VPU Reference Design Kit
To assist you with your new product design using the VPU16551 UART quickly and easily Elan offer a reference design kit.
The following items are included in the kit :
- Qty 10 VPU16551 chips
- Full data sheet for each chip
- Users Guide
- Elan P423 Desktop PCMCIA Slot for development purposes
- Elan Compact Flast RS232 cards, supplied un-cased as a reference point to measure and test : The CF232 (single port using the VPU16550) (dual port using two VPU16551 chips)
- A CF Type I or II to PCMCIA adapter (to allow testing of the CF232)
- A CF to PCMCIA extender card to allow testing of the CF232 and CF332 on PDAs
- OrCAD schematics for several designs, in both CF and PCMCIA formats (Includes the designs for both reference cards)
- VPUCIS Utility (see below)
VPUCIS
This is a utility to generate a COM port compatible Card Information Structure using simple type-in fields for your company name, card name, h/w rev and serial number. This is combined with an in-circuit-programming tool, and an INF file generator. This means you can fit the EEPROM blank and program it as part of your production test phase.
The utility runs in Win9x, 2K and XP and works with any PCMCIA slot (including the P423). It also allows automatic incrementing serial number insertion into the CIS data, making the utility suitable for use as a production programming tool. Outputs from the tool include binary and text CIS images as well as a Win9x/2K/XP INF file for deployment with your card.
