PL2303TA USB to Serial Bridge Controller Datasheet

PL-2303HX Rev A and PL-2303X Pin Compatible EOL Replacement Solution

Serial To Usb Chip

PL2303TA New Product Announcement

Now the USB port reigns supreme! But USB is hard, and you just want to transfer your every-day serial data from a microcontroller to computer. Enter the Adafruit CP2104 Friend! This is a high-quality CP2104 USB-Serial chip that can upload code at a blistering 2Mbit/s for fast development time. Ans: USB-Serial devices support LVTTL IO levels for Inputs only. CMOS IO level is supported for both Inputs and Outputs. Do USB-Serial devices require external 1.5K pull up resistor on USBDP line? Ans: No, USB-Serial devices don't require external 1.5K pull up resistor on USBDP line. The pull-up resistor is integrated inside the chip. Prolific (PL2303) adapter is an common solution about USB to Serial port adapters. Even so the company gives their chips only to branded companies. And the latest Prolific driver, it does one identity recognition at the hardware too. If the Prolific chip in your adapter is a fake copy, the driver does not work with it.

PL2303TA Reference Schematic Design for RS-232 Transceiver

How to migrate from PL-2303HXA/XA PCB to PL2303TA chip

Do not install or use any software from Prolific website until you have read and accepted all of the license terms.

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

Mac OS X Universal Binary Driver v1.6.2 (PKG file format)

For Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina (64-bit)
For Mac OX X 10.14 Mojave (64-bit)
For Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra (64-bit)
For Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra (64-bit)
For Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64-bit)
For Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite (64-bit)
For Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (64-bit)
For PL2303 H/HX/HXD/EA/RA/SA/TA/TB chip versions
For Prolific USB VID_067B&PID_2303 Only
Includes Driver Installation Manual
NOTE: Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 introduces a new feature that requires user approval before loading new third-party kernel extensions. Go to System Preferences - Security & Privacy and click Allow. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

NOTE: No need to install drivers for following:
Linux Kernel 2.4.31 and above already includes built-in drivers for PL-2303 (VID_067B&PID_2303).
Driver Source:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
Kernel (go to driversusbserial folder):
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/

PL-2303 WinCE 4.2-5.2 Driver for ARM:xScale Processor Standard SDK

Also for Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5, PocketPC 2003. NOTE: WinCE 6.0 standard driver is not available, please email request for driver customization. SDK image file must be provided.

Also for Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5, PocketPC 2003. NOTE: WinCE 6.0 standard driver is not available, please email request for driver customization. SDK image file must be provided.

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

Download Multiple Usb Serial Chipper

This resource is for PL2303TA USB to Serial/UART Bridge Controller, EOL. Click download to view the document.

File Name Release Date Version File Size
PL23XX_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v204.zip 2020/12/08 2.0.4 10782.28KB
Windows Driver Installer Setup Program
(For PL2303 HXD, SA, TA, TB, RA GC, GS, GT, GL, GE , GD, GR versions)
Installer version & Build date: 2.0.4 (2020-12-08)
- Windows 10 Certified WHQL Driver (TH1 1507, TH2 1511, RS1 1607, RS2 1703, RS3 1709, RS4 1803,RS5 1809,19H1 1903, 19H2 1909, 20H1 VB versions)
Windows Vista/7/8.1/10 (32 & 64-bit) WDF WHQL Driver: v3.8.31.0 (07/30/2019) / v5.0.15.0 (04/06/2020)
- - Windows 10 Certified WHQL Driver (TH1 1507, TH2 1511, RS1 1607, RS2 1703, RS3 1709, RS4 1803,RS5 1809,19H1 1903, 19H2 1909, 20H1 VB versions)
- Windows Vista, 7, 8.1 Certified WHQL Driver
- Compatible with Windows Server 2016, Server2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2
- Auto-download driver via Windows Update (Windows 7, 8.1, 10)
Windows XP (32 & 64-bit) WDM WHQL Driver: v3.8.31.1 (07/30/2019) / v5.0.15.1 (04/06/2020)
- Windows XP Certified WHQL Driver
- Compatible with Windows 2000SP4 & Server2003
- Installer Language Support: English (default), Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese
- For Prolific USB VID_067B&PID_2303, PID_2304, PID_23A3, PID_23B3, PID_23C3,PID_23D3,PID_23E3,PID_23F3,PID_2323.
- Includes Certification Report, User Manual, Driver Release Notes, CheckChipVersion Tool
- Installer supports silent install (add '/s' parameter when running program)

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