Cypress Delivers World's First Embedded USB Host/Peripheral Controller for Automotive ''Infotainment'' Applications.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- AEC Q100-Qualified EZ-Host(TM) Controller Enables MP3 Players, Mobile Handsets and GPS Systems to Seamlessly Interface With In-Vehicle Electronics Systems Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), the market leader in USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , today introduced a version of its CY7C67300 EZ-Host(TM) embedded USB host/peripheral controller optimized for automotive applications. The device is compliant with AEC (Automotive Electronics Council The Automotive Electronics Council is an organisation based in the USA that sets qualification standards for the supply of components in the automotive electronics industry. External links
The EZ-Host device is a multiport embedded host/peripheral controller that contains a high-performance 16-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microcontroller, two configurable USB serial interface engines (SIEs) and a configurable I/O block that can connect to numerous standard interfaces. It can operate as either a host or peripheral, and supports up to four host ports. It contains 16 Kbytes of RAM, enabling custom applications; multiple CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. interfaces; and on-board BIOS to handle a portion of the USB processing. The embedded processor eliminates the need for an external CPU in many applications and can operate in coprocessor mode as well. "Infotainment applications are a key growth area for the automotive market," said David Zimpfer, managing director of Cypress's automotive business. "Our EZ-Host solution brings the ease of design and compatibility of USB to a number of key applications within this space, and we are planning further USB-related automotive offerings. In addition, this product complements other Cypress automotive solutions, including our PSoC(R)-based CapSense capacitive sensing interface, memory products, and automotive image sensors." Key EZ-Host Features --Support for USB On-The-Go (OTG) protocol --On-chip, 48-MHz, 16-bit processor with dynamically switchable clock speed eliminates need for external processor or operates in co-processor mode --Configurable I/O block supporting a variety of I/O options or up to 32 bits of GPIO GPIO General Purpose Input/Output GPIO General Purpose Input Output --Supports up to four host ports --4Kb x 16 internal masked ROM with built-in BIOS that supports a communication ready state with access to I2C EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. Interface, external ROM, UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice , or USB --8Kb x 16 internal RAM for code and data buffering --Extended memory interface port for external SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory and ROM --Fast serial port supports from 9600 baud to 2.0 Mbaud --Supports 12-MHz external crystal or clock Price and Availability The AEC-compliant CY7C67300 is available today from Cypress in a 100-pin TQFP See QFP. package. Pricing in 1000-unit quantities is $8.67. A high-resolution photo of the device can be downloaded at www.cypress.com/EZ-Host-Automotive-photo.com. An automotive infotainment reference design for the EZ-Host device is expected to be available from Cypress in April 2006. About Cypress Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol CY. More information about the company is available online at www.cypress.com. Cypress, the Cypress logo and PSoC are registered trademarks and EZ-Host is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. |
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