WLAN SDIO DAUGHTER CARD

Customer: A Tier 1 Semiconductor Vendor

Application: Portable Media Player

Hardware: Black Fin DSP, WLAN IEEE802.11b

Tools: Schematic Capture using OrCAD and PC Layout using Cadstar.  VHDL Simulation using Modelsim and Synthesis using ISE Web Pack

Components/Interfaces:

• Xilinx CPLD XC950XL
• SDIO Interface

Solution Provided:

• Schematics Capture
• CPLD Glue Logic for SDIO Interface
• SI Guidelines
• CAD Guidelines and Monitoring
• Proto type Fabrication and Assembly
• Integration with PMP Board and Proof of Concept

Description:
This board is a daughter board that implements a 4-bit SDIO card interface that can be used to interface to an SDIO WLAN card thus allowing the host to access the Wi-Fi network.