MAX232 circuit, what is the purpose of the capacitors?
The capacitors needed to make this charge pump work are connected to pins 1 and 3, and pins 4 and 5. The 1uF capacitors on 2 and 6 (the V+ and V-) outputs, are just additional "rail caps" on this dual supply that is generated by the chip. They probably just do some further removal of ripple and noise from this generated supply.
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