USB kit targets ASICs, FPGAs

AMI Semiconductor is offering a design and development kit for both ASIC designs and FPGA-to-ASIC conversion. The kit simplifies the integration of USB interfaces into system-on-chip designs. It offers a development solution that combines configurable, modular RTL-code descriptions of the USB-interface engine and other key USB-device design blocks with a simulation testbench that features test and verification scripts and a USB test host. The interface kit supports the USB 1.1 and 2.0 standards. The proprietary USB test-host RTL module provides all standard host functions and allows designers to inject error sequences onto the USB. AMI implemented the test host in synthesizable code, so you can use it in hardware prototypes and software simulation.

The kit comes with configurable RTL modules, including the USB-interface-engine state machine that handles all low-level protocol functions and monitors the status of addressed endpoint buffers. The machine also manages the transfer of data between the endpoint buffers and the USB port. The device architecture can support as many as 31 fully configurable USB endpoints. Other hardware features of the device include external microcontroller ports, a DLL clock generator, and a USB-transceiver pad that sources and sinks serial USB data from the interface.

AMI Semiconductor, 1-208-233-4690, www.amis.com.