Integrated Circuit provides USB connectivity.
Press Release Summary:
Measuring 2 x 1.6 in., USBwiz IC provides connection to SD media cards, USB thumb drives, or USB hard drives. It allows devices to talk to other USB devices such as printers, mice, keyboards, and joysticks. File-system chip includes FAT file system handling and, through commands over UART, SPI, or I2C, allows users to read/write files from thumb drive or SD/MMC card. UART runs as high as 921.6 K-baud, SPI clock is up to 7 MHz, and I2C clock runs up to 400 kHz.
Original Press Release:
USBwiz - Quickly Adds USB Storage to Your Product!
Pittsford, New York. USBwiz IC is a new, unique file-system chip which allows electronics designers to connect products to SD media cards, USB thumb drives or USB hard drives. Additionally, USBwiz can talk to many other USB devices such as printers, mice, keyboards, joysticks, etc.
With USBwiz, you can now easily add a USB keyboard, mouse, joystick and/or printer to your system. USBwiz also includes FAT file system handling, so you can use PC-compatible USB thumb drives and external USB (FAT formatted) hard drives. No USB knowledge is necessary, just plug and play!
Through simple commands over UART, SPI or I2C, USBwiz allows you to read/write files from a thumb drive or SD/MMC card. The UART runs as high as 921.6 K-baud, SPI clock is up to 7Mhz and I2C clock up to 400Khz. Accessing USB Human Interface Devices (HID) and USB printers is also just as simple. Adding to its utility, USBwiz also includes a built-in 10-bit ADC/DAC.
For faster integration of USBwiz into your product, USBwiz is available on a ready-to- run board USBwiz-OEM (includes USBwiz IC and ISP1160 USB host IC on one compact circuit board) for $59.95 (qty 1).
Applications for the tiny 2" x 1.6" USBwiz include: data loggers, picture viewers, MP3 players, file transfer capability between automated machines and PCs, RS232 to USB-printer server, digital cameras, USB input devices, etc.
USBwiz IC is available now for $29.95 (qty 1) from Saelig Co. Inc. NY 585-385-1750; 585-385- 1768 fax; info@saelig.com; www.saelig.com).
Contact Information
email: info@saelig.com
phone / fax: 585-385-1750 / 585-385-1768
web: www.saelig.com
