Torsten Wagner wrote:
Hi everyone,
Since this is my first mail to this list, sorry for my maybe newbie
behavior.
I noticed that more and more people asking for support of the USB based
TI FET devices.
I just wondering, since it seems to me that the FET device "just" create
an additional COM-port how difficult it would be to verify this for Linux.
FTDI for example supports Linux with there USB-RS232 Chips. If nobody
knows already I think it might be worse to open my box and have a look
to the USB-Chip inside.
If the USB box really just emulates an additonal COM port,
the communication between a USB and a RS232 FET box should be identical.
CC. Is there no other way to install the drivers for the USB FET box
without installing IAR ? There should be some drivers somewhere.
The TI USB FET tools use a TI TUSB3410 USB controller. This is supported
by Linux, when used in its default configuration as a simple serial
port. However, in the FET tool it is configured to look different from a
standard serial port. If you look at the Windows drivers for the FET
tool, they are special. The FET tool appears as a multi-port serial card
in the Windows device manager. You actually install 2 device drivers
during the Windows installation, which confuses people quite a bit.
Regards,
Steve
