Lattice unveils FPGA with integrated USB for vision applications
Date: 06/10/2023
Lattice Semiconductor launched its new CrossLinkU-NX FPGA family, claiming as industry’s first FPGAs with integrated USB device functionality in its class. CrossLinkU-NX FPGAs suggested for use in USB-equipped system designs with simplified thermal management by offering hardened USB controller and physical layer (PHY), a unique low power standby mode, and a complete set of reference designs. ECrossLinkU-NX FPGAs are designed to meet growing customer needs to simplify USB-based design for applications across the Computing, Industrial, Automotive, and Consumer markets.
“Reducing power consumption, total cost of ownership, and design footprint are critical for expanding the potential of AI and vision applications,” said Dan Mansur, Vice President, Product Marketing, Lattice Semiconductor. “Lattice CrossLinkU-NX FPGAs are optimized to address these demands by integrating our low power, small form factor leadership with the popular USB connectivity interface to help designers extend battery life and simplify system design.”
Built on the award-winning Lattice Nexus platform, key features and performance highlights of the new low power Lattice CrossLinkU-NX FPGAs include:
Vision Processing FPGAs with USB
Featuring hardened USB 2.0 up to 480 Mbps and USB 3.2 up to 5 Gbps
Reducing total cost of ownership and area needed for discrete PHY components
Reducing FPGA fabric resources required for USB device controller
Low Power Standby Mode with Always-On (AON)
Extending battery life and simplifying system thermal management
Optimizing power consumption in a typical embedded vision application
Complete Set of Reference Designs
Offering a Lattice Propel template, host driver, and example host utilities for USB to I/O bridging and MIPI CSI-2 to USB bridging applications to accelerate USB device implementation on the FPGA
CrossLinkU-NX FPGAs are sampling today and are supported by the latest release of Lattice Radiant design software.
Source: Lattice
