Introduction
The Cypress EZ-USB FX2LP (hereafter abbreviated as FX2LP) is a flexible USB 2.0 peripheral controller designed to handle maximum USB 2.0 bandwidth. To take full advantage of the USB 2.0 480 Mbps signaling rate, FX2LP contains specialized hardware to buffer the USB data and connect seamlessly to a variety of highbandwidth external devices such as MCUs, ASICs, and FPGAs. After a brief introduction to USB 2.0, this application note describes FX2LP features that contribute to its high throughput.