Product Life Cycle Bulletin

1 July 2016

Subject: End of Sale Notice – Blackhawk Products

1. Blackhawk announces its intent to discontinue the products, listed in the attached Appendix, with an End of Sale date scheduled for 1 January 2017.

2. Definitions.

• End of Sale (EOS) Date. The last date to order the product. The product is no longer for sale.
• End of Life (EOL) Date. The last date that Blackhawk will provide support to the product(s) listed below. The EOL date is twelve (12) months from the EOS date. Emergency recovery and/or upgrades may be performed in accordance with customer specific service plans or upgrade agreements as negotiated prior to EOS.
• End of Life (EOL) Cycle. A process that guides the final business operations associated with the product life cycle. The end-of-life process consists of a series of technical and business milestones and activities that, once completed, make a product obsolete. Once obsolete, the product is not sold, manufactured, improved, repaired, maintained, or supported.
• Software Maintenance Contract Support. The time period that Blackhawk may release any software maintenance releases or bug fixes to the software product. Software maintenance support will terminate on the End of Life date. After this date, Blackhawk will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

3. Product Information: See Appendix A.

4. Impacted Software Releases: See Appendix A.

5. Impacted Software Part Numbers: See Appendix A.

6. Impacted Hardware Part Numbers: See Appendix A.

7. Replacement Part Numbers: Contact sales@blackhawk-dsp.com

8. Analysis:

• End of Sale Date: 1 January 2017.
• End of Life: 1 January 2018.
• Software Maintenance Support Contract: N/A.
• Last Supported Software Version: N/A.
• Affected Market / Regions: Global.

9. Recommendations.

• Available Alternatives – Contact sales@blackhawk-dsp.com for a range of alternatives.

10. Required Actions. None.

11. Attachments. Appendix A.

12. Additional Information.

• To view the most recent version of this bulletin, access technical documentation, or to contact a Technical Support Representative, please visit Blackhawk Technical Support on the web.
• For more information on the alternatives and supported platform, please refer tosales@blackhawk-dsp.com.

Appendix A – Affected Products

Part Number	Description	EOS Notice
12203 BH-ADP-20e_MIPI-Kit3	Blackhawk 20e_cTI Pin Converter Kit	20e-cTI-KIT
12192 BH-ADP-60e_MIPI-Kit4	Blackhawk 60e_MIPI Pin Converter Kit	60e-MIPI-KIT
BH-PCI-560 12102 12102B 12102D 12102N	Blackhawk PCI560 JTAG Emulator	PCI560
BH-PSW-5V-USB 12195	Blackhawk 5V USB Power Supply	PSW-5v-USB
BH-CBL-560B BH-CBL-560D 12197 12198	Blackhawk XDS560 JTAG Cable	XDS560Cable
BH-CBL-560v2-18 BH-CBL-560v2-24 12200 12201	Blackhawk XDS560v2 Cable Assembly	EOL-XDS560v2Cable