On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 05:36:32PM -0600, John Marshall wrote: > Greg, > Thanks for the response. > We have used a NetChip device in the past to implement USB in a > peripheral. What we are trying to do now is make that same device (it's a > scanner) using an ITX form factor PC mainboard instead of the Coldfire board > we use now. Trying to lower costs and move to a slightly faster level. The > problem seems to be that a PC does not want to be a peripheral. Even with a > host-to-host cable, I get 2 chiefs, and no indians! Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated.
Yes, you need a special USB device/client/gadget controller chip in order to get a "PC" to be a USB device, that's just the way the hardware works. That being said, there are a _lot_ of cheap USB device controllers out there that you can choose from to put on a custom board. Good luck, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
