Infineon’s USB 5, 10 and 20Gbps Peripheral Controllers
For over a decade, EZ-USB™ FX3 has been the gold-standard in machine learning applications, providing USB 5Gbps connectivity to machine vision cameras, spectrum analysers, and many high-bandwidth data acquisition systems. With the growing digitalization of the real world driven by AI, the demand for databases and higher-speed interfaces has been rocketing across all industries.
After substantial investments in the development of the next-generation general-purpose USB peripheral controllers, Infineon launched the new EZ-USB™ FX5, FX5N, FX10, and FX20, with up to 600% higher performance, an optimized PCB area and BOM cost, and extensive support (firmware, DVK, documentation) to facilitate quick development and a shorter time to market.
Infineon’s unique value
- Best performance in the industry with long passive USB cable support: 5 meters for FX20/FX10, and 10 meters FX5/FX5N
- Fast Time-to-Market: Turnkey solution with software and comprehensive documentation accelerates development.
- Maximum Cost Efficiency: Industry-leading bandwidth-per-dollar ratio for outstanding value. Save development costs thanks to extensive design guides and resources minimize development effort and expenses
- Flexible Applications: Ideally suited for both commercial and industrial uses.
Key applications
- Cameras > machine vision, endoscope, dental intraoral, ultrasound, x-ray, multi-sensor, SDLR
- FPGA modules and SOM
- Test and measurement tools > oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzer
- Interface converters > 10GBASE-T, PCIe
- Frame grabbers > HDMI, SDI, Camera Link, CoaXpress
- Scanners > 3D, documents
…and many more as the new speed level unlock new emerging applications.
- EZ-USB™ FX10
- EZ-USB™ FX5N
- EZ-USB™ FX5
- EZ-USB™ FX20
Infineon’s EZ-USB™ FX10 is a USB 3.2 Gen 1x2 peripheral controller offering 10Gbps connectivity and LVDS interfaces increasing the total bandwidth up to 275% of its predecessor (8.8 Gbps vs. 3.2 Gbps).
Key features:
- USB 10 Gbps device port
- USB-C orientation detection
- Dual-core ARM® Cortex® M4F/M0+ CPU
- Integrated 512 KB flash
- 1024 KB buffer memory
- 16-lane LVDS interface @1.25 Gbps
- 32-bit LVCMOS interface @160 MHz DDR
- 2x Quad-SPI (QSPI)
- 7 serial communication blocks
- USB full-speed device debug port
- 2x I2S/PDM-PCM and GPIOs
- Cryptography accelerator
Development kit:
KIT_FX10_FMC_001 development Kit (DVK) with FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface allows FX10 to be connected to most FPGA development platforms by plugging the DVK to any FMC socket. The DVK provides headers for quick access to peripheral interfaces such as serial communication block (SMB), GPIO and debugging port.
Related resources
| Datasheet: EZ-USB™ FX10 |
User guide: KIT_FX10_FMC_001 |
Infineon’s EZ-USB™ FX5N is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 peripheral controller offering 10Gbps connectivity and LVDS interfaces increasing the total bandwidth up to 275% of its predecessor (8.8 Gbps vs. 3.2 Gbps).
Key features:
- USB 10 Gbps device port
- USB-C orientation detection
- Dual-core ARM® Cortex® M4F/M0+ CPU
- Integrated 512 KB flash
- 1024 KB buffer memory
- 16-lane LVDS interface @1.25 Gbps
- 32-bit LVCMOS interface @160 MHz DDR
- 2x Quad-SPI (QSPI)
- 7 serial communication blocks
- USB full-speed device debug port
- 2x I2S/PDM-PCM and GPIOs
- Cryptography accelerator
Development kit:
KIT_FX5N_FMC_001 development kit (DVK) with FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface allows FX5N to be connected to most FPGA development platforms by plugging the DVK to any FMC socket. The DVK provides headers for quick access to peripheral interfaces such as serial communication block (SMB), GPIO and debugging port.
Related resources
| Datasheet: EZ-USB™ FX5N |
User guide: KIT_FX5N_FMC_001 |
Infineon’s EZ-USB™ FX5 extend the legacy of EZ-USB™ FX3, the industry’s gold standard for USB peripheral controller, to the next level with higher bandwidth, more I/Os, integrated flash memory, and the best-in-class USB PHY with direct USB-C connection and 10-meter cable support.
Key features:
- USB 5Gbps device port
- USB-C orientation detection
- Dual-core ARM® Cortex® M4F/M0+ CPU
- Integrated 512 KB flash
- 1024 KB buffer memory
- 16-lane LVDS interface @1.25 Gbps
- 32-bit LVCMOS interface @160 MHz DDR
- 2x Quad-SPI (QSPI)
- 7 serial communication blocks
- USB full-speed device debug port
- 2x I2S/PDM-PCM and GPIOs
- Cryptography accelerator
Development kit:
KIT_FX5_FMC_001 development kit (DVK) with FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface allows FX5 to be connected to most FPGA development platforms by plugging the DVK to any FMC socket. The DVK provides headers for quick access to peripheral interfaces such as serial communication block (SMB), GPIO and debugging port.
Related resources
| Datasheet: EZ-USB™ FX5 |
User guide: KIT_FX5_FMC_001 |
Infineon’s EZ-USB™ FX20 is a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 peripheral controller offering 20Gbps connectivity and LVDS interfaces increasing the total bandwidth up to 550% of its predecessor (17.6 Gbps vs 3.2 Gbps).
Key features:
- USB 20 Gbps device port
- USB-C orientation detection
- Dual-core ARM® Cortex® M4F/M0+ CPU
- Integrated 512 KB flash
- 1024 KB buffer memory
- 16-lane LVDS interface @1.25 Gbps
- 32-bit LVCMOS interface @160MHz DDR
- 2x Quad-SPI (QSPI)
- 7 serial communication blocks
- USB full-speed device debug port
- 2x I2S/PDM-PCM and GPIOs
- Cryptography accelerator
Development kit:
KIT_FX20_FMC_001 development Kit (DVK) with FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface allows FX20 to be connected to most FPGA development platforms by plugging the DVK to any FMC socket. The DVK provides headers for quick access to peripheral interfaces such as serial communication block (SMB), GPIO and debugging port.
MIPI solution board:
DEMO_FX20_MIPI_001 MIPI to USB solution demo kit consists of four Raspberry Pi camera connectors supporting 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 Rx data and an Efinix Ti180 FPGA connected to FX20 with DDR memory for frame buffering. It allows total of 16 Gbps data streaming in USB3 Vision or USB Video Class standard.
Related resources
| Datasheet: EZ-USB™ FX20 |
User guide: KIT_FX20_FMC_001 |
User guide: DEMO_FX20_MIPI_001 |
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