Cypress EX-USB FX3 - 1.1 Chapter Overview; 1.2 Document Revision History

10 FX3 Programmers Manual, Doc. # 001-64707 Rev. *C
Introduction
The FX3 is fully compliant with USB 3.0 V1.0 Specification and is also backward compatible with
USB 2.0. It is also complaint with the Battery Charging Specification V1.1 and USB 2.0 OTG
Specification.
1.1 Chapter Overview
The following chapters describe in greater details each of the components of the Programmers
Manual.
Introduction to USB on page 13 presents an overview of the USB standard.
FX3 Overview on page 23 presents a hardware overview of the FX3 system.
FX3 Software on page 49 provides an overview of the SDK that is provided with the FX3.
FX3 Firmware on page 53 provides a brief description of each programmable firmware block. This
includes the system boot and initialization, USB, GPIF 2, serial interfaces, DMA, power
management, and debug infrastructure.
FX3 APIs on page 75 provides the description of the APIs for USB, GPIF2, serial interfaces, DMA,
RTOS, and debug.
FX3 Application Examples on page 77 presents code examples, which illustrate the API usage and
the firmware framework.
FX3 Application Structure on page 85 describes the FX3 application framework and usage model for
FX3 APIs.
FX3 Serial Peripheral Register Access chapter on page 99 describes the register based access from
an application processor when FX3 device is configured for PP mode slave operation.
FX3 Boot Image Format chapter on page 149 describes the FX3 image (img) format as required by
the FX3 boot-loader.
FX3 Development Tools on page 151 describes the available options for the firmware development
environment, including JTAG based debugging.
FX3 Host Software on page 189 describes the Cypress generic USB 3.0 WDF driver, the
convenience APIs, and the USB control center.
GPIF™ II Designer on page 191 provides a guide to the GPIF II Designer tool.
1.2 Document Revision History
Table 1-1. Revision History
Revision
PDF
Creation Date
Origin of
Change
Description of Change
** 05/10/2011 SHRS New user guide
*A 07/14/2011 SHRS FX3 Programmers Manual update for beta release.
*B 03/27/2012 SHRS FX3 Programmers Manual update for FX3 SDK 1.1 release.
*C 08/10/2012 SHRS FX3 Programmers Manual update for SDK 1.2 release.