17th June, 2002, 10:09 PM
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 USB I/O Chip I think this is the right place for this question, anyway. I was wondering if anybody here know where to find a USB I/O Chip, preferably 8-bits or more I/O, and a USB 2.0 HUB Chip????????
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18th June, 2002, 10:14 AM
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| When you say USB I/O controller, I'm not sure if you mean a USB host controller (the bus controller) or a USB device controller (a device). Did you want a USB or USB 2 device? Don't forget that if you're planning a device, you'll also need a vendor ID that can be used to ID your device to the controller Most USB host controllers implement a PCI interface. USB devices are byte orientated, which is why you'll find most devices have 8bit I/O. Given that even a simple microcontroller can keep up with USB's throughput, there's not much reason to move to a wider bus. Heck, even 8bit ISA is faster than USB! USB 2 devices NEC have devices like uPD720122. The uPD720122 supports both 8bit and 16bit wide busses, as well as some form of local bus. Philips have their ISP1581, which supports 8 and 16bit CPU busses. It also supports DMA simultaniously using a split multiplexed bus. Cyprus have the CY7C68013, which is an enhanced 8051. It's still an 8bit controller, but supports DMA rates of up to 96MB/sec. As for USB 2 hub controllers, there are few out there. NEC have their uPD720110A, which comes with default descriptors. Good luck with whatever you're trying to do! AidanII
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18th June, 2002, 01:05 PM
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19th June, 2002, 10:57 AM
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There's a number of microcontrollers with USB hardware onboard. This would allow the microcontroller to take care of all the pain in the backside stuff (data/address bus to LCD) whilst still communicating with the PC.Gigatechnology do some stuff that might be of use (http://www.gigatechnology.com), as do FTDI (http://www.ftdichip.com) If you're really looking for a USB to MCU, then there's practically hundreds out there. Most MCU manufacturers have added USB functionality to their product lines. (e.g. a number of USB hubs are just a 8051 in disguise.) AidanII
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19th June, 2002, 09:10 PM
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| OK, I think I'm gonna go for the giga technology usbio24, Only problems now are 1. the price and 2. The availability in Denmark. P.S. Guess who made the chip? http://www.gigatechnology.com/images/USBIO24.jpg That's right FTDI.
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19th June, 2002, 11:19 PM
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| Try http://www.lawicel.com/ftdi/ for an FTDI distributor who deals with Denmark. Yes, they're actually in Sweden, but... AidanII
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