Waveshare Industrial USB to RS485 Converter with original FT232RL Built in Embedded Protection Circuits, Resettable fuse…

Overview

This is an industrial USB to RS485 converter with original FT232RL inside. It features embedded protection circuits such as lightningproof, resettable fuse, ESD protection, and TVS diode, etc. It’s pretty small in size.

The USB TO RS485 is very easy to use, allows automatic transceiving. Due to its fast communication, stability, reliability, and safety, it is an ideal choice for industrial control equipments and/or applications with high communication requirement.

Specifications

Product type: industrial converter

Baudrate: 300-921600bps

Host port: USB

Device port:  RS485

USB:

• Operating voltage: 5V
• Connector: USB-A
• Protection: 200mA self-recovery fuse, ESD protection
• Transmission distance: about 5m

RS485:

• Connector: screw terminal
• Pins: A+, B-, GND
• Direction control: hardware automatic control
• Protection: 600W lightningproof and surge-suppress, 15KV ESD protection (onboard 120R balancing resistor)
• Transmission distance: about 1200m (low rate)
• Transmission mode: point-to-multipoints (up to 32 nodes, it is recommended to use repeaters for 16 nodes or more)

LED indicators:

• PWR: red power indicator, light up when there is USB connection and voltage is detected
• TXD: red TX indicator, light up when the USB port sends data
• RXD: red RX indicator, light up when the device ports send data back

Operating environment:

• Temperature: -15℃ ~ 70℃
• Humidity: 5%RH ~ 95%RH

Operating system: 

• Mac, Linux, Android, WinCE, Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / XP

Development Resources

Wiki :www.waveshare.com/wiki/USB_TO_RS485?Amazon

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USB to RS485 communication.3 LEDs for indicating the power and transceiver status
Adopt original FT232RL, fast communicating, stable and reliable, better compatibility
Onboard TVS (Transient Voltage Suppressor), effectively suppress surge voltage and transient spike voltage in the circuit, lightningproof & anti-electrostatic
Onboard self-recovery fuse and protection diodes, ensures the current/voltage stable outputs, provides over-current/over-voltage proof, improves shock resistance
Package Content:USB TO RS485 x1:USB-A male to female cable x1;Screwdriver x1