USB2PMB1# Adapter Board
Evaluates: Munich (USB2PMB1#)
General Description
This document explains how the Munich (USB2PMB1#)
adapter board receives commands from a laptop
through the USB to create an SPI interface. Hardware
design files as well as results on interfacing
USB2PMB1# with
MAX11300PMB1, Santa Fe
(MAXREFDES5#)
,
Campbell (MAXREFDES4#)
,
Fresno
(MAXREFDES11#)
, and
Corona (MAXREFDES12#)
are
provided.
Portability has become another word for convenience.
These days, almost all of us carry laptops, and this advan-
tage can be used to showcase parts to the customers
offering solutions that can cater to their needs. To have
that convenience, we need to have a board that interfaces
with our laptops to the signal chain electronics that are
present on many of the industrial, medical, and consumer
applications. This adapter board serves this purpose of
being a bridge between your laptop and your SPI-enabled
devices.
The Maxim USB2PMB1# board requires custom software
and can be ordered together as an evaluation system
(EV system). The Munich design integrates a low-power,
1.2A, PWM step-down DC-DC converter (MAX1556); a
dual, high-speed, USB-to-multipurpose UART/FIFO IC
(FT2232HL); and a 4K MICROWIRE
®
-compatible serial
EEPROM. This Munich adapter board is used to enable
USB-to-SPI interface for any Pmod™-compatible plug-
in peripheral modules such as the Maxim Campbell,
Santa Fe, Fresno, and Corona reference designs.
Ordering information for EV systems is included in the EV
kits’ corresponding data sheet. An EV system is an EV kit
combined with an interface board such as a USB2PMB1#
and custom software. Refer to the appropriate EV kit data
sheet for quick start and detailed operating instructions.
The USB2PMB1# has been tested on Windows
®
7,
Windows 8, and Windows XP
®
.
Adapter Board Contents
●
USB2PMB1# Board
●
Mini-USB Cable
Features
●
USB-to-SPI
Interface
●
Small PCB Area
●
Pmod
TM
-Compatible Form Factor
Applications
●
Industrial Sensors
●
Process Control
●
Industrial Automation
●
PLCs
●
Medical
19-6822; Rev 1; 6/15
Ordering Information
appears at end of data sheet.
Figure 1. Munich USB2PMB1# Board
MICROWIRE is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor
Corp.
Pmod is a trademark of Digilent Inc.
Windows is a registered trademark and registered service mark and
Windows XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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