The MCP2150 is a cost effective, low pin count (18-pin), easy to use device for implementing IrDA standard wireless connectivity. The MCP2150 provides support for the IrDA standard protocol “stack” plus bit encoding/decoding.

FEATUREs
• Implements the IrDA® standard including:
- IrLAP
- IrLMP
- IAS
- TinyTP
- IrCOMM (9-wire “cooked” service class)
• Provides IrDA standard physical signal layer support including:
- Bidirectional communication
- CRC implementation
- Data communication rates up to 115.2 kbaud
• Includes UART to IrDA standard encoder/decoder functionality:
- Easily interfaces with industry standard UARTs and infrared transceivers
• UART interface for connecting to Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) systems
• Transmit/Receive formats (bit width) supported:
- 1.63 µs
• Hardware baud rate selection for UART:
- 9.6 kbaud
- 19.2 kbaud
- 57.6 kbaud
- 115.2 kbaud
• Infrared baud rates supported:
- 9.6 kbaud
- 19.2 kbaud
- 38.4 kbaud
- 57.6 kbaud
- 115.2 kbaud
• 64 Byte Data Packet Size
• Programmable Device ID String
• Operates as Secondary Device

CMOS Technology
• Low power, high-speed CMOS technology
• Fully static design
• Low voltage operation
• Industrial temperature range
• Low power consumption
- < 1 mA @ 3.3 V, 11.0592 MHz (typical)
- 3 µA typical @ 5.0 V when disabled