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AM3517 Esperimental Device

Jeremie WILMART
Prodigy 30 points

Hi,

We bought an evaluation board from our manufacturer which was delivered with a XAM3517.

We know the X prefix means « Experimental » device.

So, could you tell us the differences between « Experimental » and « Industrial » devices?

 

Thanks for your support

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    TI__Mastermind 44306 points

    Hi Jeremie,

    'x' prefix certainly does not mean 'experimental' in my mind. We are not shipping experimental stuff to customers as a normal case. Instead the 'X' indicates a sample device. This is usually fully functional silicon. But it is not fully qualified. That means we do not guarantee operation at datasheet specs. Especially considering operation across industrial temp spec as sample device did not go through a full test cycle as would be our production devices. Samples are not to be used for production for that case. They serve as development parts so that software can start development long time before production ready devices are available. That is also why you often find samples on our EVMs.

    Of course you should always consider our errata sheets for any parts that list known issues for a certain silicon revision of a device. The silicon revision applies to sample as well as production devices.

    Regards.

     

  • 0 in reply to Frank Walzer
    Prodigy 30 points

    Thanks for your quick answer.

    It's more comfortable to us to know this part is not "experimental", but only a sample.

     

    we have some troubles to start our evaluation board from scratch (not under a linux-like os) and we worried about an experimental device.

    Do you know where we can find some code example to start from scratch this kind of device ? Linux-like strategy is too heavy for our kind of development?

     

    Regards,