01-30-2018, 06:06 PM
Host mode for usb port is nice to hang devices off the board but while prototyping embedded systems device mode or USB OTG would be just as useful. SuperSpeed USB 3.0 device mode ports would allow use to build prototypes of devices. While there are pcie cards that provide usb3 device mode (NXP 3380) getting a hold of them at reasonable prices is difficult. The chip is $15 getting it on a usable card is 10x that. USB OTG or just device mode is a great way to make these 'embeded devices' instead of just scaled down computers with a bit of extra gpio.
