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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
I know it's a little late in the development cycle but, Cypress Semi Kind of specializes in this type of interface. After this batch some of their solutions may be more cost effective.
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Yes, Cypress does make USB host and peripheral Devices, however the host devices are the physical layer only. They provide a USB 2.0 physical interface to USB devices. This is only part of the USB protocol. The host is not a stand alone device. You need to interface a micro-controller and have an understanding of the USB data protcols to use this device. This is what Windows and Linix does. We use a similar device in our product to perform the lower level fuctions of the protocol. Yes we could use the Cypress chip instead of the Maxim chip we use in it's place. However the Cypress Chip is twice as expensive as the Maxim.
look up this number on Digikey
Cypress Part #CY7C67300
Mike Copioli
CTRE