CH341T

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  "slug": "ch341t",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "type": "component",
  "description": "WCH Jiangsu Qin Heng USB Converters, SSOP-20-208mil. Pinout cross-checked by two models against the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
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    "interface",
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  "component": {
    "mpn": "CH341T",
    "manufacturer": "WCH Jiangsu Qin Heng",
    "package": "SSOP-20-208mil",
    "pin_count": 20,
    "category": "Interface",
    "subcategory": "USB Converters",
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    "distributor_links": {
      "lcsc": "C23971"
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        "status": "no match"
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    "pins": [
      {
        "number": "1",
        "name": "ACT#",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "USB device configuration status output, active low: high until the USB device is configured, low once configured; it may drive an LED through a series current-limiting resistor."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "ROV#",
        "type": "tri_state",
        "description": "Serial receive buffer overflow indicator, active low; it should stay high in normal operation because the internal receive buffer does not normally overflow."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "TXD",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Asynchronous serial data output; the line idles high."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "RXD",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Asynchronous serial data input with internal pull-up resistor; the line idles high."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "INT#",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Custom interrupt request input with internal pull-up resistor, active on rising edge; a detected rising edge notifies the host computer."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "V3",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Supply pin: connect to VCC for 3.3V operation, or decouple with a 0.01uF to 0.1uF capacitor when operating at 5V."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "UD+",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "Connects directly to the USB bus D+ data line; the USB pull-up resistor is built into the chip."
      },
      {
        "number": "8",
        "name": "UD-",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "Connects directly to the USB bus D- data line."
      },
      {
        "number": "9",
        "name": "XI",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Crystal oscillator input; the CH341T requires an external 12MHz crystal with load capacitors to XI and XO."
      },
      {
        "number": "10",
        "name": "XO",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Inverted crystal oscillator output; the CH341T requires an external 12MHz crystal with load capacitor to ground."
      },
      {
        "number": "11",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Common ground, connected directly to the USB bus ground; multiple GND pins are paralleled internally."
      },
      {
        "number": "12",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Common ground, connected directly to the USB bus ground; multiple GND pins are paralleled internally."
      },
      {
        "number": "13",
        "name": "VCC",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Positive supply input with a 0.1uF decoupling capacitor; 4.0 to 5.5 V with V3 unconnected, or 3.0 to 3.6 V with V3 tied to VCC."
      },
      {
        "number": "14",
        "name": "SLP#",
        "type": "tri_state",
        "description": "Sleep state output, active low."
      },
      {
        "number": "15",
        "name": "SDA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "Two-wire serial data line (open-drain output and input) with internal pull-up, used for function configuration from an external serial EEPROM."
      },
      {
        "number": "16",
        "name": "SCL",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Two-wire serial clock line (open-drain output) with internal pull-up, used for function configuration from an external serial EEPROM."
      },
      {
        "number": "17",
        "name": "RDY#",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Serial receive ready output, active low; high means the chip is not yet ready to receive data (reset, USB not configured, or receive buffer full)."
      },
      {
        "number": "18",
        "name": "TNOW",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "High while the chip is transmitting serial data from the serial port and low after transmission completes."
      },
      {
        "number": "19",
        "name": "TEN#",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Serial transmit enable input with internal pull-up, active low; when driven high the chip pauses serial transmission until it returns low."
      },
      {
        "number": "20",
        "name": "VCC",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Positive supply input with a 0.1uF decoupling capacitor; 4.0 to 5.5 V with V3 unconnected, or 3.0 to 3.6 V with V3 tied to VCC."
      }
    ],
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        "primary_model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
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        "guards": "pin_guards 0.1: passed",
        "guard_notes": [
          "extractor flagged: Section 4.2 of the Chinese datasheet prints six column headers (341B/341A/341F/341C/341T/341H) over ; Pins 2-5, 14, 17-19 (TXD, RXD, ROV#, INT#, SLP#, RDY#, TNOW, TEN#) are taken from the 341C/T column ; The pin table gives no RSTI pin for the SSOP-20 variant and no CTS#, DSR#, RI#, DCD#, DTR#, RTS#, OU",
          "1/20 pins cited to the wrong page (name found elsewhere): ['10:XO@p3']",
          "1/20 pin names appear NOWHERE in the datasheet text: ['9:XI@p3']"
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