MCP2140A
2.14 Migrating from the MCP2140 to the
MCP2140A
This section shows you in the major differences
between the MCP2140 and the MCP2140A. Your appli-
cation may have other sensitivities and a complete sys-
tem validation should be done.
Table 2-3 shows the differences and enhancements of
the MCP2140A in comparison to the MCP2140.
TABLE 2-3: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MCP2140 AND MCP2140A
Feature
MCP2140 MCP2140A
Voltage Range
3.0V - 5.5V 2.0V - 5.5V
Frequency of Operation
(MHz)
7.3728
3.6864
UART operation
UART Receiver buffer
Size (bytes) (max.)
Half Duplex Full Duplex
29
60 (2)
UART Transmit buffer
Size (bytes) (max.)
IR Receiver Frame
Payload Size (bytes)
(max.)
IR Transmit Frame
Payload Size (bytes)
(max.)
29
64 (3)
64 (3)
60
64 (3)
64 (3)
Max IDD (uA) PHACT = H 2200
407
at min. VDD. PHACT = L
60
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Integrated Optical
Transceivers RXD
wave shaping circuit
Required
Not
Required
(1)
Optical Transceiver RXPD High to Low High to Low
bit signal polarity
or
only
Low to High
Note 1: The External Wave Shaping Circuit is not
required. For applications replacing the
MCP2140, components of the circuit can
be replaced to effectively remove the
waveshaping circuit. See Section 2.13
“Optical Interface”.
2: The MCP2140A will drive the CTS signal
active after the UART Receive Buffer has
59 bytes. The Receive buffer supports the
reception of a 60th byte for systems that
have 0 delay between UART data bytes.
3: Includes 4 bytes overhead for 9-wire
“cooked” protocol. This means that there
are a maximum of 60 data bytes per
frame.
2.15 The PIC IrDA Standard Stack
Library and the MCP2140A
The MCP2140A is compatible with the PIC IrDA
Standard Stack Library routines for 16-bit PIC micro-
controllers. The application must use the Client Library
routines for the IrCOMM 9-wire Cooked protocol (for
Primary Device operation).
2.16 References
The IrDA Standards organization information can be
found at:
http://www.irda.org
Some common manufacturers of optical transceivers
are shown in Table 2-4.
TABLE 2-4:
COMMON OPTICAL
TRANSCEIVER
MANUFACTURERS
Company
Sharp®
Infineon®
Agilent®
Vishay®/Temic
Rohm
Company Web Site Address
www.sharpsma.com
www.infineon.com
www.agilent.com
www.vishay.com
www.rohm.com
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