[coreboot] USB debug cables and emulation

[Joseph Smith]

On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:12 -0500, bari <bari at onelabs.com> wrote:
> Joseph Smith wrote:
>>
>> Great. I am going to be on vacation next week. I am about half way
> through
>> reading the USB 2.0 specification (http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/),
> and
>> I will try to finish by next week and dive right in when I get back :-)
>>
>>
> Take a look at the microchip PIC devices as an inexpensive alternative
> for a USB debug device. PIC24FJ128 series is ~$5 and should do the job.
> 
>
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1486&redirects=USB
> 
> They give you all the source to a USB stack and the device supports
> custom modes as well as  device, Host, and OTG.
> 
> Some versions have 4 uarts in addition to the USB 2.0 controller if you
> wanted to do USB --> Serial.
> 
> -Bari

Thanks Bari, I will look into this :-)
-- 
Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org