HOST mode USB !!!!
SPI !

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Ken Mardle says:

Russell,

Maxim's new MAX3421E device is a full-speed (12Mb/s) SPI-to-USB bridge
device which can be configured to operate in either USB-host or 
USB-slave
modes.

In slave mode it is compatible with their erlier slave-only MAX3420E.

It also includes 8 general-purpose inputs and 8 general-purpose 
outputs
(presumably accessed via the SPI interface).

Package is 32-pin TQFN or 32-pin TQFP.

Priced at US$3.47 in 1k quantity.

For the price you would generally be better of with a micro having a 
USB
interface on-board but if you needed to add USB to an existing product 
this
might be a good solution (and possibly your only solution if you 
wanted to
use host mode).

Regards,

Ken Mardle

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