[Gmecm] Any USB developers out there?

[Bill Shaw]

BTW - there are probably enough parts in distribution to supply hobbyist 
demand for a while (like Craig's personal stash),I just can't base a new 
production design on them.

Best,

Bill

Steve Ravet wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org 
>> [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf Of Bill Shaw
>> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:32 AM
>> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
>> Subject: Re: [Gmecm] Any USB developers out there?
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>> Hi Craig,
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>> What schematic capture are you using for this?  The first 
>> problem I see is the 68hc58,  Freescale says it's obsolete 
>> and not recommended for new designs.
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>> Best,
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>> Bill
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> Bill, I've been meaning to ask you about this.  BDLC is one thing, it
> doesn't include a line driver and it doesn't do block transfers or 4x
> mode.  68hc58 is a DLC, and if you go to freescale.com and put xc68hc58
> into the search field you come up to a page with 4 DLC parts that say
> active, and in fact have all been transitioned to ROHS.  I'm not sure
> that it is obsolete, given that it's the only choice for PCM and for
> reflashing equipment, since it has support for blocks and 4x.
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> --steve
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