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From: frankh@scraps.uucp (Frank Holden KA3UWW)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: What's a good IC for RS232 -> TTL signals??
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Date: 18 Apr 93 05:27:36 GMT
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In <C57zsC.9FL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tall Cool One ) writes:



>I'm looking for an IC that will convert RS232 voltage levels to TTL voltage 
>levels.  Something relatively inexpensive would be nice, too.  Anyone have
>a suggestion??  Thanks.


Well it looks as if Digi-Key sells a chip with the number ICL232 that does what
you want.  They are selling it for about $3.50...

Hope this helps...
Frank

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