OXCF950B
16-bit PC card/CF+ bridge to serial port
Description
Combining
Features
Oxford
Semiconductor’s
high
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High performance UART with peak
asynchronous data rates up to 15Mbps
RS232/422/485 full and half duplex
interfaces
performance UART and 16-bit PC Card/Compact
Flash technology, the OXCF950B is the ideal
connectivity solution for products that need to
bridge serial devices to 16-bit PC Card or
Compact Flash interfaces including: Cellular
CDMA/GSM/GPRS, GPS, and Bluetooth wireless
data cards.
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Deep 128-Byte receive/transmit FIFOs
Full modem interface with hardware out of
band flow control
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Automated Xon/Xoff in-band flow control
Flexible clock prescalar allows for a wide
range of baud rates
This highly integrated device is backed by
certified device drivers, for a wide range of
operating
performance with reduced design cycles and
accelerated time to market.
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Infra-red (IrDA) receive and transmit
operation
Support for external, 8 bit pass-through
local bus for port expansion
systems,
to
deliver
ultimate
The OXCF950B is a single chip serial port
solution for 16-bit PC Card and Compact Flash
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2 GPIOs
16-bit PC Card 7.1 and CF+ 1.4 compliant
Software compatible with industry standard
16C550 type devices
based
serial
connectivity
and
bridging
applications. The device incorporates Oxford
Semiconductor’s high performance, feature-rich
UART technology that combines the industry’s
fastest baud rates and deepest FIFOs with
unrivalled flexibility. It adds up to a class leading
serial connectivity solution.
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3.3V operation with 5V Tolerant IO
48 TQFP or 48 TFBGA package
Industrial temperature range (-40 to +105°C)
Certified device drivers for a wide range of
operating systems
Development Support
Design and evaluation of the OXCF950B is easy
with an available evaluation kit that includes
everything needed for PC installation and
evaluation. The kit includes Oxide, an intuitive
graphical user interface development tool that
provides simple ‘point and click’ feature
selection and text box entry for fast, error free
customization with minimal software expertise.
Ordering Information
Device
OXCF950B
Development Kit
EV-OXCF950B
© 2008 Oxford Semiconductor
Web: www.oxsemi.com
July 2008, REV. 1.0
