Cy5677 dongle

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Dear all,

I was trying to order a CY5677 dongle but apparently Digikey and other distributors don't sell it anymore and it's marked as obsolete item, if so what is replacing it? I haven't seen any newer dongle.

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Anonymous
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The CY5677 is not obsoleted from what I can see:

http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntk=P_MarCom&Ntt=114280138

http://www.cypress.com/documentation/development-kitsboards/cy5677-cysmart-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-...

It is only listed as obsolete on digikey. It could be they are wrong on their part status.

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Anonymous
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The CY5677 is not obsoleted from what I can see:

http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntk=P_MarCom&Ntt=114280138

http://www.cypress.com/documentation/development-kitsboards/cy5677-cysmart-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-...

It is only listed as obsolete on digikey. It could be they are wrong on their part status.

Anonymous
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Both digikey and mouser are not selling it anymore:

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https://www.mouser.tw/ProductDetail/Cypress-Semiconductor/CY5677/?qs=%2fha2pyFaduh2%252b57aczTMJkDeC...

CY5677 Cypress Semiconductor Corp | RF/IF 和 RFID | DigiKey

Is there any alternatives?

Or is cypress planing to stop further supporting / developing of cysmart / BLE?

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Anonymous
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The CY5670 is similar; From what I can tell, it looks like they pulled both off of the shelves however

Not sure what a replacement BLE sniffer would be; The CY5672 contains the CY5670, but also has extra RDK parts, so the price will be higher ;(

There is however, the mobile app version CySmart – Mobile App | Cypress Semiconductor  which will allow the same usage, but with a phone app instead. This would mean that you can use your phone as the CY5677 replacement if needed?

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Anonymous
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Any news on an alternative? Although Cypress web site says it is selling CY5677, distributors say it is obsolete. I have used the CySmart mobile app on Android, but our current requirement is for PC communications.

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According to this document http://www.cypress.com/documentation/product-change-notice-pcn/ptn172507july-2017-product-terminatio... there is not a next best alternative for the CY5677. That was the last update on November 2017.

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jsmarchAQ
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First reply posted Welcome!

Has anyone found an alternative to the CY5677 yet? I am using the CY8C4248LQI-BL583 chip in one of our products which is updated OTA via the CY5677 dongle. We need a CY5677 asap so we can update the firmware but can't get hold of any. Does anyone know of a direct replacement or an alternative OTA strategy?

 
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Robin001
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First reply posted Welcome!

you can buy CY8CKIT-042-BLE-A package including CY5677

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