By Cypress Semiconductor Corp 142
Cypress' FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit is an easy-to-use and inexpensive development platform enabling developers to add USB 3.0 device functionality to any system. The FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit is built to evaluate and develop solutions with the CYUSB301x family of EZ-USB FX3 USB 3.0 peripheral controllers.
The EZ-USB FX3 device is powered by a fully-accessible ARM9 core with 512 KB of RAM. The FX3 device has a fully-configurable, general programmable interface (GPIF™ II) that can interface with any processor, ASIC, image sensor, or FPGA.
Easy Connectivity
The FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit includes rectangular connectors which can be easily interfaced with any external device. Interconnect boards to interface these rectangular connectors with Aptina image sensor boards, Xilinx FPGA boards, and Altera FPGA boards are available as accessories.
Accelerate your design
Refer to the SuperSpeed Device Design By Example book, by John Hyde. This guide is optimized to work with the FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit. Work through a series of examples designed to teach you how to design a real-world USB 3.0 application. For any questions regarding the book and boards, please contact fx3book@cypress.com.
Debug like a pro
The FX3 SuperSpeed explorer kit includes an Integrated Debugger (CY USB-Serial Bridge Controller) which provides a JTAG/UART interface through a standard USB 2.0 port. This supports a PC interface through a separate USB 2.0 connection. The EZ-USB FX3 SDK allows step-through debugging in the Eclipse IDE tool.
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How to Get Started