The 1394 market
1394 was approved as an IEEE standard in 1995. Today, PC, peripheral, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, medical, and telecom manufacturers are rapidly developing applications that incorporate 1394 functionality as they seek to meet next-generation product requirements. Analysts predict that 460 million devices will incorporate 1394 as the multimedia connection by 2001. In addition, the 1394 Trade Association's more than 180 member companies are rapidly developing additional application specifications for 1394 PCs, peripherals and consumer electronics.

The outstanding growth potential of 1394 is a product of the standard's high performance and seamless compatibility. As a common interface, it greatly simplifies testing of new peripherals and allows manufacturers to quickly create new peripheral combinations that meet user demands in unique ways.

1394 from TI
With silicon in the market since 1994, Texas Instruments was the first IC manufacturer to recognize the tremendous potential of 1394. As the 1394 solutions leader, TI continues to provide all the software and hardware components manufacturers need to capitalize on this exploding technology. TI's field-proven, third-generation 1394 ICs allow customers to get to market quickly without adding risk to their production schedules.

TI's physical layer and link layer 1394 devices include cost- and performance-optimized versions.

Link layer devices
TI's growing line of 1394 link layer devices support a variety of platforms and embedded custom applications.

TSB12LV22 (OHCI-Lynx)
The TSB12LV22, also called OHCI-Lynx, is a 1394 open HCI compliant link layer device that supports a 33 MHz, 32 bit wide PCI interface for use in host applications. This device supports serial bus data rate of up to 400 Mbps, providing enough bandwidth for even the most demanding multimedia applications.

Software driver support for TSB12LV22 exists in Microsoft's Windows 98® and NT 5.0®.

TSB12LV32 (GP2Lynx)
The TSB12LV32 general purpose link layer device allows designers to interface with any off-the-shelf 8- or 16-bit microcontroller. This versatile, low-voltage device provides Data Mover support for asynchronous and isochronous data to and from an optional external FIFO and internal 4-Kbytes FIFO. It is available in a 100-pin TQFP and supports data rates of up to 400 Mbps.

TSB12LV01 The TSB12LV01 has a generic 32-bit host bus interface. A 2-Kbyte software-programmable FIFO allows for optimized performance characterization, variable-size asynchronous transmit, isochronous transmit and general receive FIFO allocations. This device ships with Windows 95 demo source code and is available in a 100-pin TQFP.

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