CSSP ICs from QuickLogic for connecting SDIO to USB

QuickLogic has made available of a SDIO-to-USB catalog CSSP which bridges SDIO-based peripheral devices to connect to processors through a USB port. Few popular examples of SDIO-based peripheral devices are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPSs. These wireless standards now are finding use in non-consumer space such as industrial and medical. QuickLogic explains with the rapid advancement of smartphone technology, system designers in healthcare, industrial and infrastructure markets now have access to lower cost technology. For example, the same Wi-Fi modules used in smartphones has enabled next-generation medical equipment to communicate with monitoring devices in patient rooms via wireless technology. This allows medical professionals access to real-time patient care information remotely. QuickLogic gives an example where a processor in a healthcare application may not have enough SDIO ports to support the new Wi-Fi/Bluetooth devices that the OEMs may need to incorporate into their products. That's where these interface bridge IC come in. The QuickLogic SDIO-to-USB solution includes an SDIO host controller for interfacing directly to an SDIO-based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth device or module. It also has a USB 2.0 high-speed device controller with PHY for interfacing directly to the USB host on the processor. With this solution, an OEM can interface to the peripheral device using their c...