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TMP006EVM Driver support

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Sabarish Sridhar
Posted by Sabarish Sridhar
on Jul 08 2012 22:14 PM
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Hi guys,

            I am developing  a simple application for which I am using a beagle board (running a linux kernel) and the TMP006EVM along with the USBDIG interface which comes as a part of it. My question is the  driver which comes with the board is solely for windows. How do I communicate with this device on a linux machine. Do I have to write my own device drivers or are there some drivers already out there which will do the job for me? 

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  • Ian Williams
    Posted by Ian Williams
    on Jul 09 2012 11:52 AM
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    Hello Sabarish,

    We only provide official support for the Windows OS. If you wish to communicate with the TMP006 in Linux you will have to write your own software.

    Best regards,

    Ian Williams
    Linear Applications Engineer
    High Performance Linear and Sensing Products 


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  • Sabarish Sridhar
    Posted by Sabarish Sridhar
    on Jul 09 2012 20:25 PM
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    Hi Ian,

                It is fine if I have to write my own software.But would I have to write the drivers too or only the front end gui. All I am interested is getting the data into a text file. Not a specfic front end GUI. I am using a beagle board for this project and would like to stay as far away from device drivers as possible. Are there any alternatives for me?

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  • Ian Williams
    Posted by Ian Williams
    on Jul 10 2012 11:48 AM
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    Hello Sabarish,

    The current system uses the Human Interface Driver (HID) which is built into Windows, so I believe you'd need your own driver in Linux to handle the USB communication. You should contact Joe Desbonnet, a community member who has done some work on this and I believe has a working driver.

    Here is a thread discussing this same topic: http://e2e.ti.com/support/other_analog/temperature_sensors/f/243/t/117449.aspx#417287

    Best regards,

    Ian Williams


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  • Sabarish Sridhar
    Posted by Sabarish Sridhar
    on Jul 15 2012 22:00 PM
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    Hi Ian,

              Would using LibUSb(http://libusb.sourceforge.net/api-1.0/) be a good approach?

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  • Ian Williams
    Posted by Ian Williams
    on Jul 16 2012 11:31 AM
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    Hello Sabarish,

    This API seems like a good start. Have you contacted Joe Desbonnet?

    Regards,

    Ian Williams


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  • Sabarish Sridhar
    Posted by Sabarish Sridhar
    on Jul 17 2012 22:31 PM
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    Yes I did. He told me he stuck to the i2c approach.Is there any protocol documentation for how the TMP006 driver is written as I am not able to figure out much using SnoopyPro.

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    l_pse_dll.zip

    Hello Sabarish,

    The USB development for our EVMs was done quite a few years ago by an outside contractor, and we don't have any documentation on it. I've attached the .dll files if that is any help.

    Best regards,

    Ian Williams


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  • Sabarish Sridhar
    Posted by Sabarish Sridhar
    on Jul 21 2012 23:39 PM
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    Okay. I guess I will simply remove the USB-DIG interface and use i2c as suggested by Joe Desbonnet. Thanks for the help anyway.

     

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