TI USB Interface Adapter Evaluation Module

Interface Function: USB
Kit Classification: Adapter Board

Evaluation module for USB interface adapter. The evaluation module for the Texas Instruments USB-TO-GPIO USB interface adapter serves as an interface adapter or bridge between a host PC (IBM-compatible) and one or more slave devices via a standard mini-B USB Type A cable. Communication between the USB interface adapter and the host PC occurs over USB, while communication between the USB interface adapter and the slave devices takes place via an integrated circuit (I²C), SMBus, PMBus, and/or General Purpose Input/Output (GPIOs). The bridge converts communication transactions between USB and the serial protocol. It supports Master mode I²C, SMBus, or PMBus as well as GPIO. It supports USB 1.1 Full Speed at 12 Mbit/s. The USB interface adapter is recognized by the host as a generic interface device (HID), which means no proprietary USB or HID driver is required. Therefore, the USB interface adapter can be treated as a USB Plug-and-Play device. It selects different clock rates (either 100 kHz or 400 kHz) for I²C, PMBus, or SMBus communication. It configures various pull-up resistors for clock, data, and ALERT signals (including Open Drain). It supports flexible I²C read or write transactions (specifying raw data instead of device address, command, etc.). Includes .NET DLL to support GUIs with Windows .NET that use the adapter. No dependency on Windows other than Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.