USBHC869 - USB Host Controller
Unique USB Host Controller Solution to add one or more USB ports
The USBHC869 is a USB Host Controller that has been specially designed for embedded microprocessor and microcontroller systems. The device is based on the proven VMB5000A chip. The device adds a USB port, with a low pin count parallel interface and a very small 4x4mm LGA36 footprint. For ultimate flexibility the device includes a USB host controller that allows Full Speed (12Mbits/sec) USB target devices to be bridged via the USBHC869 to the 16 bit parallel bus. To sustain high throughput rates, the USBHC869 offers separate 16KByte TX and 16KByte RX FIFOs. The device contains an oscillator for use with an external crystal (24 Mhz) or alternatively an external clock source can be connected. A programmable Phase Locked Loop allows "crystal free" operation if an external clock is available (of between 2MHz and 32MHz). Sample driver code and design support is available by contacting Elan Digital Systems.
Performance Features
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Very low standby power |
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Fast transfer FIFO design (DMA not needed) |
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Supported in Windows 2000, XP and VISTA, Windows CE (all versions including CE.NET, PPC, Windows Mobile), LINUX and MAC OSX |
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Power Consumption : Active 20mA / Standby 4uA |
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Driver design information available on request |
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Fully 'green', lead-free and RoHS compliant |
Applications
The USBHC869 is a USB Host Controller ideal for embedded applications including mobiles / cellphones, smartphones, tablets, smartphones, UMPC, motherboards, Mobile Internet Devices - MID
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Download the datasheet here
Full Hardware and Software Development Kit and application notes for Windows, Linux and Windows CE available from Elan. Download the Hardware and Software Development Kit and application notes or please contact us for further information
As a high performance alternative to FTDI, Maxim and NXP host controllers, the USBHC869 is suitable for the following uses:

Key Features
- Tiny footprint 36 LGA package, 0.9mm thick, 4mm x 4mm single chip
- Low power 3.3V operation
- Multi I/O standard – 3.3V, 2.8V or 1.8V
- 16-bit low pin count microprocessor interface
- Separate 16KByte TX and RX FIFOs for sustained high data throughputs
- Low power consumption: Active 20mA / Standby 4uA
- integrated USB tranceivers
- Programmable PLL allowing the use of a wide range of crystals or external clock signals from 2MHz to 32MHz (including common frequencies 6MHz, 12MHz, 13MHz and 26MHz)
USBHC869 Demonstrator Board
Elan Digital System’s USBHC869 USB interface chip now has a Demonstrator PCB including SDK driver code to help engineers simplify and speed up the development task of implementing the capability of the chip. Windows CE and Linux (Android) driver software are also available for this chip.

Further Data
Download the datasheet or please contact us for further information
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Full Hardware and Software Development Kit and application notes for Windows, Linux and Windows CE available from Elan. Download the Hardware and Software Development Kit and application notes or please contact us for further information
Users
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