PI7C9X7958 PCI Express Octal UART I/O Bridge Evaluation Board

The PI7C9X7958 is a PCI Express® Octal UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitters) I/O Bridge. It is specifically designed to meet the latest system requirements of high performance, lead (Pb) -free and reduced package sizes. Support 8 high performance 16C950 UART in single chipFully software compatible with 16C550-type device drivers128-byte transmit and receive FIFOFlexible clock pre-scaler from 4 to 46Automated in-band flow control using programmableXon/ Xoff in both directionsAutomated out-of-band flow control using CTS#/ RTS# and/or DSR#/ DTR#Arbitrary trigger levels for receiver and transmitterFIFO interrupts and automatic in-band and out-band flow controlData framing sizes: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9Configurable using non-volatile configuration memory (EEPROM)Global Interrupt Status and readable FIFO levels to facilitate implementation of efficient device drivers.Operation via IO or memory mappingDetection of bad data in the receive FIFOBaud rate up to 15 Mbps in asynchronous modeSupports up to 256-byte maximum payload size1.8 and 3.3V operationPower dissipation: 0.9 W typical in normal modeIndustrial Temperature Range -40° to 85°Package: 12x12mm, 160-pin LFBGA, w/0.8mm ball pitch - Pb free and 100% Green.