[Cryptech Tech] STM32F4 <-> Novena Bridge

Fredrik Thulin fredrik at thulin.net
Sun Jun 14 14:58:22 UTC 2015


On Sunday, June 14, 2015 05:36:16 PM Jacob wrote:
> > Question for anyone feeling they know their capacitors: the reference
> > circuit in section 6.1 of the FT232H datasheet [1] shows electrolytics
> > for the 4.7 uF bypass capacitors. Can they be reasonably substituted with
> > simpler and smaller ceramics, thinking 0803 package and X7R (even better
> > 0603 but I can only find X5R)?
> > 
> > [1] http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/DataSheets/ICs/DS_FT232H.pdf
> 
> Sorry - I don't know what the N.F. designation by the 4.7uF capacitors is.

Me neither. It seems Adafruit has built a breakout board for the FT232H using 
10uF ceramics... good sign.

https://learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/adafruit-ft232h-breakout.pdf
https://learn.adafruit.com/system/assets/assets/000/021/702/original/components_ft232sch.png?
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/Fredrik



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