Kawasaki LSI, Mentor Graphics and Xilinx have partnered and  developed the industry's first UTMI-compliant USB 2.0  upgradeable reference design. The reference design provides a USB 2.0 to SCSI technology bridge, and can be used to provide end-to-end high-bandwidth data storage.

This solution can be utilized to provide a USB 2.0 bridge to any SCSI device including hard disk drives, CD writers, DVD ROMs, etc. for home networking applications. The design also provides a flexible and upgradeable USB 2.0 technology bridge to multiple home networking standards such as HomePNA, HomePlug, HomeRF, IEEE 1394, IEEE 802.11b, etc. 

Features

• USB 2.0 Transceiver Macrocell Interface (UTMI) compliant Physical layer by Kawasaki LSI
• High-speed (480Mbps) USB 2.0 functionality
• Mentor Graphics MUSBHSFC Fully Synthesizable Core Optimized for low-cost Spartan-II FPGAs
• Backward compatible with full-speed USB 1.1
• Future-proof, reprogrammable SiE
• Low-cost home networking solution

Click here for documentation on this reference design. Ordering and additional information is available by registration.