Reply by March 22, 20042004-03-22
rickman <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes:
> Any idea if vendors are claiming 1.1 devices are 2.0 when they don't > actually support these new extentions? Is that allowed?
I don't know if they do it, but it's not allowed. You have to use USB 2.0 descriptors to be USB 2.0 compliant. You do NOT have to support High Speed (480 Mbps) to be USB 2.0 compliant. Many products have been sold as USB 2.0 without High Speed support, which was confusing consumers. This is why they came up with the "USB High Speed Certified" logo.
Reply by rickman March 17, 20042004-03-17
Eric Smith wrote:
> > rickman <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes: > > Perhaps someone who designs USB devices can explain this. I have been > > told by the chip companies that USB 2.0 full speed devices are not the > > same as USB 1.1 full speed. I have been told that there are operational > > differences, or enhancements I guess is a better term, that a USB 1.1 > > full speed device is not automatically a USB 2.0 full speed device. Is > > that correct? Does USB 2.0 require new features or modes? > > USB 2.0 has extensions to descriptors and such things. So a full speed > USB 1.1 device does not necessarily meet the full speed USB 2.0 spec. > > In practice, the differences are fairly unimportant.
Any idea if vendors are claiming 1.1 devices are 2.0 when they don't actually support these new extentions? Is that allowed? -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
Reply by March 17, 20042004-03-17
rickman <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> writes:
> Perhaps someone who designs USB devices can explain this. I have been > told by the chip companies that USB 2.0 full speed devices are not the > same as USB 1.1 full speed. I have been told that there are operational > differences, or enhancements I guess is a better term, that a USB 1.1 > full speed device is not automatically a USB 2.0 full speed device. Is > that correct? Does USB 2.0 require new features or modes?
USB 2.0 has extensions to descriptors and such things. So a full speed USB 1.1 device does not necessarily meet the full speed USB 2.0 spec. In practice, the differences are fairly unimportant.
Reply by Andy Peters March 5, 20042004-03-05
"Antonio Pasini" <NOSPAM_pasini.a@tin.it> wrote in message news:<0aM1c.17160$36.589027@news4.tin.it>...

> I'm just looking for an USB 2.0 high speed peripheral right now, and of > course the SX2 was high on the list. > I saw Netchip devices, but thought that Cypress "visibility" would have make > the FX2/SX2 family reliable for being widely used.
In the past, Cypress have had no problem lying to your face: "Yes, we have no intention of obsoleting these parts." That is, until you go into production and actually order the parts, and your distributor says they're going away. Cygnal's 8051-based USB microcontrollers are USB 2.0 full-speed compliant (which means that they only run at 12 Mbps), their development kits are pretty cheap, and the chips have in-system debug capability (gotta love that). I'm going to use one on my next USB project. -a
Reply by Glen Atkins March 4, 20042004-03-04
"Antonio Pasini" <NOSPAM_pasini.a@tin.it> wrote in message
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> > > Cypress and NetChip have working devices apparently, but I haven't > > > used them. > > > > Stay away from Cypress - we've had nothing but hassles with both the > devices > > and the company. NetChip has been great to work with though. > > I'm just looking for an USB 2.0 high speed peripheral right now, and of > course the SX2 was high on the list. > I saw Netchip devices, but thought that Cypress "visibility" would have
make
> the FX2/SX2 family reliable for being widely used. > > Our distributor looks good for Cypress... but what about the devices ? > > Please, could you share with us your bad experiences ?
Cypress has proven to be significantly less than reliable as a supplier. They have not been responsive to repeated phone calls and emails for support that was agreed to while in the hardware design phase. The SX2 & FX2 do NOT satisfy USB compliance tests for back drive voltage without the addition of obscure hardware & a specific software mechanism. NetChip, on the other hand, actually acted like they wanted our business and valued us as a customer. They were extremely responsive to ALL issues as they came up. Their devices satisfy ALL USB compliance testing without extra design caveats.
Reply by Antonio Pasini March 4, 20042004-03-04
> > Cypress and NetChip have working devices apparently, but I haven't > > used them. > > Stay away from Cypress - we've had nothing but hassles with both the
devices
> and the company. NetChip has been great to work with though.
I'm just looking for an USB 2.0 high speed peripheral right now, and of course the SX2 was high on the list. I saw Netchip devices, but thought that Cypress "visibility" would have make the FX2/SX2 family reliable for being widely used. Our distributor looks good for Cypress... but what about the devices ? Please, could you share with us your bad experiences ?
Reply by Martin Maurer March 4, 20042004-03-04
> Perhaps someone who designs USB devices can explain this. I have been > told by the chip companies that USB 2.0 full speed devices are not the > same as USB 1.1 full speed.
Could it have something to do with the following: 1) USB 1.1 with full speed occupies the line (around 100 %) with 12 MBit / s. 2) When a USB 2.0 device is used with 12 MBit / s (which is also full speed), than only around 12 / 480 is used. Only speculation... Regards, Martin
Reply by rickman March 4, 20042004-03-04
Martin Maurer wrote:
> > > The FT245BM is a USB 2.0 device that can operate at 12 Mb/s (USB full > > speed). > > 12 MBit/s was already possible with USB 1.1, for this i don't need USB 2.0 > :-( > USB 2.0 supports 480 MBit/s, which should give much more than 1 MByte/s... > > > Cypress has a high speed part that is functionally similar called the > > SX2. Evidently, they have some drivers that are similar to the DLL that > > FTDI distributes. I am looking into this part for a project, but I don't > > know very many details yet. > > I will have a look on this !
Perhaps someone who designs USB devices can explain this. I have been told by the chip companies that USB 2.0 full speed devices are not the same as USB 1.1 full speed. I have been told that there are operational differences, or enhancements I guess is a better term, that a USB 1.1 full speed device is not automatically a USB 2.0 full speed device. Is that correct? Does USB 2.0 require new features or modes? -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
Reply by Martin Maurer March 4, 20042004-03-04
> The FT245BM is a USB 2.0 device that can operate at 12 Mb/s (USB full > speed).
12 MBit/s was already possible with USB 1.1, for this i don't need USB 2.0 :-( USB 2.0 supports 480 MBit/s, which should give much more than 1 MByte/s...
> Cypress has a high speed part that is functionally similar called the > SX2. Evidently, they have some drivers that are similar to the DLL that > FTDI distributes. I am looking into this part for a project, but I don't > know very many details yet.
I will have a look on this ! Thanks, Martin
Reply by Glen Atkins March 4, 20042004-03-04
"Max" <mtj2@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:39:28 +0100, Martin Maurer wrote: > > >is there a chip, in functionality like a FT245BM for USB 2.0 ? > >I found on websites mentioning the FT245BM compatible for USB 2.0, > >but i think they don't use USB 2.0, because transfer rate is "only" 1 > >MByte/s, which looks like high speed USB. > > I think it's referred to as "full speed" - the fastest USB1.1 could > go. > > >Is there a faster parallel USB chip, which achieves more than 1 MByte / s
?
> > Cypress and NetChip have working devices apparently, but I haven't > used them.
Stay away from Cypress - we've had nothing but hassles with both the devices and the company. NetChip has been great to work with though.
> >I think with USB 2.0 there must be at least a factor of 10 to this speed
?
> > USB 2.0 goes to 450Mbps, or around 50+MB/sec.
Wrong, USB 2.0 High Speed is 480 Mbps. For whatever reason, USB.org has dropped reference to USB 1.1 for the slower devices. All are included in the USB2.0 specification. So, the end user and developer has to read deeper than just the spec number in the reference. USB High Speed is 480- MBps, Full Speed is 12 MBps, low speed is 1.5 Mbps.
> Be aware that support for high-speed USB 2.0 is somewhat patchy in > current OSs. Microsoft have released EHCI drivers for XP, and I > understand that drivers for Linux also exist, but that's about it so > far as I know.
We have high speed USB devices working in VxWorks as well as Win-XP, and Win-2K. There are drivers available for Linux for the NetChip devices as well.
> > Some links and further info here: > http://www.beyondlogic.org/usb/usbhard2.htm > > -- > Max