XR17V354 - Exar Corporation

XR17V354 HIGH PERFORMANCE QUAD PCI-EXPRESS UART

The XR17V3541 (V354) is a single chip 4-channel PCI Express (PCIe) UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter), optimized for higher performance and lower power. The V354 serves as a single lane PCIe bridge to 4 indepedent enhanced 16550 compatible UARTs. The V354 is compliant to PCIe 2.0 Gen 1 (2.5GT/s). In addition to the UART channels, the V354.

Features

such as the 256-bytes TX and RX FIFOs, programmable Fractional Baud Rate Generator, Automatic Hardware or Software Flow Control, Auto RS-485 Half-Duplex Direction Control, programmable TX and RX FIFO Trigger Levels, TX and RX FIFO Level Counters, infrared mode, and data rates up to 25Mbps. The V354 is available in a 176-pin FPBGA package (13 x 13 mm). NOTE 1: Covered by U.S. Patents #5,649,122, #6,754,839, #6,865,626 and #6,947,999 FEATURES
• Single 3.3V power supply
• Internal buck regulator for 1.2V core
• PCIe 2.0 Gen 1 compliant
• x1 Link, dual simplex, 2.5Gbps in each direction
• Expans.