Forcing serial handshaking

Hi,
I'm having trouble drawing up a schematic for an FT232BM serial
converter chip, and an AVR. I assume the normal rules of serial apply
to it. Does this mean that I can connect CTS to RTS together and DTR
DSR DCD all together too? This apepars tho be the case in
http://www.airborn.com.au/pcb02/ex20514c.gif (at the top left). Should
this work, or is there something else I should do?


many thanks

ch424

 

[Rene Tschaggelar]

alexander.chadwick@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
I'm having trouble drawing up a schematic for an FT232BM serial
converter chip, and an AVR. I assume the normal rules of serial apply
to it. Does this mean that I can connect CTS to RTS together and DTR
DSR DCD all together too? This apepars tho be the case in
http://www.airborn.com.au/pcb02/ex20514c.gif (at the top left). Should
this work, or is there something else I should do?

The PC application operating the comport determines the use of the
handshake lines. They are not required if the application doesn't
implement them.
But yes, if they are required, then you can short them, as if it was
a normal comport.

Rene
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Brilliant... Many thanks to both of you!

ch424