April 23, 2013 - eCosCentric announced eCosPro-HostUSB, a USB host stack for eCosPro. The stack forARM based controllers from TI and Atmel enables mass storage devices and USB hubs to be attached, with hot-plug support. eCosPro-HostUSB is tightly integrated with the eCos file system layer, providing compatibility with existing eCos RTOS, library and application code.
The stack works alongside the existing eCosPro automounter and FAT file system (delivering FAT16/32, long filename, multi-byte character support, and other features). eCosPro-HostUSB extends eCosPro's hardware options beyond the existing SHDC, MMC, CF and IDE support allowing flash and hard disk drives to be attached. eCosPro file system support was recently extended with an API for FAT16/32 formatting of devices, and this is utilised by the stack allowing for in-situ initialisation without needing intervention from a host or development system. The stack has been architected to enable portability across architectures, endian and device interface implementations, and is extensible to allow for additional class support to be added.
Generic support is included for OHCI-based host device interfaces, enabling eCosCentric to rapidly port to targets that conform to the OHCI hardware standard. The initial release of eCosPro-HostUSB includes a first tranche of ARM targets popular with current eCosCentric customers, including Logic PD Zoom designs using the TI OMAP L138 and Sitara AM1808 DSP/microcontrollers, Spectrum Digital TI OMAP L137/TMS320C6747 Kits, as well as reference designs from Atmel that include the SAM9260, SAM9263, SAM9G20 and SAM9G45 microcontrollers.