The PL27A1 is a single-chip SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Host-to-Host bridge controller specially designed for USB host to host data transfer. SuperSpeed USB has data transfer bandwidth of up to 5Gbps offering 10X performance increase over Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (480Mbps). SuperSpeed USB is backward compatible and interoperates with all USB3.0/USB2.0/USB1.1 hosts, devices, and hubs.
The PL27A1 chip offers external firmware customization for various data transfer mode protocols:
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WINUSB(Transfer cable)
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CDC/ACM (USB Serial Device)
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RNDIS (Network Cable)
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Host-to-Host Bridge Controller
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USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 specification compliant
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SuperSpeed (5Gbps), Hi-Speed (480Mbps), and Full-Speed (12Mbps)
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Transfer data between two USB Hosts (up to SuperSpeed USB 3.0)
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Supports firmware customization for various transfer protocol modes:
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27A1 mode- WINUSB(Easy Transfer cable)
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27A3 mode – CDC/ACM (USB Serial Device)
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27A5 mode – RNDIS (Network Cable)
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27A7 mode-WINUSB (Custom USB Transfer Cable)
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WINUSB and CDC/ACM drivers are built in Windows, Mac OS and Linux(for ACM), An inf file is needed for driver installation on Win7 and 8.1. RNDIS driver is built in Windows and Linux.
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Easy Transfer Cable fully supports Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer built-in software in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
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Prolific provides royalty-free PCLinq5 software for Windows XP/7/8/10 (Easy Transfer Cable).
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Compliant with Remote NDIS Specification. Users can link two PCs thru the USB port using network TCP/IP protocol.
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For 27A1 mode, PClinq5 software can be stored in external SPI Flash and implemented by read-only Mass Storage Device on Windows and Mac OS. Available disk capacity is about 12MB.
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8-bit high-performance 1T 8032 MCU
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Two USB device PHYs
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USB endpoint 0 for control endpoint with dedicated 512 bytes buffer for each USB side
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Highly configurable endpoint structure. Each endpoint can be configured as interrupt, bulk, and isochronous endpoint.
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Pass Through Channel FIFO architecture utilize full USB bandwidth for data transfer
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One SPI Flash Controller for external SPI Serial Flash Memory
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Supports DMA feature between external SPI flash and internal FIFO
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Supports multi-vendor SPI Serial Flash Memory
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3.3V Digital I/O Pad
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1.2V power supply for core
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Built-in 5V to 3V linear low-dropout regulator
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Embedded power-on reset (POR)
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30MHz crystal oscillator (shared by both USB PHYs)
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Supports external SPI Flash to customize USB vendor/product ID
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Supports LED indicator for connection and transfer status
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Bus powered from either USB port
Windows Easy Transfer: