USB Mass Storage Peripheral

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mfroehlich
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I am looking for a solution similar to the one described in this post:

https://community.cypress.com/t5/USB-Superspeed-Peripherals/How-should-I-develop-Mass-Storage-device...

It seems as though the FXS3 is no longer supported, is there another recommend workflow for developing USB mass storage peripherals?

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Rashi_Vatsa
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Hello,

FX3S is supported and you can find the reference designs in the kits section of this link https://www.cypress.com/products/ez-usb-fx3s 

The thread mentions that CYUSB3KIT-003: Super Speed Explorer kit cannot be used as Mass storage device as it uses FX3 (CYUSB3014) (not FX3S: CYUSB303x) which do not have  storage port. FX3S support the storage ports.

Regards,
Rashi

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Rashi_Vatsa
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Hello,

FX3S is supported and you can find the reference designs in the kits section of this link https://www.cypress.com/products/ez-usb-fx3s 

The thread mentions that CYUSB3KIT-003: Super Speed Explorer kit cannot be used as Mass storage device as it uses FX3 (CYUSB3014) (not FX3S: CYUSB303x) which do not have  storage port. FX3S support the storage ports.

Regards,
Rashi
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Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Under the kits section at that link, it says to email some people about getting the kit but when I did so I got a reply saying the FX3S is no longer supported.

Thanks, Max

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Hello Max,

Please let me know for which among the two kits did you contact. Also, let me know the mail ID to which you contacted and received the reply

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Rashi
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Hi,

I contacted the two listed emails arvind_kumar@pactroninc.com and brian_koo@pactroninc.com about the FX3S. The use case we are hoping to explore is prototyping a USB mass storage device with custom behavior running on the device that can observe and intercept the communications to the storage medium. The FX3S seemed to be an appropriate platform to for that prototyping based on the description.

The FX3 explorer kit seems to have the desired USB functionality but without storage it is not quite suitable for this prototype.

Thanks, Max

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Hello Max,

I understand.

Please let me know if you are looking for the FX3S reference kits (i.e. FX3S Raid on chip USB Dongle and FX3S DVK) which uses FX3S or  do you need just need FX3S for designing a custom board.

If you want FX3S for designing a custom board, please go to Cypress Store the https://www.cypress.com/cypress-store 

If you are looking for FX3S kits, please let me know which kit are you planning to use

1) FX3S Raid on chip USB Dongle

2)FX3S DVK

Regards,
Rashi
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Hi,

 

Apologies I miss-typed the kit I emailed was the FX3S DVK. It seems more suited to the needs or our project.

Thanks, Max

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Hello Max,

Thank you for confirming that you want FX3S DVK. 

Please let me know how many FX3S DVK kits do you want so that I can help you with it.

Regards,
Rashi
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Hi,

If it is possible 2 FX3S DVK kits would be an appropriate number for our use case.

Thanks, Max

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Hello Max,

Thank you for the details.

I am checking it up internally. Will get back to you soon.

Regards,
Rashi
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Hello Max,

We are out of stock now and we will have boards ready to order by end of this month.

Regards,
Rashi
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Hi,

That's great to hear. How can we go about ordering some when they are ready?

Thanks, Max

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