Solving theBen Nanonote's "lack of USB host" problem will allow Wolfgang to start selling Ben Nanonotes to a MUCH broader audience.
Using a new (to me) term, JFDI. --- Ron K. Jeffries http://ronkjeffries.pen.i <http://ronkjeffries.pen.io/>o ** Reference: Urban Dictionary. On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 07:11, Eric Brombaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 11:57 PM, Werner Almesberger wrote: > > > Eric Brombaugh wrote: > >> which appear to be based on simple MCUs with host/otg capability. > > > > Let's start with this premise: what would be examples of such MCUs ? > > As Rikard pointed out, the AT90USB647/1287 have OTG, as do several dozen of > the AVR32 parts. Sparkfun sells an Arduino shield with USB host capability > based on the MAX3421 SPI<->USB part. The IOIO itself uses a PIC24 part that > supports OTG, as do many PIC32 parts. Microchip has recently released a > developers environment that runs on Linux which supports their full line of > MCUs and they're actively ramping up support for the Android ADK. There > appears to be no shortage of inexpensive MCUs and interfaces that could > serve as a USB host to Ben. > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >
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