Cypress EZ-USB FX2LP User Manual

Application Note 12 of 42 001-65209 Rev.*I
2021-03-19
Getting Started with FX2LP™
Cypress Design Resources
4 Cypress Design Resources
Cypress FX2LP design resources include datasheets, application notes, evaluation kits, reference designs,
firmware examples, and software tools. The resources are summarized in Table 2.
Table 2 FX2LP Resource Summary
Design
Available Resources
Where To Find Resources
Hardware
Development Board – Schematic, Board
files and documentation
Development Kit (DVK) Schematic
Board files available with FX2LP DVK
installation
DVK User Guide
DVK Quick Start Guide
Hardware design guidelines including
recommendations for crystals, decoupling
capacitors for power supplies and PCB
layout
Application note – AN15456
IBIS model
http://www.cypress.com/?id=193&rtID=114
FX2LP
Firmware
Free version of Keil IDE (up to 4KB of code
size)
Available with FX2LPDVK installation
Firmware examples
Sync Slave FIFO firmware example in a
complete design with FPGA
Application note - AN61345
Firmware
Debug
Setting Up, Using, and Troubleshooting
the Keil Debugger Environment
Application note - AN42499
Serial (UART) Port Debugging of
FX1/FX2LP Firmware
Application note – AN58009
Host PC
Software
USB2.0 driver – cyusb.sys
Available with Suite USB installation. This
Suite USB installation file (.exe) is also
available with the FX2LP DVK installation.
Suite USB for Mac OS is also available. Use
FX3 SDK for Linux to get the host application
similar to Control Center for Linux platform.
Host application examples – Control
Center and Streamer applications
GPIF Interface
Design
GPIF Designer Tool that enables you to
design a GPIF waveform and generate
code to be integrated into firmware
Available with GPIF Designer installation. The
GPIF Designer installation file (.exe) is also
available with the FX2LP DVK installation.
Examples of popular GPIF
implementations
Application notes - AN57322 – Interfacing
SRAM with FX2LP over GPIF
AN66806 – EZ-USB® FX2LP™ GPIF Design
Guide
AN63787 – EZ-USB® FX2LP™ GPIF and Slave
FIFO Configuration Examples using 8-bit
Asynchronous Interface
Documentation on GPIF and instructions
for using the tool
GPIF Designer’s User Guide – available with
GPIF Designer Tool
Other Collateral
FX2LP Datasheet
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38801

Cypress EZ-USB FX2LP Specifications

General

Brand	Cypress
Model	EZ-USB FX2LP
Category	Controller
Language	English