GENESYS GL3233

Genesys Logic, Inc.
GL3233
USB 3.0 Single-LUN
Memory Card Reader Controller
Product Overview
GL3233 Product Overview
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
GL3233 is a USB 3.0 Single-LUN card reader controller which can support various types of memory cards,
such as CompactFlashTM, Secure DigitalTM (SD), SDHC, miniSD, microSD (T-Flash), MultiMediaCardTM
(MMC), RS-MMC, MMCmicro, MMCmobile, Memory StickTM (MS), Memory Stick DuoTM (MS Duo), High
Speed Memory StickTM (HS MS), Memory Stick PROTM (MS PRO), Memory Stick PROTM Duo (MS PRO
Duo), Memory Stick PRO-HGTM (MS PRO-HG), MS PRO Micro and xD-Picture CardTM on one chip. It also
supports SDXC and Memory Stick XC high density memory cards (capacity up to 2TB) and high speed SD3.0
UHS-I memory cards.
The GL3233 integrates a high speed 8051 microprocessor and a high efficiency hardware engine for the best
data transfer performance between USB and various memory card interfaces. It supports ISP (In System
Programming) for firmware upgrade into the external SPI Flash via USB port. It also integrates 5V to 3.3V
and 3.3V to 1.2V regulators and power MOSFETs which can reduce the system BOM cost.
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FEATURES
USB specification compliance
- Comply with Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification rev. 1.0 (USB 3.0)
- Comply with Universal Serial Bus Specification rev. 2.0 (USB 2.0)
- Comply with USB Mass Storage Class Specification rev. 1.0
- Support USB Mass Storage Class Bulk-Only Transport (BOT)
- Support 1 device address and up to 3 endpoints: Control (0) / Bulk Data Write Out (1) / Bulk Data
Read In (2)
- Support 5 Gbps/SuperSpeed, 480 Mbps/high-speed, and 12 Mbps/full-speed transfer rates
Integrated USB building blocks
- SuperSpeed/USB2.0 transceiver macro (UTM), Serial Interface Engine (SIE) and embedded
Power-On Reset (POR)
Embedded high speed 8051 micro-controller
High efficiency hardware DMA engine improves data transfer performance between USB and flash card
interfaces
Support CompactFlashTM v6.0 with PIO mode 6 / Ultra DMA mode 7 and LBA48 (Capacity up to
144PB)
Support Secure DigitalTM v1.0 / v1.1 / v2.0/ SDHC / SDXC (capacity up to 2TB)
Support Secure DigitalTM v3.0 UHS-I (Ultra High Speed): SDR12/SDR25/SDR50/DDR50/SDR104
TM
Compliant with MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- MMC specification v3.x / v4.0 / v4.1 / v4.2 / v4.3 / v4.4
- x1 / x4 / x8 bit data bus
Support Memory StickTM / Memory Stick PRO / Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick Micro
/Memory Stick PRO-HG / Memory Stick XC (capacity up to 2TB)
- Compliant with Memory Stick Series Specification: MS v1.43, MS PRO v1.05, MS Micro v1.04
(MS HG Micro v1.00), MS PRO-HG Duo 1.03, MS XC Duo v1.00, MS XC-HG Duo v1.00, MS
XC Micro v1.00 and MS XC-HG Micro v1.00
- Support Read/Write quad data access (512Bytex4) for MS PRO-HG to enhance the transmission
rate
Support xD-Picture CardTM v1.2C Type M/H
Support ISP (In System Programming) for firmware upgrade into the external SPI Flash via USB port
On-Chip power MOSFETs for supplying flash media card power
On-chip 5V to 3.3V and 3.3V to 1.2V regulator
Support U0/U1/U2/U3 power management mode
Pass the USB-IF Test Procedure for SuperSpeed product (TID: 340810011)
Pass WHCK (Windows Hardware Certification Kit) test for Windows 8 (Submission ID: 1508144)
Pass WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Lab) test for Windows 7 (Submission ID: 1497856)
Available in LQFP64 pin package (7x7mm) which can support one LUN: SD/MS/xD/CF
Available in LQFN46 pin package (6.5x4.5mm) which can support one LUN: SD/MS/xD
Available in LQFP48 pin package (7x7mm) which can support one LUN: SD/MS/xD
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BLOCK DIAGRAM
Functional Block Diagram
Super Speed and HS/FS PHY
The transceiver macro is the analog circuitry that handles the low level USB protocol and signaling, and shifts
the clock domain of the data from the USB to one that is compatible with the general logic.
USB Controller
The USB Controller, which contains the USB PID and address recognition logic, and other sequencing and
state machine logic to handle USB packets and transactions.
EPFIFO
Endpoint FIFO includes Control FIFO (FIFO0) and Bulk In/Out FIFO
EP0 FIFO
FIFO of control endpoint 0. It is 512-byte FIFO and used for endpoint 0 data transfer.
Bulk In/Out FIFO It can be in the TX mode or RX mode:
1. It can be transmit/receive 512-byte data of USB 2.0 and 1K-byte data of USB 3.0
continuously.
2. It can be directly accessed by micro-controller
MCU
8051 micro-controller inside.
8051 Core
Compliant with Intel 8051 high speed micro-controller
ROM
Firmware code on ROM
SRAM
Internal RAM area for MCU access
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MHE (Media Hardware Engine)
Media Interface: CF/xD/SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/MS PRO-HG
Regulator
5V to 3.3V
3.3V to 1.2V
3.3V Power Source
1.2V Power Source
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