USB application with Texas C5515 DSP

[yusufs]

Dear Friends,

I am working on sending and reading some data betweenTexas Instruments C5515 DSP chip
and  PC through USB. However I have some trouble about finding a driver for the DSP chip
as a USB device. Texas does not provide any drivers for the use as a USB
device. I have worked on WinUSB utility of Microsoft in order to create a generic device
driver. However, after applying the procedure, still I could not solve
the problem. It is good to know that I am using Win7-64bit OS. What do
you recommend me to solve this driver problem? Thanks in advance...

Best Regards.

Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

Do you have any example device firmware for the device? If so, what USB class does it use?

Jan

[yusufs]

Yes, I have. There are example applications supplied by Texas for USB communications. Actually, there is an open source driver installation and host application program of this chip. However, it works only in 32bit operating systems. Maybe, you could give me some idea about the differences that 32bit and 64 bit drivers have. Also, is it possible to modify a 32bit compatible driver to a 64bit compatible device driver? I am going to first use bulk transfers than my aim is to use interrupt transfer. Thanks for your interest.

Regards.

Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

Every USB communication requires device firmware and a compatible driver on the host.

If the only example firmware you have is for a vendor-provided driver that supports only 32 bit hosts, one option is to modify the driver to work on 64-bit systems. Since the driver is open source, that should be possible. Start by downloading the WDK. I'm assuming it's a vendor-provided driver, not one with wide support such as libusb.

Or you can modify the firmware to work with an existing driver. At minimum you'll need to either change the descriptors to specify a supported class or provide an INF file to assign the new driver (maybe both).

For WinUSB, see:

http://www.lvr.com/winusb.htm

If you're having a specific problem with WinUSB, describe it.

Jan

[yusufs]

Hi,
Thank you for your suggestions.
I am working on WinUSB installation ,but I have some problems with signing the catalog file that created for driver package. I have just copied the commands about signing the catalog file.,but I see some errors. Do I need to do something before signing?  Is that necessary for creating a driver file?
Regards..
Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

You've probably seen this or something similar:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553480%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Does a web search on the errors you're getting bring up anything?

Jan

[yusufs]

Thank you. I am going to work on this signing driver issue.
Kind Regards...

Yusuf

[yusufs]

Hello Mrs. Axelson,

I have created device driver package using WinUSB installation procedure. When I plug the USB cable, PC warns me that an unrecognized device is plugged in. Then I pointed the driver package that I created, actually the .inf file. Then it starts to install drivers. At the end, driver installer wizard gives a error saying that "device cannot start(Code 10)". When I look at the device properties in device manager, I can see the information that I put into the .inf file. What should I do next in order not to see the error?

Best Regards...
Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

A protocol analyzer will show what is happening on the bus during enumeration. If you don't have a protocol analyzer, use whatever debugging tools you have to find out if the host sent a Set_Configuration request with a value > 0 and if so, how the device is responding to other communications from the host.

Viewing the setupapi log files can also be helpful.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927521

Jan.

[yusufs]

Now I am trying to see what is happening during enumeration by using debugging tool. For the first endpoint 0 interrupt, I determine the setup packet. The setup packet consists of some unreasonable values such as
bmRequestType=0x14H  bRequest=0x43H. Can you see what the problem is? I will appreciate for any help. Thank you.

Best Regards..

Yusuf

[yusufs]

Hello again,

I know that I am asking too much questions but I am determined to finish this, so I expect you understand me.
My ultimate purpose is to read 64bytes of data in 1 ms guaranteed time. I want to use interrupt endpoints to manage this.
By the way, I have found a sample firmware code for my device for the use as a HID device. I tested it and it works.
I have read HID part of your book(USB Complete) and I saw that I can use interrupt endpoints in a limited way with a HID driver.
What is HID's maximum data rate limit in interrupt transfers? Can I use it for USB 2.0 high speed mode?
Thanks for your help.

Best regards ...
Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

For full- and high-speed devices using the default Windows driver, the shortest maximum latency is 1 ms.

The OS and application can add overhead. For example, you may be unable to call ReadFile to read a report every millisecond. However, the HID can define longer reports, and ReadFile can use a large buffer to retrieve multiple reports at once.

Jan

[yusufs]

Hello Mrs. Axelson,

I think, that overhead issue will constitute a risky situation in our case. Today I got into installing Winusb driver. After I completed all of the steps, I tried to install the drivers from the WinUSB driver package that I created. When I select the .inf file (adapted from the one which comes with your  'winusb_cs' host program) ,

Class = USB
ClassGUID={36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}

It gives an error saying that: "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows x64 based systems." Then I changed the device GUID information in the inf file, I changed it with a image class device GUID number. Then it worked and the driver was installed properly. What is the problem here with USB device class GUID?

Additionally, I want to use winusb_cs program that you've written for some read and write operations. In my case , is the device class important for running with your host application?

Thank you for your all help.
Sincerely...

Yusuf

[Jan Axelson]

The GUID in the INF should match the GUID your application uses.

On attachment, the folder you specify to the hardware wizard should contain in INF file with the GUID. The INF file in turn should point to the locations of the driver files.

Jan

[yusufs]

Hi,
Thank you for all of your help. They were very useful for me.
I have examined source code of winusb_cs program, there is a GUID definition in frmMain.cs file such that WINUSB_DEMO_GUID_STRING = "{42CA71EC-CE1C-44c2-82DE-87D8D8FF6C1E}".
When I put this GUID into my .inf file, it says that  "The install class is not present or is invalid". How can I add this device class to my PC.?

Kind Regards.
Yusuf