RS232 Breadboard Adapter with MAX232 (Assembled)

If you work with microcontrollers, you know how useful a MAX232 chip can be. Now with our RS-I serial adapter, connecting RS-232 to your breadboard is plug and play.

You simply plug the 6 pins of the RS-I directly into your breadboard. Pin 1 and 2 require +5V (regulated) and ground. The other four pins give you access to the serial port transmit, receive, RTS, and CTS lines. The female DB-9 will connect directly to a PC with a straight cable. Perfect for connecting a second serial port to a Basic Stamp, PIC projects, or anywhere you need RS-232 connections. Works with many PIC bootloaders including our APP-II. These popular boards appear in many places around the Internet:

• Controlling a digital camera
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• RS-I board used in a PIC programmer

Although the RS-I only requires 5V (use a MAX3232 for 3.3V, not included), special circuitry in the IC generate positive and negative voltages required for true RS-232 interfacing. Operates up to 120kBaud.

This is the assembled and tested board wired as DCE (that is, wired to connect directly to a PC).

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