Features

• High performance UART with peak asynchronous data rates up to 15Mbps
• RS232/422/485 full and half duplex interfaces
• Deep 128-Byte receive/transmit fifos
• Full modem interface with hardware out of band flow control
• Automated Xon/Xoff in-band flow control
• Flexible clock prescalar allows for a wide range of baud rates
• Infra-red (IrDA) receive and transmit operation
• Support for external, 8 bit pass-through local bus for port expansion
• 2 GPIOs
• 16-bit PC Card 7.1 and CF+ 1.4 compliant
• Software compatible with industry standard 16C550 type devices
• 3.3V operation with 5V Tolerant IO
• 48 TQFP or 48 TFBGA package
• Industrial temperature range (-40 to +105°C)
• Certified device drivers for a wide range of operating systems

Description
Combining Oxford Semiconductor’s high performance UART and 16-bit PC Card/Compact Flash technology, the OXCF950 is the ideal connectivity solution for products that need to bridge serial devices to 16-bit PC Card or Compact Flash interfaces including: Cellular CDMA/GSM/GPRS, GPS, and Bluetooth wireless data cards.
This highly integrated device is backed by certified device drivers, for a wide range of operating systems, to deliver ultimate performance with reduced design cycles and accelerated time to market.
The OXCF950 is a single chip serial port solution for 16-bit PC Card and Compact Flash based serial connectivity and bridging applications. The device incorporates Oxford Semiconductor’s high performance, feature-rich UART technology that combines the industry’s fastest baud rates and deepest fifos with unrivalled flexibility. It adds up to a class leading serial connectivity solution.

Applications

• Cellular CDMA/GSM/GPRS
• Bluetooth
• GPS
• ZigBee
• Serial port expansion
• Bar-code readers
• Roll printers
• Scanners