Microchip Technology USB7252 4-Port Gen2 SmartHub™ Evaluation Board

Microchip Technology USB7252 4-Port Gen2 SmartHub™ Evaluation Board provides the necessary requirements and interface options to evaluate the USB7252 IC. This USB7252 SmartHub IC is a 4-port SuperSpeed+ (SS+) USB IC on a 4-layer RoHS-compliant Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The EVB-USB7252 comes with four configurations for operation through internal default settings. This evaluation board supports custom configurations either via I2C or through the external 16-Mbit SPI flash device. The EVB-USB7252 exhibits driver compatibility with Microsoft® Windows® 10, Windows 8.x, Windows 7, Windows XP, Mac OS® X 10.4+, and Linux® hub drivers.

The EVB-USB7252 board is compliant with the USB 2.0 High-Speed (HS), Full-Speed (FS), and Low-Speed (LS) USB signaling. Additionally, this board is also compliant with USB 3.2 Gen2 on the upstream port and on three of the downstream ports including two USB Type-C™ interfaces. The EVB-USB7252 board platform supports battery charging on all six downstream ports (maximum of 10A) at any one time.

Features

  • USB7252 in a 100-pin QFN RoHS-compliant package
  • USB 3.2-compliant (Gen2 operation)
  • USB 2.0-compliant (HS, FS, and LS operation)
  • USB Gen2 Type-B upstream port
  • Four downstream USB ports: 
    • Three Gen2 downstream ports including two supporting USB Type-C and one USB 2.0-only downstream port
  • All downstream ports support individual port power and overcurrent sense
  • All downstream ports can be enabled for battery charging with the battery charging select shunts J10 and J14 (BC1.2 or SE1 at 2.1A maximum per port)
  • Onboard SPI flash for external downloadable firmware
  • Operates from a single voltage (12V, regulated) external power supply
  • Onboard 25MHz crystal or oscillator input
  • Single onboard 5.2V/15A, 3.3V/0.5A, and 1.2V/2A regulators
  • Port power, SPI FLASH active, reset, and regulator output LED indicators
  • Bridge peripheral functions:
    • USB-to-UART (CDC)
    • USB-to-I2S™ audio codec
    • USB-to-I2C

Microchip Technology USB7252 4-Port Gen2 SmartHub™ Evaluation Board