Single-Chip CP2130 Bridge Controller Reduces Cost, Complexity and
Development Time for USB Connectivity Applications
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive,
mixed-signal ICs, today introduced a high-performance bridge controller
that offers a turnkey solution for bridging a universal serial bus (USB)
host and a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus with driver support for
Windows®, OS X and Linux operating systems. Silicon Labs' new CP2130
USB-to-SPI bridge controller provides industry-leading data throughput,
exceptional configurability and a high level of mixed-signal integration
in a space-saving 4 mm x 4 mm package. The CP2130 bridge controller is
ideal for new designs or upgrading legacy designs to include USB for a
wide range of embedded applications including USB dongles, tablets,
handheld controllers and testers, blood glucose monitors, docking
stations, point-of-sale products, data logging modules and card readers.
With the proliferation of USB in the embedded world, developers are
looking for cost-effective solutions to help speed time to market, and
Silicon Labs developed the CP21xx bridge family with this goal in mind.
The CP2130 bridge controller enables developers to add USB functionality
to their applications without requiring USB software, firmware or
hardware domain expertise typically required with more complex
alternatives. The CP2130 bridge controller rounds out Silicon Labs'
popular CP21xx smart interface portfolio, adding SPI to the roster of
USB-to-UART, I2C/SMBus and I2S interface solutions.
The highly integrated CP2130 controller features on-chip functions and
peripherals that eliminate the need for external components, which
reduces bill of materials (BOM) cost and board space. The CP2130 device
includes a USB 2.0 full-speed controller and transceiver, a serial
peripheral interface controller that enables communication with a wide
range of SPI slave devices down to 1.8 V, 348-byte programmable memory,
crystal-less USB operation and an integrated 5 V voltage regulator rated
at 100 mA.
Designed to give developers the utmost design flexibility, the CP2130
device's highly configurable SPI controller can communicate with up to
11 SPI slave devices using any of its 11 GPIO pins as chip-selects or be
configured for alternate functions that can be used to eliminate
external circuitry and components. The CP2130 device is the fastest
full-speed USB bridge controller on the market, providing up to 6.6 Mbps
read throughput and 5.8 Mbps write throughput.
"More and more developers rely on Silicon Labs' cost-effective,
easy-to-use USB smart interface solutions to eliminate the complexities
associated with adding USB to embedded systems," said Geir Førre, senior
vice president and general manager of Silicon Labs' Microcontroller
products. "We designed the new CP2130 USB-to-SPI bridge controller with
simplicity in mind, creating a highly integrated interface solution that
provides developers with everything they need to add USB while reducing
cost, complexity and time to market."
Pricing and Availability
Samples and production quantities of the CP2130 USB-to-SPI bridge chip
are available now in a space-saving 4 mm x 4mm 24-pin QFN package. The
CP2130 controller is priced at $1.23 (USD) in 10,000-unit quantities.
The CP2130EK USB-to-SPI evaluation kit, priced at $20 (USD MSRP), allows
complete evaluation and customization of the CP2130 controller.
For more information about the CP2130 USB-to-SPI controller and to order
samples and evaluation kits, visit www.silabs.com/USB-Bridge.
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world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
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