Microchip Technology MCP2120
The MCP2120 decodes (demodulates) these electrical pulses and then the data is transmitted by the MCP2120 UART. This modulation and demodulation method is performed in accordance with the IrDA standard. This provides reliable communication between two devices.FEATURES
● Supports with IrDA® Physical Layer Specification (version 1.3)● UART to IR Encoder/Decoder - Interfaces with IrDA Compliant Transceivers - Used with any UART, including standard 16550 UART and microcontroller UART
● Transmit/Receive formats supported: - 1.63 µs
● Hardware or Software Baud rate selection - Up to IrDA standard 115.2 kbaud operation - Up to 312.5 kbaud operation (at 20 MHz) - Low power mode
● Pb-free packaging CMOS Technology
● Low-power, high-speed CMOS technology
● Fully static design
● Low voltage operation
● Commercial and Industrial temperature ranges
● Low power consumption - < 1 mA @ 3.3V, 8 MHz (typical) - 3 mA typical @ 5.0V when disabled Pin Diagrams PDIP, SOIC VDD 1 OSC1/CLKIN 2 OSC2 3 RESET 4 RXIR 5 TXIR 6 MODE 7 MCP2120 14 VSS 13 EN 12 TX 11 RX 10 BAUD0 9 BAUD1 8 BAUD2 Block Diagram MCP2120 TX Encode EN BAUD2 BAUD1 BAUD0 MODE Logic Baud Rate Generator TXIR RX Decode RXIR © 2007 Microchip Technology Inc. DS21618B-page 1 MCP2120 NOTES: DS21618B-page 2 © 2007 Microchip Technology Inc.