWM	16	PWR	FTDI Power Enable
	NC	2	RST	INT	15	RTS	UART RTS
UART CTS	CTS	3	CS	RX	14	TX	UART TX
	NC	4	SCK	TX	13	RX	UART RX
	NC	5	MISO	SCL	12	NC
	NC	6	MOSI	SDA	11	NC
Power Supply	3.3V	7	3.3V	5V	10	5V	Power Supply
Ground	GND	8	GND	GND	9	GND	Ground

Onboard settings and indicators

USB UART ISO Click electrical specifications

Software Support

We provide a library for the USB-UART ISO Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MIKROE compilers. The demo can run on all the main MIKROE development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager (recommended), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for USB-UART ISO Click driver.

Key functions

• usbuartiso_generic_write USB-UART ISO data writing function.

• usbuartiso_generic_read USB-UART ISO data reading function.

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of USB-UART ISO Click board™ by processing the incoming data and displaying them on the USB UART.

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    char rx_data = 0;
    if ( usbuartiso_generic_read ( &usbuartiso, &rx_data, 1 ) )
    {
        if ( usbuartiso_generic_write ( &usbuartiso, &rx_data, 1 ) )
        {
            log_printf( &logger, "%c", rx_data );
        }
    }
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager (recommended), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.USBUARTISO

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MIKROE compilers.

mikroSDK

This Click board™ is supported with mikroSDK – MIKROE Software Development Kit. To ensure proper operation of mikroSDK compliant Click board™ demo applications, mikroSDK should be downloaded from the LibStock and installed for the compiler you are using.

For more information about mikroSDK, visit the official page.