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Infineon — EZ-USB FX3 USB Controller

Industrial Automation and Industry 4.0

September 28, 2023
Industrial Automation and Industry 4.0
Issue 7 2023, Issue 7 2024

Discrete USB peripheral controller brings 5 Gbits/s USB to any system

The EZ-USB™ FX3 from Infineon provides broad standards compliance and flexible integration to reduce time-to-market for USB-connected systems. The chip is backed by a dedicated development kit.

The Infineon EZ-USB™ FX3 is a versatile USB 3.0 peripheral controller which enables the addition to any system of USB connectivity with a data-transfer rate of 5 Gbits/s. Using standard USB technologies, the EZ-USB FX3 enables OEMs to achieve fast time-to-market as well as to reduce the cost of implementing USB connectivity.

The EZ-USB FX3 operates as a companion chip to a processor, image sensor, FPGA, or ASIC, providing flexible USB capabilities, including:

Hi-Speed On-The-Go (HS-OTG) host and peripheral connectivity compliant with On-The-Go Supplement Version 2.0

USB 2.0 OTG

USB BC v1.1 for battery charging

For system integration, Infineon provides a second-generation general programmable interface (GPIF II) between a host and the EZ-USB FX3. Designers can configure the GPIF to operate like a FIFO, an asynchronous SRAM, an address-/data-multiplexed interface, a CompactFlash memory, or a proprietary interface.

The architecture of the EZ-USB FX3 provides for sophisticated control functionality via the fully accessible 32-bit, 200 MHz ARM9 core, and features 512 kbytes of embedded SRAM. The USB controller can also connect to external components via peripheral interfaces including I2C, I2S, UART and SPI, as well as GPIOs.

Features

Design support:

- Software development kit

- Application programming interfaces

- Designer GUI

Operating-voltage range: 1.7 V to 3.6 V

Operating-temperature range: 0°C to 70°C or -40°C to 85°C

Applications

Machine vision

Factory automation

Medical equipment

Security and surveillance equipment

Kiosks

ATMs

Retail equipment:

- Point-of-sale terminals

- Vending machines

- Shelf inspection systems

Evaluation kit

Part supported: EZ-USB™ FX3

Kit part number: CYUSB3KIT-003

Board Club search term: Wired communications

The CYUSB3KIT-003 EZ-USB™ FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit is an easy-to-use development platform which enables developers to add USB 3.0 device functionality to any system. The kit helps engineers to develop solutions based on the CYUSB301x family of EZ-USB FX3 USB 3.0 peripheral controllers.

EZ-USB FX3 is powered by a fully accessible ARM9 core with 512 kbytes of RAM. The device has a fully configurable general programmable interface (GPIF II) which can interface with any processor, ASIC, image sensor, or FPGA.

The EZ-USB FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit includes rectangular connectors which can be easily interfaced with any external device. The kit contains the development board, a USB 3.0 A-to-B cable, and four quick start guide jumpers.