66AK2G12: Digital Signal Processors & Controllers

Hello Betsy

Thank you for considering TI processors for your new design. 

In terms of life expectancy , please refer to our general quality guidelines page : https://www.ti.com/support-quality/quality-policies-procedures/guidelines.html 

Specifically 

https://www.ti.com/lit/ml/szzq076o/szzq076o.pdf

(section 23) 

We are known to ship and support decade old parts as we understand the value of longevity in industrial markets. 

I do want to caution on you on software and E2E support aspects of K2G. 

A few things to keep in consideration 

1) We are no longer doing bug fixes or adding features to the Linux SDK. Our last release of the SDK was in 2020 and there are no plans to release a new SDK  and migrate to latest LTS release etc. 

2) The DSP side requires TI RTOS support, which we recently descoped: 

Please refer to the following FAQ

https://e2e.ti.com/support/processors-group/processors/f/processors-forum/1067148/faq-what-resources-are-available-for-ti-rtos-based-or-baremetal-am335x-am437x-sw-development

We also have the following note on the K2G RTOS SDK

PROCESSOR-SDK-RTOS-K2G — TI-RTOS Processor SDK for K2Gx (No design support from TI available. Refer to Overview- RTOS Highlights for details.)

The product is reasonably mature and complete in terms of hardware and software collateral 

If this is a new design and you want to look at newer devices, you can also look at  AM64x, AM62x and AM273x family of devices 

If you are looking for c66x + ARM device family in non audio applications, AM57x family maybe another good option - although we may not be doing additional SDK refresh on those products too. 

If K2G is the right part for you and no SDK refresh and limited design support on some of the components is not a barrier,  you do have support for 3Ps like Embedded Advantage/Elco Solutions - some details on the following thread

https://e2e.ti.com/support/processors-group/processors/f/processors-forum/1161412/tms320c6748-looking-for-help-to-find-a-dsp-programming-consultant/4366946?

Hope this helps

Regards

Mukul