Appendix
pco.edge User Manual V1.03 © PCO AG, Germany
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PC & Hardware Recommendations
The PCO USB 3.0 interface is based on the Cypress EZ-USB FX31 device
and it is compatible to PCO software such as the pco.camware and PCO
SDK. To run a PCO USB 3.0 camera successfully the user should consider
a number of important issues that are discussed in the following Chapters.
Motherboard And Chipset Configuration
It is recommended to use a Motherboard with a state of-the-art USB 3.0
host controller for the onboard USB 3.0 ports. The latest generation of the
USB 3.0 xHCI host controllers manufactured by Intel, Renesas (NEC),
Fresco, Via Labs, ASMedia and Texas InstrumentInc. (TI) are tested by
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. (see Cypress EZ-USB® FX3TM SDK
Release Notes, Version 1.2.3, (Chapter 1.3). CurrentlyPCO recommends
only motherboards with the following onboard xHCI host controllers:
• Renesas/NEC μPD720202 host controller
• Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller
If the Motherboard does not have an onboard USB 3.0 port or the onboard
USB 3.0 port does not work properly with a PCO USB 3.0 camera, please
use an independent PCIe USB 3.0 extension card. In this case, PCO
recommends the following:
• DELOCK 89348 (U3-PCIE1XG202-10)
PCIe 1x (μPD720202 host controller)
(This board is sent with your pco.edge USB 3.0 camera system as standard)
• DELOCK 89325 (U3X4-PCIE4XE101)
PCIe 4x (μPD720202 host controller)
USB 3.0 extension card with xHCI4 host controller
The following companies manufacture USB 3.0 xHCI host controller:
• Renesas Electronics America Inc. (earlier NEC),
• Texas Instrument Inc.,
• VIA Labs Inc (Diamond),
• Fresco Logic Inc.,
• Intel Inc.,
• AMD Inc. and
• Etron Technology, Inc.
Note: To determine suitable manufacturers of the xHCI controller, please use the Windows
Device Manager. For example, in Windows 7 drop down the “USBController” entry and find the
USB 3.0 host xHCI controller of the USB 3.0 device in the sub-tree. Then right-click to open
the properties dialog, click the ‘details’ tab, and choose ‘Vendor’ in the properties pull-down
box.
NOTE: USB3.0 interface cards with controllers from Etron Technology, Inc.
have not yet been tested.
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