TUSB3210GENPDK obsolete?

Gavin Perry

Prodigy 20 points

I am developing an application using a generic USB interface (presumably TUSB3210) andTLC5940 LED drivers.

I can still order the TLC5940EVM-106 for $99 but apparently the required TUSB3210GENPDK interface is obsolete.

How does one use the 5940EVM these days? Is there a substitute EVM for the TUSB3210GENPDK?

Alternatively is there a faster generic USB 2.0 interface chip for driving GPIO? I would like more RAM

than is available in the 3210 without having to add too many more chips.

Thanks,

Gavin

over 15 years ago

0 DHarmon over 15 years ago

TI__Genius 16430 points

Gavin,

Unfortunately the TUSB3210GENPDK was obsoleted. Not that it makes it less painful to you, but these two EVMs were developed by two different business units within TI. My BU is responsible for the TUSB3210GENPDK and we obsoleted due to a lack of usability for many customers - we have the TUSB3210KBDPDK which really allows the customer to evaluate the device without any excess work on their part. We were unaware that the Power Management team had defined their EVM based on using our EVM.

Some suggestions on how to move forward:

Contact the Power Management Forum (http://community.ti.com/forums/default.aspx?GroupID=18) to see if they have a suggestion (BTW, I have forwarded your question to the Product Marketing contact as well.
See if there is a way to use the USB-to-GPIO (http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/usb-to-gpio.html).
You asked about suggested replacements for the TUSb3210 with more RAM, please consider one of the MCUs out of our new Stellaris family: http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=54556&DCMP=Luminary&HQS=Other+OT+stellaris

Sorry, Dan Harmon

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TUSB3210GENPDK obsolete?