Simplified USB type-C development

Silicon Labs introduced a comprehensive reference design to simplify the development of USB Type-C™ rechargeable lithium ion battery packs used to power smartphones, tablets, laptops, headphones and other portable devices. The reference design includes everything developers need to create dual-role port (DRP) applications with USB Type-C power delivery (PD), accelerating the development of new USB Type-C battery packs or migrating existing USB Type-A battery pack designs to USB Type-C. Silicon Labs’ USB Type-C Battery Pack Reference Design includes a development board, USB Type-C PD stack, example code, schematics and a hardware manual.

Simplicity

• Silicon Labs’ Free Power Deliver controller stack library and Billboard source code
• Reference Designs
• Simplicity Studio support

High Performance

• Power Delivery support
• USB 2.0 Billboard support
• Cable attach/detach detection
• Dead battery support

High Integration

• Crystal-less operation
• Integrated MCU peripherals
  – I2C, timers, ADC, etc.
• Small package:
  – EFM8BB3 QFN32
  – EFM8UB1 QFN20/28