CY4701 EZ-
USB® GX3™ Reference Design Guide Doc. No. 001-97892 Rev. **
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1. Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the CY4701 EZ-USB
®
GX3™ Reference Design Kit (RDK). This RDK is an easy-to use kit
that showcases the unique features of CYUSB3610 (GX3), Cypress's SuperSpeed USB to Gigabit Ethernet Bridge
Controller (GX3).
Cypress EZ-USB
®
GX3™ is a USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Bridge Controller designed to provide seamless Ethernet
connectivity to the host computers through a USB interface. The GX3 enumerates as a standard network adapter on the
PC, enabling existing software applications to be reused, and accelerates time to market.
The CY4701 GX3 Reference Design Kit enables the customers to evaluate the GX3 device. This user guide describes the
steps to install the drivers required by the RDK and to operate the RDK dongle provided with the kit. The guide also
documents the two software utilities and explains the use of each. This document also explains the steps in detail on how to
measure the Gigabit Ethernet throughput using the RDK dongle provided with this kit.
1.1 Kit Contents
The CY4701 GX3 Reference Design Kit contains the following:
GX3 reference design dongle
Quick start guide
Visit the kit web page (
) for more information. Inspect the contents of the kit. If any
parts are missing contact your nearest Cypress Sales office for further assistance.
1.2 CY4701 RDK Dongle
CY4701 RDK is a plug-and-play dongle requiring no other hardware for its operation except an RJ45 cable to connect to the
network.
Figure 1-1. GX3 RDK Dongle