Vi Microsystems designed a
dedicated board to offer USB connectivity to any hardware. This
board can be interfaced to any hardware through 2 general purpose
Bus - VAPC-VIPAC.
This board can also be used as basic trainer to understand USB
connectivity to PC.
Specifications
B 2.0 complaint, it supports high speed (480
Mbits) /
Full speed (12 Mbits)
Address and data lines of 8051 core are terminated at 50
pin FRC connector as VAPC bus
FIFO data control signals are terminated at 50 pin FRC
connector as VIPAC bus
One RS232 terminated at 9 pin D male connector
One I2C device provided for exercising I2C
bus
Windows based driver software
Interface to USB host port of IBM PC
Possible
Experiments
# USB port read
# USB port write
# Interfacing to a
microcontroller through VAPC Bus
