Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Oxford Semiconductor | Subject: OX16PCI958
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 January 2006
Comms controller simplifies serial
interfacing
Combining eight high performance UARTs and a PCI compliant host interface in a single chip, the OX16PCI958 dramatically simplifies multiport serial to PCIbus design.
Combining eight high performance UARTs and a PCI compliant host interface in a single chip, the OX16PCI958 communications controller from Oxford Semiconductor provides designers with the means to dramatically simplify multiport serial to PCIbus design An alternative to many dual-chip solutions, the 160-pin QFP packaged device offers significant PCB space savings, and by supporting both 3.3 and 5.0V bus systems, this cost effective part enables the development of add-in cards with universal application appeal
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compliant with the PCI local bus specification 3.0 and PCI power management specification 1.1 the highly integrated OX16PCI958 will benefit a wide range of PCI-based hardware, including PoS equipment, industrial automation systems and remote servers.
Software compatible with industry standard 16C550 types, the UART ports of the OX16PCI958 are easily configured to suit the needs of RS232 and RS422 applications.
Highly programmable, the controller offers deep FIFOs with tuneable trigger levels, hardware out-of-band flow control and a clock prescaler, enabling designers to optimise data flows and configure application specific datarates up to a maximum of 4.125Mbaud, using a 16.5MHz clock.
Oxford Semiconductor is supporting its latest high performance UART/PCI bridge solution with drivers for Windows 98, 2000, XP and CE and Linux operating systems, an evaluation board and comprehensive application note.
The controller is priced at US $15.50 in 10,000 piece quantities and is sampling now.
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