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Thanks, Cern. Mar 1, 2020, 22:53 by [email protected]: > Personally I think that's a load of crap. One only has to look at the > various microprocessor products out there to see that USB 2.0 as an interface > will be with us for a very long time. One of my clients switched from using > Panasonic Tough Books for their PC interface in their product to the > dedicated industrial PC boxes. And their products are designed to have at > least a 10 year life. And those boxes will have USB 2.0 for a long time > along with Ethernet. > > Take a look out at the industry where suppliers and manufacturers are > attempting to alleviate their clients fears about buying a specific > technology so they promise at least a 10 year life span. I'm still using a > 9S12 series in a product that as yet has not been issued an end of life buy > request. > > Of course newer PCs will come out with USB-C. Of course over the years we > will see products that are sold with that. And we'll probably also see a ton > of products that are the USB-C connection to the laptop and have 4 to 8 USB > 2.0 connectors to attach to all the real hardware that's out there. > > So yes we will see new embedded processors with USB-C. Of course. But to > say that the only design choice is that is ignoring what is already there. > > John > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cern via Machinekit [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: March-01-20 1:26 PM >> To: Chris Albertson; Machinekit >> Subject: Re: [Machinekit] Re: PICnc with Machine Kit. >> >> Hi, >> the original author didn't include the <[email protected]> email >> in his reply, so I am posting this as an all-in-one answer. >> >> Mar 1, 2020, 06:20 by [email protected]: >> >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 4:27 PM cern via Machinekit <> >> [email protected]> > wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am all in for cheap, low entry hardware. Don't care if it is PIC or >> >> ARM. I >> think that for most cases it would be enough to have just serial connection >> between PC/SBC and this board. But some simple� Ethernet based >> communication� >> >> >> > >> > In today"s world and tomorrow's world, the only serial interface that makes >> sense in a new design is USB-C.� This goes duble if it has to connect to a >> PC. � >> Soon this will be the only data connector PCs have. � � What is quickly >> becomming�universal is USB 3.1 protocol�over a USB-C connector. � � It can >> do 10 Gigabits persecond. � But just as importantly�it can be VERY low >> latency with�> isochronous transfers and there are specs for buffer times on >> hubs. � ��> Anything designs not using USB-C will be > obsolete> �in a few >> years. � A limitation ss that USB-C cables can only be 3M long. � �Ethernet >> can go for a few kiliometers if you use fiber but is slower and few computers >> will have Ethernet in the future. >> > >> I have one USB-C connector with ThunderBolt capability on my notebook, >> but I have no idea if it even works as so far I had no device to connect to >> it. To >> me it sounds little bit like the predictions that we will travel to Moon >> bases >> for our holidays. >> >> But, to allow deterministic (up to a point) communication over USB-C sounds >> interesting. Do you have some link for papers (or other documents) on this >> subject? (For when the time allows or the strike of fancy happens.) >> >> Cern. >> >> > � >> > -- >> > >> > Chris Albertson >> > Redondo Beach, California >> > >> >> -- >> website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: >> https://github.com/machinekit >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Machinekit" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/M1MzPd---3-2%40tuta.io. >> -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/M1N8TT7--3-2%40tuta.io.
