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Install the drivers provided by FTDI, and your system will automatically recognize the FT232 as a COM port. I can draw the following example for you;
Program your microcontroller to output "Hello World" to UART repeatedly, hook up the FT232 chip with it's TX to microcontrollers RX and vice versa FT232 RX to microcontroller TX. Install the drivers from FTDI and plug the USB connection of the FT232 to your computer. You will then see a "USB to serial" device in your device manager. Inspect what COM number your system assigned for the device, then use a terminal software like Realterm, and connect to the port. Make sure you configure the baudrate in the terminal software accordingly to the baudrate programmed on your microcontroller, or the data will show up as junk. If you have everything setup correctly, you should now see the string "Hello World" repeat in your terminal window.
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