[LinuxBIOS] USB debug device

Bari Ari bari at onelabs.com
Fri Dec 1 01:30:52 CET 2006


Lu, Yinghai wrote:
> Where to get USB-to-Serial or USB-to-USB device mentioned in the doc?
>
> http://www.usb.org/developers/presentations/pres0602/john_keys.pdf
>   
Here's the info on the PLX Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Debug Cable:
http://www.plxtech.com/products/NET2000/NET20DC/default.asp

Here are some other adapters I've found to debug via I2C or SPI:

I2C Bus to USB or serial adapters
http://www.mcc-us.com/catalog.htm#I2C%20Bus%20Host%20Adapters

I2C/SPI Host Adapter
http://www.totalphase.com/products/aardvark/

I2C Bus to USB or serial adapters
http://www.telos.info/products/

QBridge-I2C-USB
http://www.qprotos.com/index.html

This adapter even has Linux tools:
USB-I2C/SPI/GPIO Interface Adapter
http://www.diolan.com/i2c/u2c12.html

with a probe like this that slides into the dimm socket:
http://www.busboards.com/products/memory/ddrii/ddrii400dc/ddriidc.jpg
http://www.busboards.com/products/memory/ddrii/ddrii400dc/index.html

-Bari




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