CYUSB3KIT-003 EZ-USB® FX3™ SuperSpeed Explorer Kit

Last Updated: 01/27/2015

The FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit is an easy-to-use and inexpensive development platform enabling developers to add USB 3.0 device functionality to any system. The FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit is built to evaluate and develop solutions with the CYUSB301x family of EZ-USB FX3 USB 3.0 peripheral controllers.
The EZ-USB® FX3 device is powered by a fully accessible ARM9 core with 512 KB of RAM. The FX3 device has a fully configurable, General Programmable Interface (GPIF™ II) that can interface with any processor, ASIC, image sensor, or FPGA.
Easy Connectivity
The FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit includes Rectangular Connectors which can be easily interfaced with any external device. Interconnect boards to interface these Rectangular Connectors with Aptina image sensor boards, Xilinx FPGA boards and Altera FPGA boards are available as accessories.
CYUSB3ACC-004: Aptina Image Sensor Interconnect Board
CYUSB3ACC-005: Xilinx FPGA FMC Interconnect Board
CYUSB3ACC-006: Altera FPGA HSMC Interconnect Board
CYUSB3ACC-007: CPLD Accessory Board
Accelerate Your Design
Refer to the SuperSpeed Device Design By Example book, by John Hyde. This guide is optimized to work with the FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer kit. Work through a series of examples designed to teach you how to design a real-world USB 3.0 application. For any questions regarding the book and boards, please contact fx3book@cypress.com.
Debug like a Pro
The FX3 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit includes an Integrated Debugger (CY USB-Serial Bridge Controller) which provides a JTAG/UART interface through a standard USB 2.0 port. This supports a PC interface through a separate USB 2.0 connection. The EZ-USB FX3 SDK allows step-through debugging in the Eclipse IDE tool.
Kit Contents
Development board (1)
USB 3.0 A to B cable (1)
Quick start guide
Jumpers (4)
Accelerate your USB 3.0 design with the SuperSpeed code examples




Related Files

File Title
Language
File Size
Last Updated
  CYUSB3KIT-003 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit Setup (Rev **) (Kit Design Files, FX3 SDK, Eclipse IDE, GPIF II Designer, CyUSBSuite, Documentation)   
English
259 MB
09/05/2014
  CYUSB3KIT-003 SuperSpeed Explorer Kit Setup (Rev **) (only Kit Design Files, Documentation)   
English
31 MB
09/05/2014
  SuperSpeed Explorer Kit Release Notes
English
122 KB
09/04/2014
  SuperSpeed Explorer Kit Hardware Files
English
7 MB
09/04/2014
  SuperSpeed Explorer Kit User Guide
English
3 MB
09/04/2014
  SuperSpeed Explorer Kit Quick Start Guide
English
6 MB
09/04/2014
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Related Documentation

Application Notes
Last Updated
AN75779 - How to Implement an Image Sensor Interface with EZ-USB® FX3™ in a USB Video Class (UVC) Framework
01/23/2015
AN65974 - Designing with the EZ-USB® FX3™ Slave FIFO Interface
01/23/2015
AN75705 - Getting Started with EZ-USB® FX3™
03/23/2015
AN70707 - EZ-USB® FX3™/FX3S™ Hardware Design Guidelines and Schematic Checklist
03/02/2015
AN76405 - EZ-USB® FX3™ Boot Options
01/23/2015

Models
Last Updated
CYUSB3014 FX3 IBIS Model
08/29/2012


Related Resources

Code Examples
Last Updated
USB SuperSpeed Code Examples
03/12/2015

Development Kits
Last Updated
How to Design with EZ-USB® FX3™ and FX3S™ – KBA87889
12/12/2014

Development Kits/Boards
Last Updated
CYUSB3ACC-007 CPLD Accessory Board for the EZ-USB® FX3™ SuperSpeed Explorer Kit
02/17/2015
CYUSB3ACC-004 Aptina™ Image Sensor Interconnect Board for the EZ-USB® FX3™ SuperSpeed Explorer Kit
10/06/2014
CYUSB3ACC-006 HSMC Interconnect Board for the EZ-USB® FX3™ SuperSpeed Explorer Kit
10/06/2014
CYUSB3ACC-005 FMC Interconnect Board for the EZ-USB® FX3™ SuperSpeed Explorer Kit
10/06/2014

Software and Drivers
Last Updated
EZ-USB FX3 Software Development Kit


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