"Niek" <niek@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Hello,
>
> Does somebody know if there is a chip with 8 input ports to send 1 byte
> parallel and then automatically sends the byte out by USB (first choice)
or
> by RS232??
>
> My problem is that I need 3 com-ports on my microcontroller and my
processor
> (zilog Z8S180) only has 2!!! I have an 1 byte output register that I am
not
> using so I thought maby I can use it in this way....
>
> Can somebody help me???
>
>
> Thanks,


If you get rid of both your Z8S180 and the FTDI chip
and use the AT91SAM7S64, you get USB, 3 UARTS and plenty of other stuff.
An alternative chip is the AT91RM3400 where you get USB + 5 UARTs.
This will need an external 8 pin SO chip for code storage (loaded into
internal SRAM at reset)

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Thanks for the help!!! This is what I need!!!Going to use the FT245BM

Niek

Niek <niek@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does somebody know if there is a chip with 8 input ports to send 1 byte
> parallel and then automatically sends the byte out by USB (first choice) or
> by RS232??
> 
> My problem is that I need 3 com-ports on my microcontroller and my processor
> (zilog Z8S180) only has 2!!! I have an 1 byte output register that I am not
> using so I thought maby I can use it in this way....
> 

For UART you /could/ use HD-6402 (there have been equivalent products
but I'm not sure if they're still around).
See http://www.intersil.com/products/deviceinfo.asp?pn=HD-6402

This is ancient stuff however, and quite expensive too. It's a fossil 
from the days before MCUs were ubiquitous and even quite advanced
stuff was built with hard wired logic. Today it's value is more as a
piece of trivia, except for the odd one being used as spare parts.
Using something like a PIC or bit-banging one of the outputs you have
would be more of a contemporary solution.  

/Henrik

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"Niek" <niek@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:e365d$41823bed$513a1b62$15865@news1.zonnet.nl...
> Hello,
>
> Does somebody know if there is a chip with 8 input ports to send 1 byte
> parallel and then automatically sends the byte out by USB (first choice) 
> or
> by RS232??
>
> My problem is that I need 3 com-ports on my microcontroller and my 
> processor
> (zilog Z8S180) only has 2!!! I have an 1 byte output register that I am 
> not
> using so I thought maby I can use it in this way....
>
> Can somebody help me???
>

Same site www.ftdichip.com again, look for the FT245BM

Rob

"Niek" <niek@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e365d$41823bed$513a1b62$15865@news1.zonnet.nl...
> Hello,
>
> Does somebody know if there is a chip with 8 input ports to send 1 byte
> parallel and then automatically sends the byte out by USB (first choice)
or
> by RS232??
>
> My problem is that I need 3 com-ports on my microcontroller and my
processor
> (zilog Z8S180) only has 2!!! I have an 1 byte output register that I am
not
> using so I thought maby I can use it in this way....

Well, you've just been directed to the FTDI website. If you read the
datasheet of the FT232BM, you'll find that this chip is also capable of
bitbang mode. This effectively allows you to read or write 8 I/O pins. The
pins that are normally used for a full RS232 interface are switched to
generic I/O lines in bitbang mode.

Meindert

Hello,

Does somebody know if there is a chip with 8 input ports to send 1 byte
parallel and then automatically sends the byte out by USB (first choice) or
by RS232??

My problem is that I need 3 com-ports on my microcontroller and my processor
(zilog Z8S180) only has 2!!! I have an 1 byte output register that I am not
using so I thought maby I can use it in this way....

Can somebody help me???


Thanks,

Niek