Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Oxford Semiconductor | Subject: OXCFU950
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 8 June 2006
Single-chip bridge saves
space in handheld devices
The OXCFU950 combines a 16bit PC Card host interface, a USB 2.0 full speed host controller and a high performance UART
Combining a 16bit PC Card host interface, a USB 2.0 full speed host controller and a high performance UART, the OXCFU950 from Oxford Semiconductor provides the flexibility to support next generation, high speed PC and Compact Flash Cards for 3G cellular, mobile TV and wireless networking applications.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 June 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OXCFU950's ultra high performance OX16C95X synchronous UART offers baud rates up to 12Mbit/s.
Its 128byte deep transmit and receive FIFO ensures CPU overhead is minimised and data throughput is maximised.
The UART is software compatible with the industry standard 16C550 type and others in the Oxford Semiconductor product line.
The OXCFU950 provides a complete single-chip bridging solution that reduces system cost and board area.
In a 9 x 9mm 64-pin QFN package rated for an industrial temperature range of -40 to +85C, the device integrates configuration EEPROM, voltage regulator and four configurable GPIO pins.
Oxford Semiconductor is supporting the OXCFU950 with drivers for Windows 98, 2000, XP and CE and Linux operating systems, an evaluation board and comprehensive documentation.
The chip is priced at US $4.68 in 1000 piece quantities and is sampling now.
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