USB2PMB1# Adapter Board

Evaluates: Munich (USB2PMB1#)

General Description

This document explains how the Munich (USB2PMB1#)

adapter board receives commands from a laptop

through the USB to create an SPI interface. Hardware

design files as well as results on interfacing

USB2PMB1# with

MAX11300PMB1, Santa Fe

(MAXREFDES5#), Campbell (MAXREFDES4#), Fresno

(MAXREFDES11#), and Corona (MAXREFDES12#) are

provided.

Portability has become another word for convenience.

These days, almost all of us carry laptops, and this advan-

tage can be used to showcase parts to the customers

offering solutions that can cater to their needs. To have

that convenience, we need to have a board that interfaces

with our laptops to the signal chain electronics that are

present on many of the industrial, medical, and consumer

applications. This adapter board serves this purpose of

being a bridge between your laptop and your SPI-enabled

devices.

The Maxim USB2PMB1# board requires custom software

and can be ordered together as an evaluation system

(EV system). The Munich design integrates a low-power,

1.2A, PWM step-down DC-DC converter (MAX1556); a

dual, high-speed, USB-to-multipurpose UART/FIFO IC

EEPROM. This Munich adapter board is used to enable

USB-to-SPI interface for any Pmod™-compatible plug-

in peripheral modules such as the Maxim Campbell,

Santa Fe, Fresno, and Corona reference designs.

Ordering information for EV systems is included in the EV

kits’ corresponding data sheet. An EV system is an EV kit

combined with an interface board such as a USB2PMB1#

and custom software. Refer to the appropriate EV kit data

sheet for quick start and detailed operating instructions.

Adapter Board Contents

● USB2PMB1# Board

● Mini-USB Cable

Features

● USB-to-SPI Interface

● Small PCB Area

Applications

● Industrial Sensors

● Process Control

● Industrial Automation

● PLCs

● Medical

19-6822; Rev 1; 6/15

Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet.

Figure 1. Munich USB2PMB1# Board

MICROWIRE is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor

Corp.

Pmod is a trademark of Digilent Inc.

Windows is a registered trademark and registered service mark and

Windows XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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