USB Boards from Acquire Devices

Use the easy, reliable and well-known Universal Serial Bus in your design. The Pike USB 2.0 EZ-USB FX2 Based Prototyping Board is ideal for rapid prototyping, evaluation, small-scale production, and educational use for developing USB applications. The Pike USB 2.0 EZ-USB FX2 Based Prototyping Board functions as a USB High Speed device with supported transfer rates up to 480Mbit/s, and the EZ-USB FX2 chip is fully backward compatible as a USB Full Speed device with data rates up to 12Mbit/s. The Pike USB Board uses the 56-Pin Cypress CY68013A EZ-USB FX2 High Speed transceiver, and supports any existing EZ-USB FX2 firmware and host software. Whether you need to transfer large amounts of data quickly, perform fast port I/O, or control external devices the Pike USB 2.0 EZ-USB FX2 Based Prototyping will meet and exceed all your needs.

• Pike USB Board Schematic (pdf)
• Pike USB Board Pinout (xls)

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Forget the fluff, the Gobe Xilinx XC9500XL CPLD Prototyping board encompasses a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) XC9500XL by Xilinx, an 85%+ efficient buck converter for power regulation, a 48MHz 50ppm Oscillator by Fox Electronics, and access to 32 IO pins. The 50MHz Oscillator frequency can be adjusted by the Xilinx CPLD to synthesize many different frequencies. The Gobe Xilinx XC9500XL CPLD Prototyping Board has two 2mm headers giving access to I/O pins, input power, and a +3.3V output. A pinout describing each pin's function is provided on our Gobe product page. The Gobe Xilinx XC9500XL CPLD evaluation board can provide glue-logic for control, debug, or status, and can also be used to learn VHDL/Verilog. The Gobe board is perfect for developing applications where non-volatile logic from that of a CPLD is the best solution.

The Gobe Xilinx CPLD Board is meant for small projects and applications where a relatively simple logic solution is desired. The on-board 48MHz oscillator can be manipulated in logic to generate your desired clock frequency for logic or control.

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The SerMod-100 USB Board was designed for applications to use the EZ-USB FX2's ability to perform High Speed USB transfers up to 480Mbit/s using GPIF or Slave Mode, but also need extra ports for IO controlled by the 8051. The SerMod-100 USB Board gives access to every usable pin on the EZ-USB FX2 100-pin package via use of 4 0.1" Headers. For developing applications that require more than 500mA supplied by the USB bus an auxiliary power supply can be used for added power.

The 100-pin EZ-USB FX2 package gives an additional 2 8-bit ports (PORTC[7:0] and PE[7:0]) over the 56-pin FX2 EZ-USB package. The 100-pin package additionally provides two UARTS (RXD0, TXD0, RXD1, TXD1), two extra input interrupt sources (INT4 and INT5#), and 3 inputs for timers (Timer[2:0]).

• SerMod-100 USB Board Schematic (pdf)
• SerMod-100 USB Board Pinout (pdf)

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The SerMod-56 USB Board gives full access to evaluate the Cypress 56 EZ-USB FX2 package. Whether your just learning how to write firmware for the FX2, or know exactly what you need to do and just need the hardware, the SerMod-56 is perfect for USB with Cypress. The SerMod-56 USB Board connects every pin in the package via two 0.1" headers. The SerMod-56 functions as a high speed device supporting transfer rates up to 480Mbit/s. Either 8 or 16 bit data can be transfered into the SerMod-56 board acting as a slave-FIFO (slave mode) or the FX2 can actively manage data transfers GPIF (General Purpose Inteface Mode). The SerMod-56 USB Board is perfect for PORT IO, offering three 8-bit ports. The SerMod-56 USB Board offers all the functionality of the Pike USB Board, with addition to access to I2C and a different header configuration.

• SerMod-56 USB Board Schematic (pdf)
• SerMod-56 USB Board Pinout (pdf)

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The Coolpod CPLD Board gives access to every pin of the Xilinx XPLA3 XCR3256XL CPLD through 4 0.1" headers. The XCR3256XL has 256 macrocells, and a core voltage of +3.3V. The Coolpod CPLD board gives access to all 120 user I/O pins on the 144 pin TQFP package. The Coolpod has 2 sources for input power via a 2-pin terminal block or a 2.1mm x 5.5mm power jack. Onboard the Coolpod CPLD board is a Fox Electronics 50.000Mhz 50ppm oscillator. Silkscreen shows the mapping of each header pin to the corresponding pin in the Xilinx XCR3256XL CPLD. Dimensions of the board are 3.5" x 3.3", and the mounting holes are 0.156" in diameter.

High Speed USB 2.0 Cable with A male to B male connections (shown). The length of the cable is 3" (92cm).