OXCB950
32-bit PC card bridge to serial port
Description
Features
Combining
Oxford
Semiconductor’s
high
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High performance UART with peak
performance UART and 32-bit PC Card
technology, the OXCB950 is the ideal connectivity
solution for products that need to bridge serial
devices to 32-bit PC Card interfaces including:
Cellular CDMA/GSM/GPRS, GPS, and Bluetooth
wireless data cards.
asynchronous data rates up to 15Mbps
RS232/422/485 full and half duplex
interfaces
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
Infra-red (IrDA) receive and transmit
operation
This highly integrated device is backed by
certified device drivers, for a wide range of
operating
systems,
to
deliver
ultimate
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performance with reduced design cycles and
accelerated time to market.
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2 GPIOs
The OXCB950 is a single chip serial port solution
for 32-bit PC Card 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.
PCI 2.2 and Power Management 1.0 and PC
Card 7.0 compliant
Software compatible with industry standard
16C550 type devices
3.3V operation
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100 TQFP package
Commercial temperature range (0 to +70°C)
Certified device drivers for a wide range of
operating systems
Development Support
Design and evaluation of the OXCB950 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
OXCFB950B
Development Kit
EV-OXCB950
© 2008 Oxford Semiconductor
Web: www.oxsemi.com
July 2008, REV. 1.0
