I have an application where I need to connect a USB HID device to a 
PIC...  That means that I need to do USB host mode.  Which means that 
I'm not going to be able to use the built in USB functionality on a PIC 
- so I need to use something else to gain the Host mode functionailty.

I've been looking around and so far I've found the Maxim Chip, the 
AT43USB380 (or the 370), and the Viniculum chip - mostly from posts here 
over a year old

None of these are available in any through hole package, which is a 
problem since we'd prefer to manufacture this device in house, and we're 
not really (yet) set up for SMT.   The Maxim chip is probably closest to 
what I am looking for, but seems overkill.   The AT43USB* and the 
Viniculum devices are processors all of their own, and I really don't 
want to have to maintain a separate code base for these chips, and if I 
moved just the USB functionality off, I'd still have to deal with how to 
possibly update this firmware in the field.  That said, if I found the 
right THT device, I'd pretty much move that direction.

So, the question is:   Are there any sources for USB host controllers 
I've missed (SMT or not)?

-forrest


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