IO_Link sensor(TIDA-00188) software

Hi Kummi,

I asked the owner of this design, and it turns out that to get the software you actually have to contact TMG (a third-party) that did the software stack and request the software: www.tmgte.com/.../texas-instruments There is a link off of the TI design page currently to contact TMG, but I don't know that this is obvious so thanks for pointing this out. I've also asked the author of this TI design to please update their design guide to reflect this fact so that others don't run into the same confusion in the future.

Regards,
Katie

Hi Kummi,

In general TI does release their own software for the TI Designs, but does occasionally use a third party software. I cannot speak to this specific design because I'm not part of the team that worked on it and made this decision, but I would suspect that the third party has some software already with some useful IP for this purpose and so the collaboration was done. I think if you simply contact TMG to request the software that they will provide it to you (when you have third party software like this sometimes it can't be simply posted on our website due to licensing or legal concerns).

For the hardware - for most TI Designs we provide the hardware files for you to be able to build the design. Some TI designs are based on Boosterpacks and Launchpads or other EVMs that can be purchased from TI, but this one looks like it has specialized hardware so we provide instead the hardware files (Gerbers, schematics, etc).

Regards,
Katie

Hi Katie,

Thank you so much for the detailed information.

I understood about the Third party software,
but the problem is we don't get proper response from the third parties.

About the TIDA-00188 software, I have mailed TMG last week but still
there is no response from them. I believe this TI Design won't be useful unless we get
the necessary software.

Regarding the Hardware, it would be helpful if we have a hardware(Demo Kit) to promote the
TI solution to the customer and explain them about the good features of the solution with a demo.

Best Regards
Kummi

Hi Kummi,

I think someone from TI may reach out to you offline about this (I passed along your information). And thanks for mentioning your issue with TMG, I have notified some people internally to try to make sure we've got this smoothed out.

Regards,
Katie

Hi Kummi,

I've contacted you by email.

Regards,
Thomas