TMP006EVM Driver support

Sabarish Sridhar

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMP006

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?

over 13 years ago

0 Ian Williams over 13 years ago

TI__Mastermind 27715 points

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

0 Sabarish Sridhar over 13 years ago in reply to Ian Williams

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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?

0 Ian Williams over 13 years ago in reply to Sabarish Sridhar

TI__Mastermind 27715 points

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

0 Sabarish Sridhar over 13 years ago in reply to Ian Williams

Prodigy 100 points

Hi Ian,

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

0 Ian Williams over 13 years ago in reply to Sabarish Sridhar

TI__Mastermind 27715 points

Hello Sabarish,

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

Regards,

Ian Williams

0 Sabarish Sridhar over 13 years ago in reply to Ian Williams

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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.

0 Ian Williams over 13 years ago in reply to Sabarish Sridhar

TI__Mastermind 27715 points

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

l_pse_dll.zip

0 Sabarish Sridhar over 13 years ago in reply to Ian Williams

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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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