Hi guys, i have made usb to uart coverter with ft232rl but a had few problems abouth it. first capacitor C3 stared smoking a burning after connecting to pc :astonished:. then i realised that pin 4,5 on IC are connected together. could this be reason why the cap died? anyway after desoldering this c…

my own ft232rl circuit

miros January 27, 2013, 10:26am 11

CrossRoads:
Do you have a diode acros that resistor like current Uno's use (anode to reset, cathode to +5)?

anode to reset on atmega or on ft232?

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