USB-IR_DONGLE - Philips Semiconductors / NXP Semiconductors

Philips Semiconductors

1 Oct 98

Implementing a USB-to-Infrared

(Philips RCMM) Dongle

- USB IR HID Device

(OVU1000, Reference Design Ver 1.1)

- USB Compound Hub with IR HID Device

Author: Wim, Lemay

Edited by: Wei Leong, Chui

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GENERAL HARDWARE BLOCKS FOR USB IR DONGLE

USER

INTERFACE

Power

Up/Down

Front-End

IR Wakeup

IR Receiver

Envelope

Detection

Power

Reset

Status

IR Transmitter

5V to 3V3

Regulator CORE

PROCESSING

Microcontroller

ROM and Interfacing

USB

Controller

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Design Blocks for USB IR Dongle:

Infrared Keyboard/Mouse/Gamepad

CORE PROCESSING

Microcontroller

P80C652

External ROM

AT27LV256

Address Latch

74HCT373 XTAL 24MHZ

KDS-DAIWA

USB

Controller

PDIUSBD11

XTAL 12MHZ

KDS-DAIWA

Power

On Reset

Discrete

5V to 3V3

Regulator

MC78FC33

IR Power

Up/Down IR Wakeup

Discrete Envelope Detection

74HCT86

Front-end IR Transmitter

TSIP5201 IR Receiver

TSOP 1136

Philips Part

Other Vendor's Parts

Driving Transistor

BC847b

LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b

LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b

LED

(Green)

USER

INTERFACE

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DESIGN BLOCKS FOR USB COMPOUND HUB WITH IR HID SUPPORT – IR

KEYBOARD/MOUSE/GAMEPAD

CORE PROCESSING

Microcontroller

P80C652

External ROM

AT27LV256

Address Latch

74HCT373 XTAL 24MHZ

KDS-DAIWA

USB HUB

Controller

PDIUSBH11A/H12

XTAL

12MHZ

KDS-

DAIWA

Power

Reset

Discrete

5V to 3V3

Regulator

MC78FC33

IR Power

Up/Down IR Wakeup

Discrete Envelope Detection

74HCT86

Front-end IR Receiver

TSOP 1136

IR Transmitter

TSIP5201

Downstream

Port Power

MIC2526

Philips Part

Other Vendor

Driving Transistor

BC847b LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b

LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b

LED

(Green)

Driving Transistor

BC847b LED

(Green)

USER

INTERFACE

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

GENERAL

This application note describes the implementation of

§ A USB-IR dongle; and

§ A USB compound hub with a USB-IR dongle device.

The main difference in the two designs lie in the USB Controller used. To implement a USB

device, the PDIUSBD11 (D11) general-purpose USB interface is selected. To implement a

compound hub with USB-IR functionality, you must use PDIUSBH11A (H11A) or PDIUSBH12

(H12). The device functionality is the same for all the designs, H11A provides 4 USB walk-up

ports and the H12 provides only 2 USB walk-up ports.

The firmware implementation for the USB-IR dongle on the microcontroller can be divided into

two parts. The microcontroller has to service the USB controller and at the same time decode and

encode the data for the IR front-end. The hub functionality adds another 2 Kbytes of code onto

the firmware.

The USB-IR dongle portion uses the D11/H11A/H12 as the USB interface for implementing HID

functionality. This includes Keyboard, Mouse and Gamepad functionality.

For the USB-IR device only, it enumerates as a multi-interface composite device. The individual

interfaces, each conforms to the HID Class definition, be it a HID Keyboard, a HID mouse or a

HID gamepad. The default HID device driver from Windows 98 is loaded. Thus, the whole

system may be implemented ready to ship without a need to develop your own device driver.

For the compound hub with the USB-IR device, the hub is first enumerated. The generic driver

for Windows 98 is loaded before it enumerates the embedded USB-IR device. The enumeration of

the USB-IR device follows the same procedure as explained in the previous paragraph.

The USB-IR device translates USB requests into IR signals conforming to the Philips Infrared

RCMM (1-way) and Infrared RCMM² (2-way) protocols. The RCMM protocol is proprietary; an

NDA would be required to obtain the protocol description. The contact person for the NDA is

listed under the Contacts section.

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USB INTERFACE CONTROLLER

D11, H11A and H12 are full-speed (12 MHz) USB Devices. Thus, a full-speed USB cable is

required. The common mode chokes for EMI do not need to be added because both interface

devices have built-in skew control for the D+/D- signaling lines. A termination resistor of 24 ohms

for the transmission line is required. D11, H11A and H12 incorporate a SoftConnect internal

resistor for the D+ pull-up detection.

The USB interface controllers run on 3.3V. A step-down voltage regulator from 5V to 3.3V is

used. The microcontroller communicates with D11/H11A/H12 via I2C. The command registers

for D11/H11A/H12 may be obtained from the data sheets of the devices at www.flexiusb.com.

D11/H11A/H12 will go into sleep mode 1 millisecond after detecting the absence of USB traffic

for 3 milliseconds. The suspend pin (Open-Drain) from the USB controllers will go high

immediately after the suspend detection. Upon sensing a suspend pin, the microcontroller needs to

finish whatever it is processing and go into deep sleep so that the total suspend current is less than

500 µA. When it is processing a critical event, it may pull the suspend pin low to hold off the

suspend condition; this may be done for a maximum of 10 milliseconds.

The suspend condition is terminated when USB traffic resumes. Thus the system must be

responsible for waking up the microcontroller. Or, the USB device can initiate a resume signaling

to wake up the host.

POWER ON RESET

The charging ramp voltage across the 2017 capacitor will trigger a transistor and give a pulse to

the input of ExOR gates , which reset the microcontroller.

IR WAKE UP

This is a -Hz oscillator

with an on-time of

around 20%, which

gives power to the IR

receiver. When the

microcontroller is

working this oscillator

is frozen to give

constant power to the

receiver.

IR RECEIVER

TSOP1136 chip has a built-in Automatic Gain Control and a demodulator of the 36-kHz

Modulation.

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ENVELOPE DETECTOR

Integrates the receiver pulses and

makes a reset of the

microcontroller. Under normal

working conditions, this part of the

circuitry remains dormant. The

device kicks into action only after it

is put into suspend. It will be

enabled every 1 second to scan for

any IR signals from the remote IR

keyboard/mouse/gamepad.

ROM AND INTERFACING

The microcontroller is configured to use an external EPROM, the program fetch done over the

multiplexed address/data bus. A data latch separates the address byte from the data bytes. The

processing power is in the P80C652 microcontroller, which is running at 24 MHz. The 652 was

selected because it can go into power-down mode; this is crucial to pass the power requirement

during suspend.

INDICATION LEDS

The four red indications LEDs are driven by BC847B NPN transistors and connect directly to the

output of the microcontroller.

FIRMWARE

To appreciate the hardware, we must understand the firmware. It is, however, not the aim of this

application note to go into the details of the firmware. A brief description below would explain

the need of the circuitry as shown in the schematics.

36 kHz Modulated IR Transmitter Circuitry

All IR signaling is modulated on a 36-kHz carrier. This is done by the microcontroller whose

output pin modulates the data to the IR LEDs. Much of the circuitry here is used to power down

the IR LEDs while in Suspend State; this is to meet the stringent requirement of 500 µA

maximum suspend current.

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Receiver circuitry

The IR data from the TSOP1136 chip is already demodulated.

Processing of this data is done via software. The microcontroller is

interrupted on every transition of the received data pulse. Since the

microcontroller interrupt responds to only falling/low-level trigger, an

ExOR gate is used to invert the received data from the TSOP1136.

The Philips protocol for RC5 is coded in biphase format as follows:

The actual RCMM protocol document requires an NDA from the contact list.

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Reset and Recover from Suspend

The reset pin is tied as shown in the diagram below.

The reset to the microcontroller serves a dual purpose. The first is to do a proper power up reset.

The second is to provide a wakeup signal to the microcontroller by pulling and releasing the reset

line. There are two sources of waking the system from suspend. The first would be a host-initiated

wakeup. In that situation, the suspend pin of the D11 would be pulled low. The second situation

occurs when the wakeup is generated from the IR keyboard or IR mouse. When any key is

pressed, this generates some toggling on the IR receiver, which is designed to wake up every

second. Any detected IR signals during the “awake” frame would generate an enveloped pulse

that triggers a Reset pin to wake the microcontroller from power-down mode.

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USER FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The OVU1000 reference design from Philips can communicate through a Philips developed and

owned Infrared RCMM (1-way) and Infrared RCMM² (2-way) 36-kHz modulated protocol with

the following wireless peripherals:

• Philips Wireless Keyboard/Mouse (KW10XX)

• Philips Wireless Gamepads (GP3020): Up to four simultaneously operated gamepads without

loss of data and with minimized latency

The OVU1000 can also be upgraded, by only programming the EPROM with other software, to

support additional wireless peripherals:

• PHILIPS Remote Controls with Trackball, FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor) and other

PHILIPS Remote Controls.

The Remote Control can be used as a pointing device and to control the HID controls of the

WINDOWS 98™ operating system controls. (Volume, Source Selection, …)

Compatibility

The OVU1000 is compatible with the USB specification 1.1 and compliant with USB HID

specification.

It complies with the Power Consumption specification described in the USB specification by using

Power Control Hardware.

The device works with Windows 98™.

OVU1000 can be used with Windows 95™ if OSR2.1 and a proper HID driver are installed.

OTHER ENCLOSURES

- Attached you will find the Schematic in PDF format

Ø USBIRH.pdf (PDF file for the schematic of an IR receiver with PDIUSBH11)

Ø USBIRD.pdf (PDF file for the schematic of an IR receiver with PDIUSBD11)

- Attached you will find the Bill Of Materials in PDF format

Ø USBIRH_BOM.pdf (Bill of Materials for IR receiver with PDIUSBH11)

Ø USBIRD_BOM.pdf (Bill of Materials for IR receiver with PDIUSBD11)